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Correspondence from the United States, 1859–1861
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New York, October 17, [18]59 People are rather preoccupied with the internal politics of the country. The abortive attempt of [the abolitionist John] Brown and his accomplices, and their execution…

Contributor:

Salomon de Rothschild

Places:

New York City, United States of America

Date:

1859–1861

Subjects:

Travel, Politics, Economic life, Slavery, Cities, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Letters, Travel Writing
Letter from Acre to His Father: First Part
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After wishing you good health and well-being and kissing your hand, as is befitting, and also to Madame my mother, blessed among women, amen, and to all the members of the household, may the Rock…

Contributor:

Abraham Ishmael Ḥay Sanguinetti

Places:

Acre, Ottoman Empire (Acre, Israel)

Date:

1741

Subjects:

Travel, Monarchy, Cities, Economic life, Christian-Jewish relations, Letters

Categories:

Firsthand accounts, Travel Writing, Letters