Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28, 1872, correspondence in regard to the persecution and oppression of the Israelites in Roumania. [Washington, 1872]. English. "Message from the President of the United States", official publication from the 42nd US Congress – collection of letters exchanged between the American consul in Romania, Benjamin Franklin Peixotto, and the U.S. Secretary of State and other bodies, on the issue of the persecution of Romanian Jews. The letters were collected by order of the President of the U.S., Ulysses Simpson Grant, and presented to the Senate in May 1872. Benjamin Franklin Peixotto (1834-1890) was an American attorney, journalist and diplomat. In 1870 he was appointed American Consul in Romania, and as part of this position acted to protect the rights of Jews and promote the granting of citizenship to Romania's Jews. In Romania Peixotto founded the "Society of Zion", the basis for the later founding of the Romanian "Bnai Brith" organization. 14 pp (without cover), 23 cm. Good condition. Small tears to margins of first leaf. Pasting marks on the booklet's spine. Singerman 2366.
Message from the President of the United States, Communicating, in compliance with a resolution of the Senate of March 28, 1872, correspondence in regard to the persecution and oppression of the Israelites in Roumania. [Washington, 1872]. English. "Message from the President of the United States", official publication from the 42nd US Congress – collection of letters exchanged between the American consul in Romania, Benjamin Franklin Peixotto, and the U.S. Secretary of State and other bodies, on the issue of the persecution of Romanian Jews. The letters were collected by order of the President of the U.S., Ulysses Simpson Grant, and presented to the Senate in May 1872. Benjamin Franklin Peixotto (1834-1890) was an American attorney, journalist and diplomat. In 1870 he was appointed American Consul in Romania, and as part of this position acted to protect the rights of Jews and promote the granting of citizenship to Romania's Jews. In Romania Peixotto founded the "Society of Zion", the basis for the later founding of the Romanian "Bnai Brith" organization. 14 pp (without cover), 23 cm. Good condition. Small tears to margins of first leaf. Pasting marks on the booklet's spine. Singerman 2366.
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