Newspaper clipping: Abraham Hart's letter on the Mortara Abduction Case in the *National Intelligencer*, November 30, 1858


Newspaper clipping from the *National Intelligencer*, published in Washington, D.C. on November 30, 1858. The clipping features an excerpt from a letter by Abraham Hart regarding the Mortara Abduction Case, urging President Buchanan to intervene. It also includes the reply from Secretary of State Lewis Cass refusing to do so. This represents one of the earliest instances of concerted lobbying by American Jews.


Associated People/Businesses

  • Hart, Abraham, 1810-1885
  • National Intelligencer

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Arc.MS.56, Volume C, Page 7