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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In convention, Dec. 23, 1820, Resolved, that every religious society, incorporated, or not incorporated, shall have power to raise monies for the support of their respective teachers and incidental expences ..
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Commonwealth of Massachusetts. In convention, Dec. 23, 1820, [electronic resource] : Resolved, that every religious society, incorporated, or not incorporated, shall have power to raise monies for the support of their respective teachers and incidental expences ...
Published
[Boston : s.n., 1820]
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1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 22 x 14 cm.
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Notes
Draft resolution, in twenty-six numbered lines. The resolution also provided that "every person shall have and enjoy the full liberty of uniting with, and paying to the support of, whatever religious society he may choose," "every person neglecting to unite himself with some religious society ... shall be classed with the parish or precinct in which he may reside, and shall be liable to be taxed by the same," and "every denomination of Christians ... shall be equally under the protection of the law; and no subordination of any sect or denomination to another, shall ever be established by law."
Title from caption and first lines of text.
Printed area measures 16.2 x 8.8 cm.
Not in Shoemaker.
Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2005. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (American broadsides and ephemera. First series ; no. 2421).
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Language
English
Added to Catalog
June 20, 2008
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