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Notice of the Philadelphia Committee of Inspection and Observation regarding Quakers not observing a fast, 1775

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Philadelphia (Pa.). Committee of Inspection and Observation.

Title Information:

In committee chamber, May 16. 1776: The Committee of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia &c. taking into their consideration the case of a number of their fellow citizens, of the people, called Quakers, who will probably not observe the fast recommended by Congress; ... This committee hold liberty of conscience to be sacred, and that any differences in opinion, which are not injurious to the community, ought to be indulged. ... /By order of the committee, R. Strettell Jones, secretary

Imprint Information:

[Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1776]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1776 Phi Com 962.F.85; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 15013