Exhibition Catalog

The catalog contains seven chapters each corresponding to an exhibition section, by James H. Hutson and a forward by Jarlslav Pelikan. 144 pp. 75 illus. (20 color) Bibliography and Object list. 8 3/4 x 11" $21.95 plus $5.00 shipping

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Exhibition Items

• Murder of David van der Leyen and Levina Ghyselins, Ghent, 1554. Engraving by J. Luyken, from T. J. V. Bracht (or Thieleman van Braght), Het Bloedig Tooneel De Martelaers Spiegel. . . .. Amsterdam: J. van der Deyster, et al., 1685. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (1)
• Massacre Fait a Sens en Bourgogne par la Populace au Mois d'Avril 1562 . . .. Lithograph in A. Challe, Histoire des Guerres du Calvinisme et de la Ligue dans l'Auxerrois, le Sénonais et les autres contrées qui forment aujourd'hui le département de l'Yonne. Auxerre: Perriquet et Rouille, 1863. General Collections, Library of Congress (2)
• Frightful Outrages perpetrated by the Huguenots in France. Engraving from Richard Verstegen, Théâtre des Cruautez des Hérétiques de notre temps. Antwerp: Adrien Hubert, 1607. Folger Shakespeare Library, Washington, D.C. (3)
• John Ogilvie (Ogilby), Societas Jesu, 1615. Engraving from Mathias Tanner, Societas Jesu usque ad sanguinis et vitae profusionem Militans. . . . . Prague: Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae, 1675. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (4)
• Massacre of the Protestant Martyrs at the Bridge over the River Bann in Ireland, 1641. Engraving from Matthew Taylor, England's Bloody Tribunal: Or, Popish Cruelty Displayed . . . .. London: J. Cooke, 1772. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (5)
• Die Societas Jesu in Europa, 1643-1644 [left page] [right page] from Mathias Tanner, Die Gesellshafft Jesu biss zur vergiessung ihres Blutes wider den Gotzendienst Unglauben und Laster . . . . Prague: Carlo Ferdinandeischen Universitat Buchdruckeren, 1683. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (6)
• Lutherans leaving Salzburg, 1731. Engraving by David Böecklin from Die Freundliche Bewillkommung Leipzig: 1732. Rare Books Division. The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (7)
• Salzburgische Emigranten [left page] [right page]. Engraving from [Christopher Sancke?], Ausführliche Historie derer Emigranten. oder Vertriebenen Lutheraner aus dem Erz-Bistum Salzburg, Leipzig: 1732. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (8)
• The Burning of Master John Rogers. Engraving from John Fox, The Third Volume of the Ecclesiastical History containing the Acts and Monuments of Martyrs. . . . . London: Company of Stationers, 9th edition, 1684. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (9)
• Mr. John Rogers. Woodblock print from The New-England Primer Improved. Boston: A. Ellison, 1773. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (10)
• Richard Mather. Relief cut by John Foster. Copyprint, c. 1670. Courtesy of the American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts (11)
• Cottonus Matherus S. theologieae doctor regia societas Londonensis. . . .. Mezzotint by Peter Pelham. Boston: 1728, restrike 1860 . Prints & Photographs Division (LC-USZC4-4597), Library of Congress (12)
• Sermon by Cotton Mather. Holograph manuscript on paper. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (13)
• The Bible and Holy Scriptures Conteyned in the Olde and Newe Testament. Geneva: 1560. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (14)
• The Holy Bible, conteyning the Old Testament and the New. London: Robert Baker, 1611. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (15)
• The General Laws and Liberties of the Massachusets Colony: Revised and Reprinted [right page] - [left page]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Samuel Green, 1672. Law Library, Rare Book Collection, Library of Congress (16)
• The Whole Booke of Psalmes Faithfully Translated into English Metre. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Stephen Daye, 1640. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (17)
• The Holy Bible: Containing the Old Testament and the New, Translated into the Indian Language. . . . [left page] - [right page]. Cambridge, Massachusetts: Samuel Green and Marmaduke Johnson, 1663. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (18)
• The Bloudy Tenent of Persecution, for cause of Conscience, discussed in a Conference between Truth and Peace. . . . . Roger Williams, 1644. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (19)
• Mary Dyer led to execution on Boston Common, 1 June 1660. Color engraving, Copyprint Nineteenth Century. Courtesy of The Granger Collection, New York (20)
• Notes on the State of Virginia [left page] - [right page]. Thomas Jefferson, New York: M. L. and W. A. Davis, 1801. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (21)
• Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island. Photograph by Jack Boucher, 1971. Copyprint, Historic American Buildings Survey. Prints and Photographs Division (HABS RI 3 Newp.29-4 1971), Library of Congress (22)
• Torah Breastplate. Gilt silver, c. 1810. Frankfurt-am-Main, Germany. Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island (24)
• Matza board. Wood, Eighteenth Century. Touro Synagogue, Newport, Rhode Island (25)
• William Penn (age 22), 1666. Oil on canvas Eighteenth-century copy of a seventeenth-century portrait, possibly by Sir Peter Lely . Historical Society of Pennsylvania (26)
• The Frame of the Government of the Province of Pennsilvania in America, 1682. William Penn. England: William Bradford, before 1689. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (27)
• Philadelphia: Quäkerkirche. Wood engraving from Ernst von Hesse Wartegg, Nord-Amerika, seine Stadt und Naturwunder, das Land und seine Bewohner in Schilderung. Leipzig: 1888.. General Collections, Library of Congress (28)
• A Collection of Christian & Brotherly Advices [left page] [right page] Given forth from time to time By the Yearly-Meetings of Friends For Pennsylvania & New Jersey. . . . . Manuscript volume, c. 1682-1763. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (29)
• William Penn, Missive van William Penn . . . Geschreven aan de Commissarissen van de vrye Societeyt der Handelaars (Amsterdam, 1684) [Dutch translation of Penn's 1683 letter to the Free Society Traders]. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (30)

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• Baptismal Certificate. Pennsylvania German fraktur woodcut with watercolor, 1807. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-58622) (LC-USZC4-4570), Library of Congress (31)
• Das neue Jerusalem. Pennsylvania German fraktur woodcut with watercolor. Early nineteenth century. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-58622), Library of Congress (32)
• Pedilavium das Füsswaschen der Schwestern. Engraving from David Cranz, Kurze, Zuverlässige Nachricht, von der, unter den Namen der Böhmisch-Mährischen Brüder Bekannt, Kirche Unitas fratrum. Halle: 1757. The Library Company of Philadelphia (33)
• Cecil Calvert presenting to Lycurgus his Act Concerning Religion. Engraving by James Barry (1741-1806), 1793 . Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (34)
• Maryland Governour and Council (Proceedings) [page one] - [page two] - [page three]. Maryland Governour and Council (Proceedings) May 1647- February 1651, including "An Act Concerning Religion," Manuscript volume. Department of Special Collections Division, Maryland Archives, Annapolis (35)
• Catholic religious medals [left] - [right]. Metal, Seventeenth century. Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland (36 a-d)
• Catholic Church at St. Mary's City, Maryland, c.1670 [interior] - [exterior]. Gouache on paper by Leslie Barker. Copyprint, 1997. Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland (36e-f)
• A Head of the Madonna. Clay, Seventeenth century. Historic St. Mary's City, Maryland (37)
• Ostensorium. Silver gilt, glass, metal, c. 1700. Georgetown University Art Collection, Washington, D.C. (38)
• Father Andrew White. Engraving by G.G. Heinsch, 1655, in Mathias Tanner, Societas Jesu apostolorum imitatrix Prague: Typis Universitatis Carolo-Ferdinandeae, 1694. Special Collections Division, Georgetown University Library (39)
• Catechism in Piscataway Indian Language [left page] - [right page]. Father Andrew White, from Manuale Sacerdotum, 1610. Special Collections Division, Georgetown University Library. (40)
• The Book of Common-Prayer and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites and Ceremonies of the Church, According to the Use of the Church of England . . . . . London: by his Majesty's printers, 1662
• The Book of Common Prayer in Short-Hand, According to Mr. Weston's Excellent Method . . . . . London: 1730. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (41-42)
• Virginia Church Laws, 1618. Manuscript volume, Eighteenth-century copy. Virginia Miscellaneous Records, 1606-1692 (the Bland Manuscript) Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (43)
• The Baptism of Pocahontas, 1614. Oil study for mural by John Gadsby Chapman, c. 1837-40. Jamestown-Yorktown Foundation Educational Trust (44)
• Jamestown Communion set. Silver, 1661. The Trustees and Vestry of Bruton Parish Church, Williamsburg (45)
• License and ordination papers of Anglican priest with special carrying case. Vellum and metal, 1773. Washington National Cathedral, Rare Book Library (46)
• Nieuw Amsterdam on the island of Manhattan. Etching, c. 1690. Facsimile. Geography & Map Division, Library of Congress (47)
• A View of Fort George with the City of New York. Engraving by I. Carwithan, c. 1730. Geography & Map Division (LC-USZ62-19360), Library of Congress (48)
• Prospect of the City of New York. Woodcut from Hugh Gaine, New York Almanac, 1771. Copyprint. The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts (49)
• St. James Church, Goose Creek, Berkeley County, South Carolina. [exterior view] - [interior view]. Photograph by Frances Benjamin Johnston (1864-1952), c. 1930. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-J7-SC-1476), (LC-J7-SC-1479a), Library of Congress (50-51)
• A South East view of Christ's Church. Engraving in Columbian Magazine, November 1787- December 1787, Philadelphia: 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (52)
• Exterior of South Quay Baptist Church, Copyprint. Interior of Mt. Shiloh Baptist Church , Copyprint. Virginia Baptist Historical Society (53-54)
• A S.W. view of the Baptist Meeting House, Providence, R.I. Engraving by S. Hill for Massachusetts Magazine or Monthly Museum of Knowledge and Rational Entertainment, August 1789. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (55)
• In Side of the Old Lutheran Church in 1800, in York, Pa. Watercolor with pen and ink by Lewis Miller, c. 1800. The Historical Society of York County, Pennsylvania (56)
• Letter Concerning Toleration. John Locke London: A. Millar, H. Woodruff, et al., 1765. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (57-58)
• Christianity Not Mysterious: or, a Treatise shewing, That there is nothing in the Gospel Contrary to Reason, . . . . John Toland London: 1696. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (59)
• The Philosophical Works of the late Right Honourable Henry St. John, Lord Viscount Bolingbroke [left page] - [right page]. Henry Saint-John, Viscount Bolingbroke, London: David Mallet, 1754. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (60)

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• Literary Commonplace Book [left page] - [right page]. Thomas Jefferson, Holograph Manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (61)
• George Whitefield. Oil on canvas, attributed to Joseph Badger (1708-1765), c. 1743-65, Harvard University Portrait Collection, Gift of Mrs. H.P. (Sarah O.) Oliver to Harvard College, 1852 (62)
• Portable field pulpit. Oak, c. 1742-1770. American Tract Society, Garland, Texas (63)
• The Marks of the New Birth. A Sermon. . . . George Whitefield . New York: William Bradford, 1739. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (64)
• The Reverend Mr. George Whitefield A.M. Mezzotint by John Greenwood, after Nathaniel Hone, 1769. Copyprint.. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution. (65)
• Dr. Squintum's Exaltation or the Reformation. Engraving, London: 1763. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-108255), Library of Congress (66)
• George Whitefield's Burial. Woodcut from Phillis [Wheatley], An Elegiac Poem on the Death of that celebrated Divine and eminent Servant of Jesus Christ, the Reverend and learned George Whitefield. Boston: Ezekiel Russell, 1770. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (67)
• Jonathan Edwards. White pine tinted with oils, C. Keith Wilbur, M.D., 1982. Courtesy of the artist (68)
• A Faithful Narrative of the Surprising Work of God in the Conversion of Many Hundred Souls. Jonathan Edwards, London: John Oswald, 1737. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (69)
• Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God. Jonathan Edwards, Boston: 1741 . Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (70)
• The Distinguishing Marks of a Work of the Spirit of God. Extracted from Mr. Edwards. John Wesley, London: William Strahan, 1744. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (71)
• Gilbert Tennent. Oil on canvas, attributed to Gustavus Hesselius (1682-1755) Princeton University (72)
• The Danger of an Unconverted Ministry. Gilbert Tennent, A.M.. Philadelphia: Benjamin Franklin, 1740 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (73)
• An Account of the College of New Jersey [left page] - [right page]. Samuel Blair. Woodbridge, New Jersey: James Parker, 1764 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (74)
• Samuel Davies. Oil on canvas. Union Theological Seminary and Presbyterian School of Christian Education,
  Richmond, Virginia (75)
• Presbyterian communion tokens. Metal, c.1800. Courtesy of Martha Hopkins and Nancy Hopkins-Garriss (76)
• View on Jones's Falls, Baltimore, Sept. 13, 1818. Engraving and watercolor on paper by J. Hill. Robert C. Merrick Print Collection, Prints and Photographs Department, Maryland Historical Society Library, Baltimore. (77a)
• Baptism in Schuylkill River. Woodcut from Morgan Edwards, Materials Towards A History of the American Baptists. Copyprint, Philadelphia: 1770. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (77b)
• Francis Asbury. Oil on canvas by Charles Peale Polk, 1794. Lovely Lane Museum of United Methodist Historical Society, Baltimore (78)
• The Rigging House. Color lithograph by A. R. Robinson, 1846. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (79)
• Methodist Itinerant System. G. Stebbins and G. King, Broadside. New York: John Totten, 1810-11 [?] . Rare Books Division, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (80)
• Historical and Political Reflections on the Rise and Progress of the American Rebellion [page 54] - [page 55]. Joseph Galloway, London: G. Wilkie, 1780. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (81)
• Jonathan Mayhew, D.D. Pastor of the West Church in Boston . . .. Etching by Giovanni Cipriani, London: 1767. The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts (82)
• Discourse Concerning Unlimited Submission and Non-Resistance to the Higher Powers. Jonathan Mayhew, D.D.. Boston: D. Fowle and D. Gookin,1750 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (83)
• The Hanging of Absalom. Silk, Weft-silk fabric, foil wrapped threads, paper, watercolor, attributed to Faith Robinson Trumbull (1718-1780) c. 1770. Lyman Allyn Art Museum at Connecticut College, New London, Connecticut (84)
• An Attempt to Land a Bishop in America. Engraving from the Political Register, London: September, 1769. John Carter Brown Library at Brown University, Providence, RI (86)
• God Arising And Pleading His People's Cause;. Or The American War . . . Shewn To Be The Cause Of God. Abraham Keteltas. Newbury-Port: John Mycall for Edmund Sawyer, 1777 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (87)
• The Yankie Doodles Intrenchments Near Boston 1776. Etching. Copyprint. British Museum, London, England (88)
• John Peter Gabriel Muhlenberg. Oil on canvas, by an unidentified American artist, Nineteenth century. Martin Art Gallery, Muhlenberg College, Allentown, Pennsylvania (89)
• Reverend James Caldwell at the Battle of Springfield. Watercolor by Henry Alexander Ogden. Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia (90)

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• Gostelowe Standard No. 10, c. 1776. Watercolor once in possession of Edward W. Richardson. Copyprint. Courtesy of the Pennsylvania Society of Sons of the Revolution and Its Color Guard (91)
• John Witherspoon. Oil on canvas, by Rembrandt Peale after Charles Wilson Peale, 1794. National Portrait Gallery, Washington, D.C. (92)
• To those of our Brethren who have disowned us. Broadside, July 9, 1781. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (93)
• Free Quaker Meeting House, SW corner 5th and Arch St., Philadelphia, Pa. Photograph. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (94)
• Book of Common Prayer. England: John Baskerville, c. 1762. Washington National Cathedral Rare Books Library (95)
• Book of Common Prayer [left page] - [right page]. Here is a facsimile of the page from the Book of Common Prayer, containing the prayers for the king, that were altered in various ways. . Oxford: Printed by Mark Basket, printer to the University, 1763, Copyprint. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (95a)
• Book of Common Prayer. London: Mark Basket, 1766. Courtesy of the Rector, Church Wardens, and Vestrymen of Christ Church, Philadelphia (96)
• The American Times: A Satire in Three Parts in which are delineated . . .. the Leaders of the American Rebellion. Jonathan Odell, London: 1780 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (97)
• The Case of the Episcopal Churches in the United States Considered. William White. Philadelphia: David Claypoole, 1782. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (98)
• The Ordination of Bishop Asbury, and the Organization of the Methodist Episcopal Church. Engraving by A. Gilchrist Campbell, 1882, after a painting by Thomas Coke Ruckle. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress.. Gift of the Lovely Lane Museum, Baltimore (99)
• Acts and Proceedings of the Synod of New-York and Philadelphia, A.D.1787, & 1788 [left page] - [right page]. Philadelphia: Francis Bailey, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (100)
• The Prayer in the First Congress, A.D. 1774. Stained glass and lead, from The Liberty Window, Christ Church, Philadelphia, after a painting by Harrison Tompkins Matteson, c. 1848. Courtesy of the Rector, Church Wardens and Vestrymen of Christ Church, Philadelphia (101)
• Congressional resolution, paying military personnel [left page] - [right page]. Broadside, April 22, 1782. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (102)
• George Duffield. Oil on canvas by Charles Peale Polk, 1790. Independence National Historical Park Collection, Philadelphia (103)
• Legend for the Seal of the United States, August 1776 [left side] - [right side]. Holograph notes, Benjamin Franklin (left) and Thomas Jefferson (right) Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (104-105)
• Proposed Great Seal of the United States: "Rebellion to Tyrants is Obedience to God". Drawing by Benson Lossing, for Harper's New Monthly Magazine, July 1856.. General Collections, Library of Congress. (106)
• Congressional Fast Day Proclamation, March 16, 1776. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (107)
• Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, November 1, 1777. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (108)
• Congressional Fast Day Proclamation, March 20, 1779. Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (109)
• Congressional Thanksgiving Day Proclamation, October 11, 1782. Broadside . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (110)
• Rules and Articles, for the better Government of the Troops . . . of the Twelve united English Colonies of North America [page 4] - [page 5]. Philadelphia: William and Thomas Bradford, 1775. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (111)
• To all brave, healthy, able bodied well disposed young men. . . . . Recruiting poster for the Continental Army. Historical Society of Pennsylvania (112)
• Extracts from the Journals of Congress, relative to the Capture and Condemnation of Prizes, and filling out Privateers, together with the Rules and Regulations of the Navy, and Instructions to Private Ships of War [page 16] - [page 17]. Philadelphia: John Dunlap, 1776 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (113)
• Horn beaker with scrimshaw portrait of Esek Hopkins. Horn, c. 1876. Mariner's Museum, Newport News, Virginia (114)
• Congressional resolution, September 12, 1782, endorsing Robert Aitken's Bible [page 468] -- [page 469]. Philadelphia: David C. Claypoole, 1782 from the Journals of Congress. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (115)
• The Holy Bible, Containing the Old and New Testaments: Newly translated out of the Original Tongues. . . .. Philadelphia: printed and sold by R. Aitken, 1782 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (116)
• An Ordinance for ascertaining the Mode of disposing of Lands in the Western Territory, 1785. Broadside, Continental Congress, 1785. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (117)
• An Ordinance for the Government of the Territory of the United States, North-West of the River Ohio, 1787. Broadside, Continental Congress, 1787. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (118)
• Resolution granting lands to Moravian Brethren [left page] - [right page]. Records of the Continental Congress in the Constitutional Convention, July 27, 1787. National Archives and Records Administration, Washington, D.C. (119)
• Delaware Indian and English Spelling Book for the Schools of the Mission. of the United Brethren [left page] - [right page]. David Zeisberger. Philadelphia: Mary Cist, 1806 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (120)

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• A Defense of the Apologie of the Churche of Englande. John Jewel , London: Henry Wykes, 1570. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (121)
• The Humble Advice of the Assembly of Divines by Authority of Parliament sitting at Westminster; Concerning a Confession of Faith. London: S. Griffin, 1658 . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (122)
• The Duty of Civil Rulers, to be nursing Fathers to the Church of Christ: A Sermon. . . .. Edward Dorr, Hartford: Thomas Green, 1765. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (123)
• Fast Day Proclamation, April 15, 1775. Massachusetts Provincial Congress, Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (124)
• Petition to the Virginia Assembly from Amherst County, Virginia, November 27, 1783. [page one] - [page two] - [page three] - [page four]. The Library of Virginia (125)
• A sermon preached before the honorable Council, and the honorable House of Representatives, of the State of Massachusetts-Bay, in New-England, at Boston, May 27, 1778. Phillips Payson, Boston: John Gill, 1778. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (126)
• Government and Liberty Described and Ecclesiastical Tyranny Exposed. Isaac Backus, Boston: Powars and Willis, 1778. Courtesy of the John Carter Brown Library, Brown University (127)
• Rev. Isaac Baccus, AM. Trask Library, Andover Theological Seminary, Newton Centre, Massachusetts (128)
• The Boston Gazette and the Country Journal, November 27, 1780. "Irenaeus". Serial and Government Publications Division, Library of Congress (129)
• A Declaration of the Rights of the Inhabitants of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts from Account of Frame of Government agreed upon by the Delegates of the People. . . .. [left page] - [right page]. Boston: Benjamin Edes & Sons, 1780. Copyprints. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (130-130a )
• Proposed Resolution of the Maryland House of Delegates. Broadside, January 12, 1785. Broadside Collection, Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (131)
• A Bill Establishing a Provision for Teachers of the Christian Religion. Patrick Henry, Virginia House of Delegates, December 24, 1784, Broadside. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (133)
• Patrick Henry. Stipple engraving by Leney, after Thomas Sully. Published by J. Webster, 1817, Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-4907), Library of Congress (134)
• James Madison. Miniature portrait by Charles Willson Peale, 1783. Rare Book and Special Collections Division (LC-USZ62-5310), Library of Congress (135)
• John Marshall. Engraving with ink and ink wash, by Charles-Balthazar-Julien Fevret de Saint-Mémin, 1808. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-54940), Library of Congress (136)
• George Washington to George Mason, October 3, 1785. Manuscript copy, Letterbook 1785-1786. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (137)
• Petition to the Virginia General Assembly, from Surry County, Virginia, November 14, 1785. [page one] - [page two] - [page three] - [page four] - [page five]. Manuscript . The Library of Virginia (138)
• Petition to the Virginia General Assembly, Westmoreland County, Virginia, November 27, 1785 [left page] - [right page]. The Library of Virginia (139)
• Summons to Nathaniel Saunders, August 22, 1772 [cover] - [summons]. Manuscript. Virginia Baptist Historical Society (140)
• The Dunking of David Barrow and Edward Mintz in the Nansemond River, 1778. Oil on canvas by Sidney King, 1990. Virginia Baptist Historical Society (141)
• To the Honorable the General Assembly of the Commonwealth of Virginia: A Memorial and Remonstrance. Holograph manuscript, June 1785. James Madison. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (142)
• Richard Henry Lee to James Madison, November 26, 1784. [page one] - [page two] - [page three] - [page four]. Manuscript letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (143)
• An Act for Establishing Religious Freedom, January 1786. Thomas Jefferson, Laidler, July 1786. Broadside . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (144)
• Speech to the Constitutional Convention, June 28, 1787. Benjamin Franklin, Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (145)
• Constitution of the United States (William Jackson Copy), Committee of Detail report. Broadside, August 6, 1787. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (146)
• Proposed amendments to the Constitution of the United States. [page one] - [page two] - [page three] - [page four]. Virginia Ratifying Convention, Broadside, June 27, 1788. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (147)
• Objections to the Federal Constitution, [February 1788]. [page one] - [page two]. John Leland. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (148)
• Notes for a speech introducing the Bill of Rights, [June 8, 1789]. [page one] - [page two]. James Madison, Holograph notes. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (149)
• The Bill of Rights (the John Beckley copy) September 28, 1789. Holograph manuscript on vellum. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (150)

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• George Washington. Chalk drawing on paper, ca. 1800, by St. Memin. Prints and Photograph Division (LC-USC4-4619), Library of Congress (151)
• The Vestry Book of Truro Parish, Virginia, 1732-1802. Manuscript volume. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (152)
• Circular to the chief executives of the states, June 11, 1783. George Washington, Manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (153)
• George Washington to the Hebrew Congregation in New Port, Rhode Island. [page one] - [page two]. Manuscript copy, Letterbook 1790-1794. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (154)
• Draft of Washington's Farewell Address, [July] 1796. Alexander Hamilton. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (155)
• The Farewell Address [page one] - [page two] - [page three]. George Washington, Broadside. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (156)
• John Adams to Thomas Jefferson, April 19, 1817 [page one] - [page two] - [page three] - [page four]. Holograph letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (157)
• Fast Day Proclamation, March 23, 1798. John Adams, Broadside . Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (158)
• The Providential Detection. Etching by an unknown artist, c. 1800. The Library Company of Philadelphia (159)
• Thomas Jefferson to Benjamin Rush, April 21, 1803. [page one] - [page two] - [page three]. Holograph letter and syllabus (Copyprint of verso) Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (160)
• The Lord's Prayer. Thomas Jefferson, Holograph manuscript. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (161)
• The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English. [title page] - [index page one] -- [index page two] -- [index page three]. Thomas Jefferson, c. 1820. National Museum of American History, Smithsonian Institution (162a)
• The Life and Morals of Jesus of Nazareth extracted textually from the Gospels in Greek, Latin, French & English. [page one] - [page two]. Thomas Jefferson. Washington, D.C.: Government Printing Office, 1904. General Collections, Library of Congress (162c)
• Thomas Jefferson to Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins and Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist Association in the state of Connecticut, January 1, 1802. Holograph draft letter, 1802. Jefferson Papers. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (163a)
• Thomas Jefferson to Nehemiah Dodge, Ephraim Robbins and Stephen S. Nelson, a committee of the Danbury Baptist Association in the state of Connecticut, January 1, 1802. Letter, digitally revised to expose obliterated sections. Copyprint. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (163b)
• Journal entry, January 3, 1802. Manasseh Cutler. Charles Deering McCormick. Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library (164)
• Manasseh Cutler to Joseph Torrey, January 3, 1803. [page one] -- [page two] -- [page three] -- [page four]. In this letter Manasseh Cutler informs Joseph Torrey that Thomas Jefferson "and his family have constantly attended public worship in the Hall" of the House of Representatives.. Manuscript letter. Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library (165)
• Reminiscences [left page] - [right page]. Margaret Bayard Smith, 1837. Manuscript volume. (Copyprint of verso) Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (166-166a)
• Catherine Akerly Mitchill to her sister, Margaret Miller, April 8, 1806. Manuscript letter. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (167)
• Abijah Bigelow to Hannah Bigelow, December 28, 1812. [left page] - [right page]. Manuscript letter. The American Antiquarian Society, Worcester, Massachusetts (168)
• "The President's Own" United States Marine Corp Band, ca. 1798. Watercolor, Lt. Col. Donna Neary, USMCR, late twentieth century, Copyprint. United States Marine Corp Band, Washington, D.C. (169)
• The Old House of Representatives. Oil on canvas by Samuel F.B. Morse, 1822. Copyprint.. In the collection of the Corcoran Gallery of Art, Washington, D.C.. Museum Purchase, Gallery Fund (170)
• A Sermon on the Second Coming of Christ, and on the Last Judgment. Delivered the 25th December, 1804 before both houses of Congress, at the Capitol in the city of Washington. John Hargrove. Baltimore: Warner & Hanna, 1805. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (171)
• The substance of a discourse preached in the hall of the House of Representatives of the United States, January 8, 1826. John England. Baltimore: F. Lucas, 1826. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (172)
• John England, Bishop of Charleston, South Carolina. Oil on canvas. Diocese of Charleston, Charleston, South Carolina (173)
• Harriet Livermore. Engraving by J.B. Longacre, from a painting by Waldo and Jewett, 1827. National Portrait Gallery, Smithsonian Institution (174)
• Journal entry, December 23, 1804. Manasseh Cutler. Manuscript . Charles Deering McCormick Library of Special Collections, Northwestern University Library (175)
• Washington City, 1820. Watercolor sketch by Baroness Hyde de Neuville, 1820. I. N. Phelps Stokes Collection, The Miriam and Ira D. Wallach Division of Art, Prints and Photographs, The New York Public Library, Astor, Lenox and Tilden Foundations (176)
• Diary entry, February 2, 1806. John Quincy Adams. Copyprint. Adams Family Papers, Massachusetts Historical Society, Boston (177)
• The Old Supreme Court Chamber, ca. 1810, U. S. Capitol Building. Photograph by Franz Jantzen, Copyprint. Collection of the Supreme Court of the United States (178)
• The House of Representatives, 1866. Chromo-lithograph by E. Sachse & Co, 1866. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-4523), Library of Congress (179)
• Fundraising brochure. Charles B. Boynton. Washington, D.C.: November 1, 1867. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (180)

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• The Age of Reason. Being an Investigation of True and Fabulous Theology. Thomas Paine. Philadelphia: Printed and sold by the Booksellers, 1794. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (181)
• Tom Paine's Nightly Pest. Engraving by James Gillray. London: published by H. Humphrey, 1792. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-1550), Library of Congress (182)
• The Tree of Life. Hand-colored engraving. Baltimore: printed for John Hagerty, 1791. Maryland Historical Society Library, Baltimore, Maryland (183)
• Sacramental Scene in a Western Forest. Lithograph by P.S. Duval, ca. 1801, from Joseph. Smith, Old Redstone. Copyprint. Philadelphia: 1854.. General Collections, Library of Congress (184)
• Plan of the Camp, August 8, 1809. Journal of Benjamin Latrobe, August 23, 1806- August 8, 1809. Sketch by Benjamin Henry Latrobe. Latrobe Papers, Manuscript Department, Maryland Historical Society, Baltimore (185)
• Methodist camp meeting, March 1, 1819. Engraving. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-2497), Library of Congress. (186)
• Religious Camp Meeting. Watercolor by J. Maze Burbank, c. 1839. Old Dartmouth Historical Society-New Bedford Whaling Museum, New Bedford, Massachusetts. Gift of William F. Havemeyer (187)
• Samuel Wakefield, The Christian's Harp . . . suited to the various Metres now in use among the different Religious Denominations . . . in the United States. Pittsburgh: Johnston and Stockton, 1837
• The Easy Instructor; or, A New Method of Teaching Sacred Harmony. William Little and William Smith. Albany: Websters & Skinner and Daniel Steele, c. 1798. Music Division, Library of Congress (188-189)
• Bishops of the A.M.E. Church. Engraving by John H. W. Burley, Washington, D. C., 1876.. Boston: J. H. Daniels, 1876. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-15059), Library of Congress (190)
• Mrs. Juliann Jane Tillman, Preacher of the A.M.E. Church. Engraving by P. S. Duval, after a painting by Alfred Hoffy, Philadelphia, 1844. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-54596), Library of Congress (191)
• Mt. Pisgah Baptist Church, Rankin City, Mississippi, to Upper King and Queen Baptist Church, Newtown, Virginia [left page] - [right page]. Manuscript letter, June 1837. Virginia Baptist Historical Society (192)
• Absalom Jones. Oil on canvas on board by Raphaelle Peale, 1810. Delaware Art Museum, Wilmington. Gift of the Absalom Jones School (193)
• Receipt, signed by Absalom Jones, December 26, 1801. Manuscript Division, Library of Congress (193a)
• Negro Methodists Holding a Meeting in a Philadelphia Alley. Watercolor by John Lewis Krimmel. The Metropolitan Museum of Art, Rogers Fund, 1942 (194)
• Lorenzo Dow and the Jerking Exercise. Engraving by Lossing-Barrett, from Samuel G. Goodrich, Recollections of a Lifetime. Copyprint. New York: 1856. Prints and Photograph Division (LC-USZ62-38407), Library of Congress (195)
• Shakers near Lebanon state of New York, their mode of worship. Stipple and line engraving, drawn from life. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-13659), Library of Congress (196)
• Pioneers in the Great Religious Reformation of the Nineteenth Century. Steel engraving by J. C. Buttre, after a drawing by J. D. C. McFarland, c. 1885. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (197)
• Book of Mormon: An Account written by the Hand of Mormon, upon plates taken from the Plates of Nephi. Joseph Smith, Junior. Palmyra, N.Y.: E.B. Grandin, 1830. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (198)
• Martyrdom of Joseph and Hiram Smith in Carthage Jail, June 27, 1844. Tinted lithograph by Nagel & Weingaertner, after C. G. Crehen. New York: 1851. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-765),
  Library of Congress (199)
• Route of the Mormon Pioneers from Nauvoo to Great Salt Lake, Feb'y 1846-July 1847 [left] - [right] . Map, copyright by Millroy and Bates, 1899. Facsimile. Geography and Map Division, Library of Congress (200)
• Evangelical tracts, American Tract Society. [top left] - [top right] - [bottom left] - [bottom right]. YA Pamphlet Collection. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress. (201-4)
• Family handing out tracts. Woodcut by Anderson from The American Tract Magazine, August 1825.. American Tract Society, Garland, Texas (205)
• The Floating Church of Our Saviour...For Seamen (Built New York Feb.15th, 1844. . . ) Steel engraving, Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division, Library of Congress (206)
• Missionary Table from The Seventeenth Report of the American Home Missionary Society. New York: William Osborn, 1842. American Home Missionary Society Papers, Amistad Research Center, Tulane University, New Orleans (207)
• The surveyed part of Wisconsin. Map from The Home Missionary, volume XII, November 1839. New York: N. Currier, c. 1839. General Collections, Library of Congress (208)
• The Circuit Preacher. Engraving of a drawing by A. R. Waud, from Harper's Weekly, October 12, 1867. Copyprint. Prints and Photographs Division (LC-USZ62-2497), Library of Congress (209)
• Saddle bags. Leather, used c. 1872-1889. Lovely Lane Museum of United Methodist Historical Society, Baltimore (210)
• Democracy in America. Alexis de Tocqueville, Translated by Henry Reeve. London: Saunders and Otley, 1835. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (211)
• The Epitome of Ecclesiastical History. Engraving by Amos Doolittle. New Haven: 1806. Rare Book and Special Collections Division, Library of Congress (212) [upper left quadrant] - [upper right quadrant] - [lower left quadrant] - [lower right quadrant]

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