Two Postcards - Letters to the Directors of the "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium, 1907-1911

Two Postcards - Letters to the Directors of the "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium, 1907-1911
Two postcards with handwritten letters to the directors of the Hebrew gymnasium in Jaffa (the "Herzliya" Hebrew Gymnasium), Yehuda Leib Matman and Hayim (Boger) Bugrashov. Jerusalem and Tiberias, 1907-1911.
1. Handwritten letter to Dr. Yehuda Leib Matman, by a father interested in sending his daughter to study in the gymnasium in Jaffa. Tiberias, 23 Adar 1907.
"I would like to send my 11-year-old daughter to study in the gymnasium. She speaks Hebrew very well… and if I receive a reply in the affirmative… I would request His Honor to let me know the yearly price and into which department she would enter according to the studies I detailed above…".
Ca. 9.5X14 cm. Good condition. Filing holes. Slight defects. Open tear to lower left corner.
2. Letter in the handwriting and signature of the director and publisher of the newspaper "HaOr", Shlomo Yisrael Shirizli, to Chaim Bugrashov. Jerusalem, 20 Av 1911.
"Dear Sir, I am surprised at your silence in response to all my letters… I have asked many times that you repay your debt for the publication of the two last advertisements…".
Shlomo Yisrael Shirizli (1878-1938) was a publisher, translator, writer and journalist, and a central figure in Jerusalem's Ladino culture.
Ca. 9X14 cm. Good condition. Filing holes.