Subject: Governesses

Printed broadside letter dated November 28, 1858, from B. Mordecai of Charleston, South Carolina, to Isaac Leeser. Mordecai requests a character reference for Esther Davidson, who has applied for a position as governess to his four children and companion to his wife. Davidson's qualifications include teaching French, art, music, and English, and cultivating a moral sense in the children. This is the only correspondence in the collection requesting a background check in printed form.