Asher Isaac Myers letter to Mayer Sulzberger, 6 April 1897.

Format:

Manuscript

Author/Creator:

Myers, Asher Isaac, 1848-1902, author, correspondent.

Contributor:

Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923, correspondent.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923--Correspondence.

Sulzberger, Mayer.

Penn Provenance:

Sold by Kestenbaum & Company (New York), Auction 80 (March 28, 2019) lot 145.

Physical Description:

1 leaf : paper ; 20 x 13 cm.

Production:

London, April 6, 1897.

Contained In:

contained in : Sulzberger, Mayer, 1843-1923. Collection of Mayer Sulzberger material. 31198068710149

Language Note:

In English.

Biography/History:

English journalist, joint proprietor of "The Jewish Record", 1868, and "The Jewish Chronicle", 1869; one of the founders of the Jewish Workingmen's Club, 1872.

Summary:

Letter from Asher Isaac Myers to Judge Mayer Sulzberger (addressed from 2 Finsbury Square, London, on the stationary of Jewish Chronicle); Myers writes to Sulzberger concerning assistance he was to provide for friends of Sulzberger's on a tour of Jerusalem, including two women, a "Miss Schloss" and "Mrs. Frank"; "making the trip as pleasent as possible to these two estimable ladies - [Israel] Zangwill especially promised he will tell you so direct [...] and as a minor detail the diplomacy of Europe is engaged in preventing an outbreak in Turkey so as not to mar the comfort and sensitivity of the Pilgrims". Letter written in 11 and 17 lines (both sides); autograph below text.

Notes:

Title supplied by cataloger.

Cited as:

Asher Isaac Myers letter to Mayer Sulzberger, 6 April 1897. (UPenn CAJS ARC Ms. 25.1.7). Library at the Herbert D. Katz Center for Advanced Judaic Studies, University of Pennsylvania.

OCLC:

1404833280