Two Autograph Letters Signed written in Judeo-German and German by various members of the Geiger family of Frankfurt a/Main to Alfred Geiger in Hamburg.

Interesting correspondence concerning the social and business interactions of various members of a prominent German family located in two cities. These letters were written by Alfred’s father, Salomon Michael Geiger (author of Divrei Koheleth, 1792-1878), the older brother of Abraham Geiger who who led the founding of Reform Judaism, and by Lazarus Geiger (1829-70), son of Salomon Geiger and famed philosopher and philologist. Unlike his uncle Abraham, Lazarus adhered to his father’s Orthodox views and was a staunch opponent of religious reforms. Other members of the Geiger family writing here include Alfred’s mother (Fanny), sister Sara and brother-in-law Burkhard. The recipient, Alfred Salomon Geiger, also a follower of Orthodox practices, worked for the Warburg Bank and later married the daughter of successful Frankfurt stockbroker Moses Schiff (father of Jacob Schiff, later of New York).