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Short and sincere declaration, to our Honorable Assembly, and all others in high or low station of administration, and to all friends and inhabitants of this country, to whose sight this may come, be they English or Germans
Printed Ephemera Collection (Library of Congress)
text
Broadsides-Pennsylvania-Philadelphia.
pau
1775
monographic
Philadelphia
Printed by John Henry Miller
1775]
eng
1 sheet ([1] p.) ; 34 x 21 cm. (fol.)
A justification of the Mennonites' and German Baptists' refusal to bear arms.
"The above declaration, signed by a number of elders and teachers of the Society of Menonists, and some of the German Baptists, presented to the Honorable House of Assembly on the seventh day of November, 1775, was most graciously received."--At foot of page.
The German-language edition (Evans 14257) has title: Eine Kurze und aufrichtige Erklärung, an unsere wohlmeinende Assembly, und alle andere ...
Imprint supplied by Evans.
LC copy imperfect: portion of text torn away. DLC
Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site.
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Mennonites
Pennsylvania
Seventh-Day Baptists
Pennsylvania
United States
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
Religious aspects
United States
History
Revolution, 1775-1783
Conscientious objectors
United States
Pennsylvania
Philadelphia
Broadside Portfolio 144, no. 13
http://hdl.loc.gov/loc.rbc/rbpe.14401300
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