Letter by Rabbi Shlomo Chaim Perlow, Bolekhiv Rebbe

Long letter (6 large pages), handwritten and signed by the Bolekhiv Rebbe, Shlomo Chaim Perlow. Bolekhiv, [May 1938].
Letter in Yiddish (with sentences entirely written in Hebrew), sent to his daughter and son-in-law R. David Moshe Shapira (the Rebbe of Gwoździec-Sadigura) who at that time resided in Austria. The topics discussed in the letter: mourning and consolation on the death of a child, advice and deliberations regarding attempts to immigrate to the US, fears of acclimation to life in America and of separation from relatives in Europe. Conversely, the fear of Nazi pursuit and "Who knows what tomorrow will bring?". The Rebbe suggests that they continue their efforts to obtain travel permits and affidavits for immigration to the US and he expects that until the permits arrive, the situation will be less obscure. Many rebbes, relatives of his family are mentioned: his brother R. Yehuda Leib of Novominsk, R. Nachum'l of Novominsk, etc. The Rebbe also takes interest in the welfare of the relatives of his son-in-law, the Rebbes scions of the house of Ruzhin residing in Vienna: the Chortkov Rebbe, his uncle the Sadigura Rebbe and the Rebbe of Kopishnitz.
R. Shlomo Chaim Perlow (1880-1943), son of R. Ya’akov of Novominsk and son-in-law of R. Yehoshua Heschel-Padua Rabbi of Bolekhiv (Galicia). Exceptional Torah scholar and author of many halachic and Chassidic books. At the early age of 12, he exchanged halachic correspondence with leading Torah scholars of his times. In 1904, he succeeded his father-in-law as Rebbe and Rabbi of Bolekhiv wherein he established a prominent Yeshiva. Perished in the Holocaust.
His son-in-law R. David Moshe Shapira of Gwoździec-Sadigura (1904-1988), of the scion of the Ruzhin-Sadigura Rebbes and of the Kozhnitz lineage of Rebbes, served in the Vienna rabbinate. In 1939, he fled to London and in 1941 arrived in the US. He settled in NY and established his Beit Midrash - Beit David, and was known as the Gwoździec Rebbe. Authored Duda'im shel Moshe.
3 leaves (the first is official stationery) 28 cm. 6 written pages. Good condition. Folding marks and a few creases.
Enclosed: 2 postal receipts stamped "Bolechow" dated May 1938. Apparently, this letter was also sent that year (written on the 7th of Iyar, the 22nd day of the Omer).