Trenton to be the capital of the United States... The Dunkards...
Item # 710047
January 01, 1785
THE LONDON CHRONICLE, England, Jan. 1, 1785 Page 2 has a letter from Boston which includes: "...the Legislature of the state of New Jersey having granted the sum of 300 lbs for producing buildings for the accommodation of the Hon. the Congress of the United States, who are to meet at Trenton on the 31st inst."
Trenton was briefly the national capital of the United States for just 54 days in November and December of 1784. The city was considered as a permanent capital for the new country, but the southern states favored a location south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Page 5 has a letter from New Brunswick, North Carolina, reporting an atrocious murder, and page 7 has an interesting & rare report: "Account of a Society Called Dunkards, in Pennsylvania, Whose Religious Tenets & Moral Conduct are not Less Remarkable than those of the Buchanites".
The article begins: "The Dunkard town, called Ephrata, is situated on the frontier part of Lancaster county & lies between two small hills..." with much more on the area and the details of this religious sect.
Portions include: "...They endeavour to suppress every supersfluity in dress, diet, and pleasures...The men let their beards grow to the full length & wear their hair short...They retain both sacraments, but admit adults only to baptism, which they administer by dipping or plunging. They entirely deny original sin, as to its effects on Adams posterity; & consequently hold free-will. All violence they esteem unlawful..." with much more taking two-thirds of the page.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.
Trenton was briefly the national capital of the United States for just 54 days in November and December of 1784. The city was considered as a permanent capital for the new country, but the southern states favored a location south of the Mason-Dixon Line.
Page 5 has a letter from New Brunswick, North Carolina, reporting an atrocious murder, and page 7 has an interesting & rare report: "Account of a Society Called Dunkards, in Pennsylvania, Whose Religious Tenets & Moral Conduct are not Less Remarkable than those of the Buchanites".
The article begins: "The Dunkard town, called Ephrata, is situated on the frontier part of Lancaster county & lies between two small hills..." with much more on the area and the details of this religious sect.
Portions include: "...They endeavour to suppress every supersfluity in dress, diet, and pleasures...The men let their beards grow to the full length & wear their hair short...They retain both sacraments, but admit adults only to baptism, which they administer by dipping or plunging. They entirely deny original sin, as to its effects on Adams posterity; & consequently hold free-will. All violence they esteem unlawful..." with much more taking two-thirds of the page.
Eight pages, 8 1/4 by 11 1/4 inches, nice condition.
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