Lewis Allen to Rebecca Gratz - October 11, 1841

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Lewis Allen to Rebecca Gratz

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October 11, 1841

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Lewis Allen, parnass of Mikveh Israel, offers Rebecca, as superintendent of the Hebrew Sunday School, rooms for the school.

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This document is published with permission from the American Philosophical Society. Contact APS for information about accessing the physical collection. https://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-NC/1.0/

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Gratz Family Papers, Mss.Ms.Coll.72., American Philosophical Society

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