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title: 'Memorial Petition to the Virginia General Assembly in November 1784'
type: pdf
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authors:
- 'John Blair Smith'
date: 1856-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'Church-State Relations'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Acts 5'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/smith-1856-memorial-petition-to-the-virginia-general-assembly-in-november-1784
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# Memorial Petition to the Virginia General Assembly in November 1784

Sketches of Virginia Presbyterians: Bethel meeting-house, ordinations, Presbytery of Hanover's protest vs. state incorporation and clergy assessments, and local militia's Revolutionary service.

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