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Auction 28 · Lot 304
(AMERICAN - ANGLO JUDAICA)
- Estimate
- $1,000–$1,500
- Hammer price
- $1,100
Historical auction record. Hammer prices exclude buyer’s premium and taxes.
Place
Jerusalem
Publication
9th Nissan, 1871
Description
Montefiore, Sir Moses (1784-1885). Secretarial Letter in Hebrew, signed by Sir Moses in English (address panel), to Philip Stein, Secretary of the Kesher HaShalom Society of Chicago, thanking him and the members of the Society for their charitable contributions to assist the poor of Jerusalem (received through the good offices of Moses Montefiore)
summary
An important letter documenting the relationship between American Jewry and their co-religionists in the Land of Israel.
Includes the signatures of: Haham Bashi Abraham Ashkenazi, HaTzvi Me’at Devash (David b. Shimon), Abraham Eisenstein, Moshe Eliezer Dan Ralbag, Eliezer Kav VeNaki of Horodna, Meir Lutziner, Yaakov Yehuda Levy, Meir Anikster, Zev HaKohen of Pinsk, (‘Mayor’) Jacob Valero and others.
For an account of Philip Stein see, AJHSP, Vol. XXIX (1925) pp.186-88 (accompanying this Lot)
pp.1. Integral address panel
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