* * * * * “Alliance Office, “Bartholomew Lane, “31 May, 5614. “My dear and respected Sir, “... I hope to find the amount of Contributions much increased from your admirable Letter having at last found its way in the hands of the several Seat-holders of each Synagogue, and I am sure if they respond to it with the same liberality as our Christian fellow-subjects have evinced for our suffering Brethren in the Holy Land I am confident you will rejoice at the success which has attended your benevolent exertions.... “I am with great respect and esteem, “Your faithful Servant, “MOSES MONTEFIORE. “The Revd. Dr. Adler, Chief Rabbi, &c. &c.” * * * * * “East Cliff Lodge, “Ramsgate, “17th August, 5614/1854. “My dear and respected Sir, “... I am obliged to you for the information which Mr. Albert Cohn’s letter has afforded me and believe me I am most truly thankful to the God of Israel that my days should have been prolonged to see the welfare of our unfortunate Brethren in Jerusalem cared for by so wealthy and powerful a family as the Barons de Rothschild. May the institutions which they propose diffuse all the advantages we hope for. I will endeavour to write this evening to Lord Clarendon and will take the earliest opportunity to communicate the result after I shall have had an interview with his Lordship. I have requested Mr. Green to forward all the letters to you that have arrived from the Holy Land. I shall take no step regarding the Hospital but with your concurrence. You may rely that there will be no opposition in any way on my part, and I am only too happy to see that Jerusalem is not forsaken.... “Believe me, “With the greatest esteem and respect, “Your faithful Servant, “MOSES MONTEFIORE. “To the Reverend Doctor Adler, Chief Rabbi.” * * * * * “Alliance Office, “Bartholomew Lane, “Wednesday Morn, “23 Augt., ’614. “My dear and respected Sir,