(Congressional Report). Discriminations in Switzerland against Citizens of the United States of the Hebrew Persuasion

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(Congressional Report). Discriminations in Switzerland against Citizens of the United States of the Hebrew Persuasion

Uncut and unopened copy pp. 101. Stained and soiled. Unbound. 8vo Singerman 1691

(Washington D.C: 1860)

Est: $400 - $600

This publication contains thirty-six government documents pertaining to Swiss discrimination against American Jews. The contents were collected by order of President James Buchanan in compliance with an 1859 House resolution requesting information on such discrimination as a result of a Swiss-American trade agreement. See J. R. Marcus, United States Jewry, II, pp. 290-7