Subject: Eulogies

This is the cover of a pamphlet containing the eulogy delivered by Dr. David Einhorn at Kenesseth Israel Synagogue in Philadelphia on April 19, 1865. The pamphlet is in German. The cover provides only the title and some descriptive information, likely for the occasion of the eulogy.

Manuscript eulogy written by Isaac Leeser in 1857. The eulogy, written on a 10" x 8" page, is addressed to the readers of the Occident. Leeser praises the unidentified scholar's work, mentioning his contributions to wisdom and learning over the previous seventy years. The eulogy concludes with the date 'Berlin, September 1857'. The manuscript was found among other Leeser papers and verified by Dr. Arthur Kiron and Bruce Nielsen at the Katz Center of the University of Pennsylvania.

Book written by Solomon Cohen and published at the request of the Georgia Historical Society in 1867. It is a eulogy on the life and character of Stephen Elliott, the Episcopal Bishop of Georgia. Elliott led his diocese out of the Union during the Civil War and later reunited it after the war's end. Cohen, a prominent member of Savannah's Jewish community, provides a biography of Elliott and a sketch of his character. Cohen served as the United States Attorney for Georgia in the early 1840s, the Confederate Postmaster for Savannah during the war, and organized a post-war relief fund for Jefferson Davis. He was also an active member of the Jewish community.

This 18-page pamphlet, published in Savannah, Georgia in 1867, contains a eulogy delivered by Solomon Cohen on the life and character of Bishop Stephen Elliott, D.D., the Episcopal Bishop of Georgia and President of the Georgia Historical Society. Cohen, a prominent member of Savannah's Jewish community, offers a biographical sketch of Elliott, highlighting his leadership of the Diocese of Georgia through the Civil War and its reunification afterward. The eulogy provides insights into both Elliott's life and the complexities of the post-Civil War South.