Emissary letter in attractive calligraphic writing, stamps of R. Avraham Ashkenazi and R. Refael Meir Panizil, stamps of community institutes and of appointees of the "Committee of Constantinople Officials": R. Chaim Nissim Baruch, R. Shlomo Abulafia, and others. Jerusalem, [Adar Bet 1870].
Sent to R. Yehuda Chermon [Rabbi in Vehran, Algeria], regarding the mission of R. Asher Avraham HaLevi son or R. Ya'akov HaLevi "of an important Jerusalem family" for the benefit of the needy Jerusalem orphans and widows who suffer great deprivation from the drought, plague of locusts and hunger - "a state of emergency".
R. Asher Avraham HaLevi was titled a "Shadar Nahug" - routine emissary, denoting his routine visits abroad to collect funds for Eretz Israel according to an amount fixed in advance for each individual community. Besides for these emissaries, others would be sent for special collections beyond the routine donations.
Leaf, 30 cm. Fair condition. Worming and wear. Stains.
Glued unto a proofreading leaf of the book Ar'a D'Rabanan (Constantinople, 1745) with handwritten revisions.