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Letter to the Art Editor of the New York Times
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June 7, 1943Mr. Edward Alden JewellArt EditorNew York Times229 West 43 StreetNew York, N.Y.Dear Mr. Jewell:To the artist, the workings of the critical mind is one of life’s mysteries. That is why, we…

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Adolph Gottlieb, Mark Rothko

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1943

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Art, Painting, Aesthetics, Artists, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Letter to Federal Constitutional Convention
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7 September 1787SiresWith leave and submission I address myself to those in whom there is wisdom and understanding and knowledge, they are the honourable personages appointed and Made overseers of a…

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Jonas Phillips

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1787

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Christian-Jewish relations, Government, Politics, Theology, Antisemitism, Letters

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Historical writing, Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts
The Education of the Heart
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Warrenton, North Carolina U.S. of America August 7th, 1815 A young American lady who has long felt towards Miss Edgeworth those sentiments of respect and admiration which superior talents exerted in…

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Rachel Mordecai Lazarus

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Warrenton, United States of America

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1815

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Antisemitism, Interfaith relations, Writing, Activism, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
Zionism and the Jewish Women of America
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New York January 17, 1915 Dear Mrs. Julius Rosenwald, Let me congratulate you and Palestine upon having secured as you tell me in your telegram, a “splendid response from a local” [Chicago Jewish…

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Henrietta Szold

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New York City, United States of America (New York, United States of America)

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1915

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Zionism, Women, Antisemitism, Letters, Politics

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Firsthand accounts, Letters, Political Culture
Jewish Youth at War: Letters from American Soldiers
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These letters have been selected from thousands in a similar vein which it has been the privilege of the editor to peruse. They were forwarded to him from all sections of the country. The…

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Isaac E. Rontch

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1945

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War, Jewish identity, Military, Holocaust, Memory, Letters

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Historical writing, Letters, Firsthand accounts
Letter to Chaim Weizmann
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The Secretary Zionist Organisation London Baghdad, 8th September 1922 Dear Sir, I have the pleasure to acknowledge receipt of your letter of the 20th July 1922. It is needless to say that I greatly…

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Menahem Salih Daniel

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Baghdad, British Mandate Iraq (Baghdad, Iraq)

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1922

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Zionism, Arab-Jewish relations, Arabs, Nationalism, Letters, Politics

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Political Culture, Letters, Firsthand accounts
A Letter to the Polish Premier
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I take the liberty of addressing to you my last words, and through you to the Polish Government and the Polish people, to the Governments and the peoples of the Allied States—to the conscience of the…

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Artur-Shmuel Ziegelboym

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1942

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Wills & testaments, Holocaust, Fascism, Rebellion, Death, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Wills, Testaments & Bequests, Letters
Letters to Richea Gratz
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Lancaster, August 5th 1793Miss Richea Gratz,PhiladelphiaThe letter of the 1st instant from my dear sister I now seat myself to accknowledge. Its contents I duly note. The subject it treats on is of…

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Simon Gratz, Samuel Hays

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Lancaster, United States of America

Date:

1793

Subjects:

Family, Marriage, Sabbath, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Letters
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…

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Salomon de Rothschild

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New York City, United States of America

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1859–1861

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

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Firsthand accounts, Letters, Travel Writing
Letters and Diary
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The negro movement is still a most vexatious and mischievous one, and its effects are painfully felt in every Southern household. This morning Cy came to high words with George and…

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Emma Mordecai

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Richmond, Confederate States of America (Richmond, United States of America)

Date:

1864–1865

Subjects:

War, Slavery, Military, Agriculture, Family, Letters

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Firsthand accounts, Memoirs & diaries, Letters