Auction 80
Fine Judaica: * A Singular Collection of Important Hebrew Manuscripts. * Printed Books: Exceptional Offering from Two Notable Collections. * The Yosef Goldman Collection of American-Judaica.
Mar 28, 2019
(Your local time)
USA
242 West 30th Street, 12th Floor, New York NY 10001
Terms of sale
View demo
The auction has ended
|
LOT 124:
(AMERICAN JUDAICA)
more...
|
|
|
Sold for: $3,400
Estimated price:
$
2,000 - $3,000
Auction house commission:
25%
VAT: On commission only
|
Leeser, Isaac. Autograph Letter Signed written to Henry S. Spier, in English.
Leeser responds to a letter from Henry S. Spier, his agent in Boston, about Occident subscription difficulties with one Mr. Milkman.
Two pages.
Philadelphia: 6th November, 5612 -1851
Henry Spier’s original letter to Leeser is preserved in the Gershwind-Bennett Isaac Leeser Digitization Project (University of Pennsylvania) and bears the same date as Leeser’s response. Leeser was involved in a whirlwind of activities, leading a congregation, preaching, teaching, writing articles, translating the Bible, prayer books, and publishing a monthly journal. Yet, lacking assistance, he himself had to deal with subscriber problems himself. In this letter we see how he managed to do that - with promptness.
