A letter by Menachem Ussishkin to Menachem Sheinkin. Typewritten on the official stationery of the Odessa Committee and hand-signed by Menachem Ussishkin. Odessa, January 22, 1908.
The Association of the Hebrew Gymnasium in Palestine was established by Menachem Sheinkin, the Odessa Committee representative in Jaffa, after his visit to the first location of the Hebrew Gymnasium – in the private and crowded apartment of the teacher Yehuda Leib Matmon. Immediately after the establishment of the Association, Sheinkin embarked on a fundraising campaign throughout Russia and managed to sell founding shares for 40,000 Rubles.
The letter reports payments made by nine share purchasers: Elchanan Leib Levinsky (25 Rubles, first payment); Dr. Shimshon Rosenbaum (925 Rubles, first payment); Dr. Nissan (Hacohen) Katznelson (100 Rubles); and others. "From the other subscribers we received nothing… this is the answer to his question about H.H. Tchelnov, B. Goldberg, Tiomkin" (Hebrew).
[1] f., approx. 26.5 cm. Good condition. Fold lines and minor creases. Small tears to edges (mostly restored). Two filing holes restored with strips of paper.