[Letter, 1769 September 14, Danzig to David Berlin].
[מכתב, י"ב אלול תקכ"ט, דאנציג אל דוד בערלין].

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Natan-Noṭe ben David, (Ożarów, Poland).

Contributor:

Berlin, David ben Loeb, -1771, addressee.

Lamm, Louis, 1871-1943, former owner.

בערלין, דוד בן ליב. -1771, addressee.

Language:

Hebrew

Subjects (All):

Jews.

History.

Jewish children.

Imprisonment.

Jewish women.

Rabbis.

Germany--Hamburg.

Poland--Ożarów.

Poland--Gdańsk.

Leah bat Metje, (Ożarów, Poland)--Imprisonment.

Avraham Ḥayim ben Natan-Noṭe, (Ożarów, Poland)--Imprisonment.

Jews--Poland--Gdańsk--18th century--Correspondence.

Rabbis--Germany--Hamburg--18th century--Correspondence.

Jewish women--18th century--Imprisonment.

Jewish children--18th century--Imprisonment.

Pidyon shevuyim.

Jews--Poland--Ożarów--18th century--History--Sources.

Jews--Germany--Hamburg--18th century--History--Sources.

Local Subjects:

Leah bat Metje, (Ożarów, Poland)--Imprisonment.

Avraham Ḥayim ben Natan-Noṭe, (Ożarów, Poland)--Imprisonment.

Genre:

Sources.

Correspondence.

Manuscripts, European.

Manuscripts, Hebrew -- 18th century.

seals (marks)

letters (correspondence)

correspondence artifacts

Personal correspondence.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Winner's Auctions (Jerusalem), Auction 121 (May 5, 2020) lot 423 as part of the archive of David ben Loeb Berlin (-1771).

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 130 x 105 (93 x 100) mm

Contained In:

Berlin, David ben Loeb, -1771. David ben Loeb Berlin correspondence.

Place of Publication:

Danzig, 12 Elul 5529 (11 January 1769)

דאנציג, ד' שבט תקכ"ט.

Language Note:

Hebrew.

Summary:

This is a letter written to David Berlin on Thursday, 12 Elul 5529 (14 September 1769) by Natan-Noṭe ben David of Ożarów (writing from Gdańsk /Danzig) describing current woes with his family; his wife (Leah bat Mejte) and son (Avraham Ḥayim) were imprisoned for unspecified reasons (מחמת גלגולי סיבות; eighth line), and he had heard a rumor that David Berlin would be soon traveling to Berlin and beseeches him to inquire on behalf of their release. The tone and language of the letter (including the address on document dorse) imply that Natan-Noṭe ben David did not know David Berlin prior to this correspondence.

Notes:

Ms. document.

Title supplied by cataloger.

Layout: Written in seventeen lines (letter text) with an additional line with date above letter; address on dorse.

Script: Written in a Ashkenazic cursive script in the hand of Natan-Noṭe ben David of Ożarów.

Origin: Written in Gdańsk (then Danzig in the Kingdom of Poland).

Cited as:

UPenn CAJS Rar Ms 559e.

OCLC:

1322485983