Bidspirit auction | BALTIMORE JEWISH COMMUNITY 1871/ MOSES

BALTIMORE JEWISH COMMUNITY 1871/ MOSES MONTEFIORE. - Signed letter by Sir Moses Montefiore, written to numerous rabbinical figures in Jerusalem. Concerning donations made by various synagogues and congregations in Baltimore to benefit the impoverished Jewish community in the Holy Land. Dated 1871, it is an early record of American Jewish philanthropy assisting their needy brethren in the cities of Jerusalem, Chevron, Tiberias and Safed. With specific mention of the Chevra Kadisha of Eretz Yisroel, congregation Shearith Yisroel, congregation Sheves Achim, and an individual named Eliezer Herzberg. Excellent condition. 40 by 25 cm. Lot includes vintage photograph of Montefiore issued upon his centenary in 1884.