Coverting the Jews...
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December 14, 1816
NILES' WEEKLY REGISTER, Baltimore, December 14, 1816
* Converting the Jews
One of the more notable items in this issue is the back page item with a small heading: "The Jews" with the text including:
"...about $500,000 have been assessed on the public in one form or other for the last five yeas & expended---with what result? The conversion, real or supposed, of five Jews. This is at the rate of $100,000 per Jew..." with just a bit more, and ending with: "...what is it to us in this land of civil and religious liberty?" (see photos).
Among other reports in this issue are: a lengthy governor's speech to the New Hampshire legislature; a lengthy governor's speech to the Pennsylvania legislature; a letter signed in type by: James Madison (see); "African Colonizations".
Complete in 16 pages, measures about 6 1/2 by 10 inches and is in good condition.
This small size newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the 19th century. As noted in Wikipedia: "Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it into one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States and himself into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period."
* Converting the Jews
One of the more notable items in this issue is the back page item with a small heading: "The Jews" with the text including:
"...about $500,000 have been assessed on the public in one form or other for the last five yeas & expended---with what result? The conversion, real or supposed, of five Jews. This is at the rate of $100,000 per Jew..." with just a bit more, and ending with: "...what is it to us in this land of civil and religious liberty?" (see photos).
Among other reports in this issue are: a lengthy governor's speech to the New Hampshire legislature; a lengthy governor's speech to the Pennsylvania legislature; a letter signed in type by: James Madison (see); "African Colonizations".
Complete in 16 pages, measures about 6 1/2 by 10 inches and is in good condition.
This small size newspaper began in 1811 and was a prime source for national political news of the first half of the 19th century. As noted in Wikipedia: "Niles edited and published the Weekly Register until 1836, making it into one of the most widely-circulated magazines in the United States and himself into one of the most influential journalists of his day. Devoted primarily to politics, Niles' Weekly Register is considered an important source for the history of the period."
Category: Pre-Civil War
