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Singerman ID#1515

This Memorial of the undersigned, Delegates of the Israelites from various States of the Union, to His Excellency the President of the United States ...

Singerman Entry

Singerman ID#1515

This Memorial of the undersigned, Delegates of the Israelites from various States of the Union, to His Excellency the President of the United States ... [Baltimore, 1857]. 4 p.

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A protest against the Swiss Treaty of 1855 and its restrictive impact on American Jews who might want to travel in certain Swiss cantons. Signed October 29, 1857, by: M. I. Cohen, H. Hochheimer, Ph. Herzberg, all of Maryland; Isaac M. Wise, Ohio; Martin Bijur, Kentucky; M. M. Gerstley, Illinois; and Lewis F. Leopold, Ohio.