The Founders on Religion: A Book of QuotationsJames H. Hutson Princeton University Press, 10 nov 2009 - 288 páginas What did the founders of America think about religion? Until now, there has been no reliable and impartial compendium of the founders' own remarks on religious matters that clearly answers the question. This book fills that gap. A lively collection of quotations on everything from the relationship between church and state to the status of women, it is the most comprehensive and trustworthy resource available on this timely topic. |
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... John Jay at the Columbia University Library. Additionally, the papers of George Washington, Thomas Jefferson, and James Madi- son at the Library of Congress were searched, with some surprising results. These new sources offer readers a ...
... John Adams, John Jay, John Dickinson, Benjamin Rush, and Roger Sherman. It would be a stretch—but not an impossible one—to include Jefferson in this company, at least in retirement, when he was a consumer of and acute commentator on ...
... John Jay (1745–1829). Revolutionary leader from New York who held multiple high-level political, diplomatic and judicial appointments. Appointed first American ambassador to Spain, 1779; secretary of foreign affairs, 1784–1790 ...
... John Jay, which was reprinted in 1971 and is, accordingly, available in most large libraries: Henry P. Johnston, ed., The Correspondence and Public Papers of John Jay. Most of the letters that Johnston published as well as numerous ...
... John Jay's writings, is frequently more accessible to the average reader. Editorial purists may be uneasy with the heterogeneous appearance of the documents in this volume but I trust that the problem, will not be troubled by these ...
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