Broadside: Baltimore Committee on the Mortara Affair, 1858

This broadside (9" x 12") announces the formation of a committee in Baltimore to address the Mortara Affair. The text calls for a letter to be drafted and sent to the President of the United States, urging him to join with France and other European powers in condemning the actions of the Papal States. The broadside likely dates to October or November 1858. The image shows a printed text, the details of which are not fully legible in the provided image. A manuscript draft of the committee meeting is noted as existing in separate records (2006.12.26.03445).

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Arc.MS.56, Box A, Folder 3