Autograph letter signed, in Hebrew, on Commodore Hotel stationary, to Hannah Maisel-Shochat, “The matter of your School has been arranged…” Concerns financial arrangements for the new institution.

Estimate: $300–$500
Hammer price: Not recorded

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author

USSISHKIN, MENACHEM MENDEL (Zionist leader, 1863-1941).

Place

New York

Publication

25th Nissan, (1921)

Description

“Could you talk to Dr. Rupin concerning land for the School. Good luck in your toil - which is also ours.”

summary

The recipient was a leading agricultural educator for girls. The school in question was the Girl’s Agricultural School in Nahalal that Maisel-Shochat led for nearly 40 years. Ussishkin was in New York at the time, together with Albert Einstein, promoting the fund-raising efforts of Keren Hayesod, the financial arm of the World Zionist Organization.

1p., two folds, punch-hole on right margin, 8vo; with photograph (1905) of Ussishkin

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