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To the Roman Catholics of Norfolk[.] : The present trustees ... beg leave to offer to your prudent and calm reflections the following observations ..
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819 Available online
Early American Imprints, Series II: Shaw-Shoemaker, 1801-1819- Format:
- Book
- Series:
- Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45875.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Lucas, James.
- Catholic Church--Virginia--Norfolk.
- Catholic Church--Clergy--Appointment, call, and election.
- Catholic Church.
- Clergy.
- Catholic Church--Government.
- Political science.
- Catholic Church--Controversial literature.
- Virginia--Norfolk.
- Church trustees.
- Genre:
- Controversial literature.
- Broadsides.
- Physical Description:
- 1 sheet (1 unnumbered page)
- Place of Publication:
- [Norfolk, Va.] : [publisher not identified], [1818]
- System Details:
- Mode of access: World Wide Web.
- text file
- Notes:
- Concerning a controversy over the right of the congregation to choose its own pastor, Rev. James Lucas. For further information on what became known as the "Norfolk schism," see Guilday, Peter. The Catholic Church in Virginia (1815-1822), New York, 1924, p. 63-123.
- Signed: By order of the trustees, A. Oliveira [i.e., J.A. Oliveira Fernandez], sec'y. Norfolk, Thursday, 25th June, 1818.
- Text printed in two columns.
- Not in Shaw & Shoemaker.
- Electronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2004-2007] Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. Second series ; no. 45875).
- Access Restriction:
- Restricted for use by site license.
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