Subject: Civil rights -- Maryland

Issue of the Daily National Intelligencer newspaper published in Washington, D.C. on December 31, 1818. This issue contains an early report on the pending Maryland Jew Bill, which aimed to grant Jews the same rights and privileges as Christians in holding public office.

Issue of Niles' Weekly Register dated March 19, 1825, containing the first non-governmental publication of the final Maryland Jew Bill. This bill, which became Maryland law upon passage by the Assembly on January 5, 1826, is featured prominently in a page 2 report from "Maryland." The report details three acts passed by the legislature, with the Jew Bill being the most significant. The text of the bill includes a requirement for Jewish citizens appointed to public office to make a declaration of belief in a future state of reward and punishment in lieu of the existing constitutional declaration.