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- GLC#
- GLC02288
- Type
- Documents
- Date
- February 3, 1848
- Author/Creator
- Dix, John Adams, 1798-1879
- Title
- [Members of Congress agree on Washington D.C.'s need for an Episcopal Church]
- Place Written
- Washington, District of Columbia
- Pagination
- 3 p. : Height: 25 cm, Width: 19.8 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Written and signed by Congressmen John A. Dix. Cosigned by George E. Badger, Daniel Webster, Henry Clay, H. Johnson, (possibly either Henry or Herschel Johnson), Robert Winthrop, John Sergeant, William D. Dayton, John Macpherson Berrien, and Joseph R. Ingersoll. Supreme Court Justices Samuel Nelson, V. Daniel (possibly Peter V. Daniel), and Levi Woodbury signed the document 8 February 1848. States that members of the Episcopal Church temporarily in Washington, D.C., need accommodation. Acknowledges that a subscription is needed to build another Church; states that the Church is also necessary for accommodating transient persons.
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