Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823 to Loring Andrews

GLC07160.04

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GLC#
GLC07160.04
Type
Letters
Date
1791/12
Author/Creator
Van Schaack, Henry, 1733-1823
Title
to Loring Andrews
Place Written
Loudon, New Hampshire
Pagination
3 p. : docket ; Height: 23 cm, Width: 18.8 cm
Primary time period
The New Nation, 1783-1815
Sub-Era
The Early Republic

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.

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