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Niles' Weekly Register, October 21, 1820: Editorial on the Jew BillNiles' Weekly Register, October 21, 1820: Editorial on the Jew Bill

Issue of Niles' Weekly Register published in Baltimore, Maryland on October 21, 1820. This issue contains an editorial ostensibly in support of a 'Jew Bill,' but expresses highly antisemitic views, characterizing Jewish people as consumers rather than workers and suggesting that the United States would benefit more from Irish laborers or German farmers. Page 114, Column 1.