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(RUSSIA). House of Representatives. 4th Congress, 1st Session, Ex. doc. no. 192. CONDITION OF ISRAELITES IN RUSSIA. Message from the President of the United States. pp. 72. Final few closing leaves with marginal stains. Unbound. 8vo. Singerman 3105. Washington, DC 1882 An extensive collection of correspondence and discussion regarding the status and persecution of the Jews of Russia and the attempts by the American Government to intervene in specific cases of persecution of the Jews. President Chester Arthur's support for the Jews of Russia, was such that he had his Secretary of State, Frederick Frelinghuysen significantly ramp up diplomatic pressure on Russia: “The prejudice of race and creed have in our days given way to the claims of our common humanity. The people of the United States have heard with great respect the suffering of the Jewish Russians… It can scarcely be doubted that much has been done which a humane person must condemn.”