Letter from Rabbi Akiva Sofer - Pressburg, 1922

Letter handwritten and signed by R. Akiva Sofer Rabbi and yeshiva dean in Pressburg. Pressburg (Bratislava), [Tevet 1922].
Words of encouragement and blessings addressed to his disciple R. Michael Schay, following his marriage to the daughter of R. Alter Shaul Pfeffer, and his trip to the United States: "…I hope that you have already reached your destination and have settled down, to reside in the tent of Torah with your father-in-law… may you grow and continue… delving into Torah… to collect in your hands all goodness, and goodness refers to Torah…". Further in the letter, he writes that he is sending him also "a certificate, which I promised you, to be for you a remembrance, and I hope you will be satisfied with it…".
The Gaon of Pressburg - R. Akiva Sofer (1878-1960), author of Daat Sofer, son of R. Simcha Bunem author of Shevet Sofer, who was the son of the Ketav Sofer. He served as rabbi and yeshiva dean in Pressburg since the passing of his father in 1907. Following the Holocaust, he reestablished his yeshiva and community in Jerusalem. He was a leader of the Moetzet Gedolei HaTorah.
The recipient of the letter, R. Michael Schay (1894-1979, HaChatam Sofer VeTalmidav, p. 648), was a rabbi in New York. He studied in the Pressburg yeshiva, and in the yeshiva of R. Yosef Tzvi Dushinsky in Khust. He was the son-in-law of R. Alter Shaul Pfeffer, rabbi of the Hungarian Beit Midrash in New York. Following his wedding, he served as rabbi in New York, succeeding his father-in-law in 1936.
[1] double leaf, official stationery. 23 cm. Approx. 12 autograph lines. Good-fair condition. Wear and minor tears to folds.