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A Petition from the Society of Free Quakers to the Pennsylvania General Assembly, 1781

Object Status:

Extant

Accession Date:

N.d.

Primary Source Reference:

Library Company Accession File

Author/Composer:

Society of Free Quakers

Notes:

Inscribed by Du Simitière at foot: "presented to the house of Assembly December 21st 1781."

Title Information:

To the representatives of the freemen of the commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General Assembly met: Divers freemen of the said commonwealth beg leave to shew, that, by the laws of the state, religious societies of people are entitled to hold lots of ground for the purposes of erecting thereon houses for worship, school houses, and for burying grounds ...

Imprint Information:

[Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1781]

Repository:

LCP, Call no. sm # Am 1781 Fri Soc 962.F.163; Early American Imprints, Series I: Evans (1639-1800), No. 17164