American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation.
by BLAKELY, William Addison (compiler, annotations). With Foreword by Judge Thomas M. Cooley
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About This Item
Washington, D.C.: Religious Liberty Association, 1911. "Revised & Enlarged Edition" edited by Willard Allen Colcord." Octavo (8.75" x 6"), 800 pages. Publisher's gilt-lettered dark maroon cloth.
Binding rubbed, spine gilt dull, modest wear at spine extremities & corners, front hinge started (still secure), previous owner's name & place at front pastedown, sporadic foxing & toning, a good or better copy.
Originally published in 1890. Provides a state by state review of compulsory piety rules, "Legislative, Executive, & Judicial."
"A perusal of the early Sunday laws of the American colonies will demonstrate how little acquainted were the first settlers of this country with the genuine principles of religious libert and separation of church and state." ~from the Introduction.
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- Title
- American State Papers Bearing on Sunday Legislation.
- Author
- BLAKELY, William Addison (compiler, annotations). With Foreword by Judge Thomas M. Cooley
- Book Condition
- Used
- Quantity Available
- 1
- Binding
- Hardcover
- Publisher
- Religious Liberty Association
- Place of Publication
- Washington, D.C.
- Date Published
- 1911
- Weight
- 0.00 lbs
- Keywords
- Religion, Compulsory Piety, United States Constitution, Religious Liberty, Separation of church & state
- Bookseller catalogs
- American History; Religion, Philosophy, Occult; Government, Legislation; Law, Jurisprudence;
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