A collection of testimonies in favor of religious liberty in the case of the Dissenters, Catholics and Jews / by a Christian politician.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Christian politician, editor.

Contributor:

Dilly, Charles, 1739-1807, publisher.

Johnson, J. (James), active 1783-1805, publisher.

Debrett, John, -1822, publisher.

Arnold and Deanne Kaplan Collection of Early American Judaica (University of Pennsylvania)

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Freedom of religion--Early works to 1800.

Freedom of religion.

Religious tolerance--Early works to 1800.

Religious tolerance.

Genre:

Early works.

Penn Provenance:

Kaplan, Arnold Harvey, 1939- (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Kaplan, Deanne (donor) (Kaplan Collection copy)

Physical Description:

6 unnumbered pages, 119 pages, 1 unnumbered page, xx pages ; 22 cm (8vo)

Place of Publication:

London : Printed in the year 1790 : Sold by C. Dilly, Poultry, [1790]

London : J. Johnson, St. Paul's Church-Yard.

London : J. Debrett, Piccadilly.

Contents:

The Freeholder no. 21 and 47 / written by Mr. Addison

Remarks on the debate in the House of Commons in 1787, on the subject of the Sacramental Test laws; with hints concerning Catholics, Jews, Marriage Service, &c. in a letter to a friend; including some passages from M. Turgot

Preface to the English translation of baron Born's Natural history of monks, after the Linnaean system

Scheme by the bishop of Clonfert for reforming the Irish catholics

Letters to Lord Mountgarret on the state of church affairs in Ireland

Arguments extracted from bishop Hoadly's reply to bishop Sherlock on the Sacramental Test laws

Testimonies on the same subject from bishop Sherlock's life, Dr. Sykes archdeacon Payley, and the late earl of Chatham

Arguments from Mr. Locke's letters on toleration

Testimonies on the same subjects by Sir John Child, Mr. Richard Jackson, M.P. deceased, Dr. Davemant, archbishop Sharp, and the author of Essays on population

The same, from Sir William Temple's observations on the Netherlands

Arguments from a work intitled, "Rights of the Dissenters to a compleat toleration asserted," including hints by Dr. Franklin and others

Earl Mansfield's opinion on the religious liberty of the Dissenters, with extracts from president Thou referred to by him

Two Persian letters / by president Montesquieu, respecting religious liberty and Jews

Mr. Necker's opinion on religious liberty

M. Rabaud de St. Etienne's speech on the same subject

Measures of the National Assembly of France respecting non-Catholics

Act of the Assembly of Virginia in 1786, for establishing religious freedom

Parable against persecution, imitated from a Jewish tradition / by Dr. Franklin with an extract from the same author

Addresses from the Quakers and Episcopalians of the middle American states to General Washington, with his answers

Facts and observations respecting the situation of the Jews in England

Two letters by a Christian Politician which first appeared in the Public advertiser, in February 1790

The case of the protestant Dissenters in 1790

History of the Test and Corporation acts, extracted from "the Rights of the Dissenters, &c."

Protest in the House of Lords in favor of the Dissenters

Also resolutions in the House of Commons

Also petitions by the livery of London to the same effect

Testimonies of our King in favor of the Dissenters for more than a century

Resolutions of the Committee of London Dissenters in 1790.

Notes:

Attributed to Benjamin Vaughan on the evidence of a MS. attribution in the copy at Dr. Williams Library.

With an appendix, separately paginated.

Local Notes:

Kaplan Collection copy purchased for the Penn Libraries in 2019 by Arnold and Deanne Kaplan (Sold at auction, Kaddem, January 27, 2019)

Kaplan Collection copy Collectify ID 2019.03.17.00002.

OCLC:

5291459