Correspondence from Sir Moses Montefiore to Mrs. Simon

Held by

Congregation Shaar Hashomayim Museum and Archives via Canadian Jewish Heritage Network (incl. Alex Dworkin Canadian Jewish Archives)

Dates

May 27, 1877 (indexed as 1877)

Level

item

Extent

Document ; Ht:20.8 cm (letter), 6.9 cm (envelope) x W:13.4 cm (letter), 12 cm (envelope) : English

Scope & content

Sir Moses Montefiore thanking Mrs. Simon for sending him a photograph of herself, and a copy of her husband's, Sergeant Oswald John Simon, Esq., speech. Also thanks the Simons for their visit to Ramsgate. Envelope sealed with black wax seal. Sender's address: East Cliff Lodge, Ramsgate, England. Recipient's address: 1 Wellington Crescent, Ramsgate, England.

Location

• rue Wellington · street · confidence 35% · street · found as “Wellington Crescent”

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Genre / form

textual record

Format

Document

In the picture

DocumentEnvelopeHandwrittenLetterLetterheadSealSignatureWax SealTagged automatically by a vision model; may contain mistakes.

Text in the image

East Cliff Lodge.Ramsgate.27th May 1877My dear Mrs Simon,It is with great pleasure that I thank you for your note of this morning, also for the Photograph of your esteemed self, and Report of Serjeant Simon's Speech, which you were kind enough to send me.I assure you it gave me very great pleasure to have your company with your esteemed Husband here yesterday, and as I shall read his SpeechRead automatically; may contain mistakes.

Harvested

2026-10-18T19:26:57Z · source datestamp n/a · cjhn

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