Letter: MS 8308, fol. 31

Description

Letter in Ladino from Shemuel Sidi to his brother-in-law Gabriel Conforte relating to business transactions (17th century). Lines 8-9, 15 mention a variety of individuals amidst a broader discussion of payments: Yosef Burgos (יוסף בורגוש), Yehuda Carmona (יאודה קארמונה), and Moshe Kohen (l. 15). R. Gabriel Conforte was a leading rabbi among the Jewish community of Cairo during the latter half of the seventeenth century and early eighteenth century. He appears in a variety of dated fragments: AIU VII.E.187 (1695 CE), T-S K25.140.2 (1693 CE), and Yevr. II A 463/1 (1697/98). For another Ladino letter sent by Sidi to Conforte, see: T-S 12.318. ASE. MCD.