Newspaper clipping from the Illustrated London News, July 26, 1851, featuring a two-part article on Sir David Salomons' election to Parliament and the controversy surrounding his inability to serve due to his Jewish faith. The article discusses the House of Commons' attempts to overturn this restriction and Salomons' eventual service in Parliament from 1859 to 1873. Published in London, England.
Subject: Jewish Rights
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Two-page letter dated October 18, 1850, from Jacob Ezekiel in Richmond, Virginia, to Isaac Leeser in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. Ezekiel requests Leeser's assistance in amending or repealing Virginia laws that infringe upon Jewish rights. Ezekiel, a Richmond merchant, later became the first secretary of Hebrew Union College. He is the father of sculptor Moses Ezekiel.