Guide to the Frederick Immanuel Neuhaus Papers
Open for research.
Frederick Immanuel Neuhaus came to the United States in 1848 in order to become a missionary for the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews. The Ladies' Jews' Society contributed all the funds to bring Neuhaus to Philadelphia. From 1843 to 1848 he had been a missionary for the Free Church of Scotland to the Jews in Pesth and Constantinople.
In 1850, Neuhaus became a missionary to the Jews for the Board of Foreign Missions in Baltimore. In a letter from the Board dated October 29, 1855, Neuhaus was asked by the Board to discontinue his work in Baltimore by May 1, 1856. It appears that he moved to Cincinnati and died there in 1864.
he Frederick Immanuel Neuhaus papers consists of incoming correspondence from family and other correspondents. One of the correspondents is John Neander, also a missionary to the Jews for the American Society for Meliorating the Condition of the Jews and then for the Board of Foreign Missions.
Researchers should be aware that approximately 85% of this collection is written in foreign languages. The languages identified are German, French, Hebrew and some form of Arabic. All of the letters from John Neander are written in German.
SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1833-1863
Researchers should also consult Neuhaus' reports to the Board of Foreign Missions found in:
RG 258, Guide to the Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Foreign Missions. Missions to the Jews Records; Series I, Subseries 2.
Collection processed and finding aid prepared: August 989
Susan W. Miller, Processing Archivist
| Box | Folder | Description | |
| 1 | 1 | Finding Aid to Record Group 259 | |
| SERIES I: CORRESPONDENCE, 1833-1863 | |||
| 1 | 2 | 1833 | |
| 1 | 3 | 1834 | |
| 1 | 4 | 1835 | |
| 1 | 5 | 1836 | |
| 1 | 6 | 1837-1838 | |
| 1 | 7 | 1839-1841 | |
| 1 | 8 | 1842-1843 | |
| 1 | 9 | 1844 | |
| 1 | 10 | 1845-1846 | |
| 1 | 11 | 1847 | |
| 1 | 12 | 1848 | |
| 1 | 13 | 1849-1852 | |
| 1 | 14 | 1853-1854 | |
| 1 | 15 | 1855-1856 | |
| 1 | 16 | 1857 | |
| 1 | 17 | 1858-1860 | |
| 1 | 18 | 1861-1863 | |
| 1 | 19 | undated |