Harper's Encyclopædia of United States History: From 458 A.D. to 1902, Volume 7Harper & Bros., 1901 |
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... Quaker authorized in- stead of an oath , by statute , in 1696 et seq . Of abjuration , being an obligation to maintain the ... Quakers and other Dis- senters by acts passed in 1833 , 1837 , 1838 , and 1863 . In 1858 and 1860 Jews elected ...
... Quaker authorized in- stead of an oath , by statute , in 1696 et seq . Of abjuration , being an obligation to maintain the ... Quakers and other Dis- senters by acts passed in 1833 , 1837 , 1838 , and 1863 . In 1858 and 1860 Jews elected ...
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... Quaker , from whom he learned the business of stay - making . He went on a privateering cruise in 1755 , and after- Faine wards worked at his trade and preached as a Dissenting minister . He was an ex- ciseman at Thetford , and wrote ...
... Quaker , from whom he learned the business of stay - making . He went on a privateering cruise in 1755 , and after- Faine wards worked at his trade and preached as a Dissenting minister . He was an ex- ciseman at Thetford , and wrote ...
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... Quakers , for peculiar reasons , having de- nied his request to be interred in one of their burying - grounds . Near where he was buried a neat monument was erected in 1839. In 1819 William Cobbett took his bones to England . In 1875 a ...
... Quakers , for peculiar reasons , having de- nied his request to be interred in one of their burying - grounds . Near where he was buried a neat monument was erected in 1839. In 1819 William Cobbett took his bones to England . In 1875 a ...
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... Quakers were the principal sect ; but men of all re- ligions were tolerated , and lived together in harmony . In 1692 Richard Frame pub- lished , in what he called verse , a De- scription of Pennsylvania , in which he alludes to the ...
... Quakers were the principal sect ; but men of all re- ligions were tolerated , and lived together in harmony . In 1692 Richard Frame pub- lished , in what he called verse , a De- scription of Pennsylvania , in which he alludes to the ...
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... Quakers . The Swedes and Germans are Evangeli- cal Lutherans , under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Upsala . The Swedes have their own churches . The name of their clergyman is Fabricius , of whom I must say with deep regret that he ...
... Quakers . The Swedes and Germans are Evangeli- cal Lutherans , under the jurisdiction of the Bishop of Upsala . The Swedes have their own churches . The name of their clergyman is Fabricius , of whom I must say with deep regret that he ...
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