Four-page letter written by Reverend Moses N. Nathan on May 1, 1866, from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands, to Reverend Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Nathan discusses the status of religious services, the health of his assistant, the progress of Leeser's plans for a college in Philadelphia, the government's indecision regarding public worship, unfilled positions in Southern congregations, and the effects of aging.
Subject: Religious life -- United States -- 19th century
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Undated manuscript draft of a sermon written by Jacob Mordecai (1762-1838), a prominent Jewish merchant and educator in Colonial America and the American South. The 2 3/4-page manuscript, written in Mordecai's hand, quotes a verse and provides a detailed explanation. It's assumed to have been written between 1819-1838 while he resided in Richmond, Virginia, where he served as president of Congregation Kahal Kadosh Beth Shalome.