Subject: Letters (correspondence)

This archival item consists of business correspondence related to the address 358 Broadway in New York City. The correspondence is dated September 6th, 1898. The correspondence involves Max Scheurer, Ralph Scheurer, and Isaac Scheurer.

Personal letter written by Colonel Leon Dyer of Baltimore, Maryland, to Isaac Leeser on January 1, 1848. Dyer's letter requests a favor from Leeser regarding five dollars owed by his brother Abraham and includes information about his sister. The letter reflects the close personal relationship between the Dyer siblings and Leeser. This letter is complemented by another letter from Dyer's sister, Hannah, written from Texas in 1855 to Leeser, also held within this collection. Additional biographical information on Colonel Leon Dyer is included, detailing his adventurous life and continued devotion to his religious community.

A four-page hand-written letter from Eleanor Joseph in Liverpool, England to Mrs. T. I. Tobias in New York, New York, dated May 22, 1823. Sent via the ship Robert Fulton, the letter conveys personal news, including congratulations on a new child and recovered health, as well as social updates and gossip. The letter is signed by Eleanor and includes a postscript from another woman signing as 'Cattebeilee'.

Four-page letter from Ellen Solis in New York, New York, to her sister, Mathilda Samuel Cohen, in Fort Hamilton, New York, dated June 2, 1848. The letter contains detailed family information and is one of six letters written to Mrs. Henry Cohen from various relatives. This archive offers insight into the daily life of a prominent Philadelphia Jewish family.

Three-page letter written by Sarah Minis Hays to her sister-in-law, Francis Rosa Marx, on August 13, 1839. Written from Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, the letter details family affairs, including Francis's cancelled visit to Philadelphia and Rebecca Gratz's delayed country trip.

A fragmented letter of support for Rabbi Yaakov ben R. Shmuel Kimchi of Constantine, a Rabbinical Emissary from Eretz Yisrael. The letter includes signatures of rabbis from Tunisia (1775) and Italy (1777). Tunisian signatories include Rabbi Yosef Cohen, Rabbi Shlomo Alfasi, Rabbi Yosef Zarka, Rabbi Nassan Burgil, Rabbi David Margi, and Rabbi Nissim Shmuel ben Rabbi Meyuchas. Italian signatories include Rabbi Massud Bunan (Venice, signed as ‘Shliach Tzefas’), Rabbi Yisrael Binyamin Bassan (Reggio), Rabbi Simcha ben Avraham Kalimani, Rabbi Avraham ben Rabb Yitzchak Paccifico, Rabbi Matisyahu ben Moshe Katz (Revigo), Rabbi David ben Avraham Yitzchak HaCohen (Modena), Rabbi Moshe Nachman ben Yedidya Shlomo MeRikanti, Rav Yedidya ben Refael Shlomo Segal (Sienna), and Rabbi Moshe ben Eliyahu Foa. An additional, undeciphered Italian rabbinical signature is also present. The document, measuring 22.5 x 31 cm, is incomplete and was originally torn into two sections.