Discriminations in Switzerland Against Citizens of the U.S. of the Hebrew Persuasion: Correspondence Regarding the Denial of Rights to S. Muhlhauser

Booklet containing correspondence between U.S. officials and Swiss authorities regarding the discrimination faced by American Jewish citizens in Switzerland, specifically focusing on the case of S. Muhlhauser, who was denied the right to open a branch office. Includes testimony by Jonas Levy. The documents detail anti-Semitic laws and practices in Switzerland from 1858 to 1860, and the efforts by the U.S. government to address these issues. Published in Washington D.C. by the House of Representatives in 1860. Octavo. 101 pages. Original tan wraps with black lettering on cover (lacking in this copy). This collection includes correspondence between US officials and Theodore S. Fay, Secretary of the US legation in Bern, Switzerland. Fay's 1859 report to the Swiss Federal Council was instrumental in the eventual emancipation of Jews in Switzerland in 1866. The booklet reviews discriminatory Swiss laws and prohibitions against Jews, and details incidents such as the expulsion of an American citizen, Gootmann, due to his Jewish faith. (Singerman No. 1691)

Associated People/Businesses

• Muhlhauser S. / Levy, Jonas

Geography

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Subjects

• Antisemitism
• Jews--United States
• Discrimination
• Diplomacy
• 19th century

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 7