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- GLC#
- GLC09099.14-View header record
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- 20 June 1854
- Author/Creator
- Gerry, James T., 1797-1854
- Title
- to Elbridge T. Gerry
- Place Written
- s.l.
- Pagination
- 3 p. : docket ; Height: 25 cm, Width: 20 cm
- Primary time period
- National Expansion and Reform, 1815-1860
- Sub-Era
- Age of Jackson
Changing times have led to changes in American ways of life and religion. Marvels at the advances of the era, and how much life is changing and advancing. Worries that the "Romanists," meaning Catholics, are trying to take over the country, though he believes they will fail. His own Episcopal parish is building a new church. Hopes he will soon be able to return to sea.
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