MONTEFIORE, SIR MOSES

(English philanthropist, 1784-1885). Secretarial Hebrew Letter, on personal letterhead, boldly signed, once in Hebrew characters and once in Latin characters. To the prolific scholar Jacob Reifmann (1818-1895), concerning receipt of his book on R. Saadia Gaon's Emunoth VeDei'oth. Sir Moses states [actually, Louis Loewe] he will place the book in the Ohel Moshe VeYehudith Library "to enlighten the eyes of all who come there to study.” One page

Ramsgate: 1880