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Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823 to Loring Andrews

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC07160.04 Author/Creator: Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823 Place Written: Loudon, New Hampshire Type: Autograph letter Date: 1791/12 Pagination: 3 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm Order a Copy

Writes a letter to the editor of the Western Star to condemn the practice of using public funds to pay for parish teachers linked to denominational majorities. Such taxation and town treasury appropriations, he charges, violate the constitutional protections of minority denominations. Grounds his objection in the Massachusetts constitution and its Bill of Rights.

Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823
Andrews, Loring, 1768-1805

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