Subasta 3 Rare And Important Items
26.10.20
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 105 Eade road, Building A, 2nd floor unit 4, London N4 1TJ, England
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LOTE 201:

CONTROVERSIAL OPEN LETTER TO THE ELDERS OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE IN LONDON BY SOLOMON HAIM ...

Vendido por: $200
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$ 200
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$400 - $500
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CONTROVERSIAL OPEN LETTER TO THE ELDERS OF THE SPANISH AND PORTUGUESE SYNAGOGUE IN LONDON BY SOLOMON HAIM ANDRADE – DA COSTA. LONDON 1841.


Printed letter written by S H Andrade – da Costa to the Elders of London’s Sephardi Congregation complaining of being insulted by the Secretary of the community and of the way he was subsequently excommunicated for failing to pay a £5 fine imposed him as a result of a disrespectful comment he subsequently made to the Secretary.
Unrecorded. Not in the British Library or JNUL.

Solomon Haim Andrade - da Costa (1802-1866), born in London to a family of Spanish origin. Opened an independent Sephardi Synagogue in Islington in 1865.

2 sides. 19 x 23 cm. Good condition. Tears – repaired.