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Early Virginia Religious Petitions
URL: http://memory.loc.gov/ammem/collections/petitions/

Description:
This site "presents images of 423 petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature between 1774 and 1802." Searchable by keywords in bibliographic record, and browsable by geographic location and date. Includes information on the debate between church and state; the circulation, presentation, and form of petitions of the era; a chronology of religious development in America (1607-1835); maps; and related resources. From the American Memory Project of the Library of Congress.

Publisher:
Library of Congress

Library of Congress Subject Headings:
Church and state -- United States
Ecclesiastical law -- Virginia
Virginia -- History

LII Database Information:
Record 7532 created by Tom McGibney on 11/29/2001
Last modification on 05/07/2006
Published: 11/29/2001  
Funding agency: California State Library
LII Item ID: http://lii.org/cs/lii/view/item/7532