A one-page letter written by Israel J. Jones, President of Congregation Sha'arai Shomayim in Mobile, Alabama, to Isaac Leeser on December 16, 1856. Jones informs Leeser about a fire that destroyed the synagogue and requests that a plea for donations be published in *The Occident*. The letter also references an attached newspaper clipping detailing the event. The Sha'arai Shomayim Synagogue, originally a Unitarian church built in 1846, was dedicated in 1853 and rebuilt after the fire with the help of both Jewish and non-Jewish Mobile residents.
Subject: Synagogues -- Alabama -- Mobile -- History
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