Ahad Ha'Am – Letter to Mendele Mocher Seforim and Mordechai Ben-Ami – Odessa, 1906

A handwritten letter, on official stationary, written by Ahad Ha'Am (Asher Ginzberg), to his friends Mendele Mocher Seforim (Shalom Ya'akov Abramovich) and Mordechai Ben-Ami. Odessa, Elul, 1906. Hebrew.
Ahad Ha'Am mentions his recent birthday and thanks his friends for their letter: "several days ago I returned from a four months journey and on 'that day' I was not at home…I am not used to celebrate my birthday and I did not tell anybody and it is not my fault that other people know my age and announced it. Since it was done already I thank you for the pleasure I found in reading your lines…”
Further in the letter Ahad Ha’Am writes about the city of Odessa and its intellectuals: “oy, beloved friends, our city is orphaned and our parcel dismantled…There is no joy in our streets but only desertion…and I pray that we will sit together again…”
[1] leaf, 22 cm. Good condition. Minor spotting. Folding marks. Several minor tears around the edges.