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Subject: Emigration and immigration -- United States

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Letter from A. Bloch to Isaac Leeser, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2, 1833Letter from A. Bloch to Isaac Leeser, Cincinnati, Ohio, March 2, 1833

Three-page letter written by A. Bloch in Cincinnati, Ohio, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on March 2, 1833. The letter details personal matters, including family health and the writer's sorrow at being separated from his mother and friends in Bohemia. It suggests a pre-existing friendship between Bloch and Leeser from Bohemia. This letter is considered to be the earliest extant Jewish immigrant letter from Ohio.

Letter of Acceptance from Dr. A. S. Bettelheim to the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, April 23, 1886Letter of Acceptance from Dr. A. S. Bettelheim to the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation, April 23, 1886

Handwritten letter dated April 23, 1886, from Dr. A. S. Bettelheim in San Francisco, California, to Solomon Preiss, Secretary of the Baltimore Hebrew Congregation in Baltimore, Maryland. Bettelheim accepts the offered position of Rabbi, expressing a wish for a five-year contract. The letter reflects his anticipation of the future temple's construction and his dedication to the congregation's well-being.