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.
Subject: Emigration and immigration -- United States
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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.
Newspaper clipping from Niles' Weekly Register, Baltimore, June 25, 1825, detailing Mordecai Manuel Noah's plan to establish a Jewish city of refuge on Grand Island in the Niagara River. The article, spanning pages three and four, describes Noah's land purchase on behalf of European Jews seeking to escape persecution.