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Subject: Judaism -- United States -- Georgia -- Columbus -- 19th century

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Letter from Rose I. Moses to Isaac Leeser, May 21, 1867Letter from Rose I. Moses to Isaac Leeser, May 21, 1867

A single-sheet letter written by Rose I. Moses on May 21, 1867, from Columbus, Georgia, to Isaac Leeser. Moses discusses the activities of her Sabbath school, inquiries about a fund Leeser is raising, and orders three Hebrew books. The letter reveals her familial connections to the Moses family of Columbus, Georgia, whose male members served in the Confederate Army during the Civil War. Her father-in-law, Raphael Moses, and her husband, Raphael J. Moses (who served on the Merrimack), are mentioned. The letter also mentions Congregation B'nai Israel's Sabbath school, founded in 1857.