Autograph Letter Signed by N.H. McKein, lecturer at the Springler Institute of New York to Rev. Prof. Charlton T. Lewis of Troy University
AUCTION 39 |
Thursday, April 03rd,
2008 at 1:00
Fine Judaica: Printed Books, Manuscripts, Autograph Letters & Graphic Art
Lot 320
(AMERICAN JUDAICA).
Autograph Letter Signed by N.H. McKein, lecturer at the Springler Institute of New York to Rev. Prof. Charlton T. Lewis of Troy University
New York: March 16th 1859
Est: $300 - $500
PRICE REALIZED $350
Contains an interesting vignette of Jewish life in New Yok City in the pre-Civil War period. The letter describes a visit to a Synagogue (probably Temple Emanuel) stating “the service was...very interesting and beautiful." The writer was especially impressed by the synagogue-sermon delivered by Mr. De Cordova in which he protested the kidnapping of Edgardo Mortara in Bologna by the Papal police