IN

THE UNITED STATES

OR

THE AMERICAN IDEA OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY
AND ITS PRACTICAL EFFECTS

WITH OFFICIAL DOCUMENTS

BY

PHILIP SCHAFF, D.D., LL.D.

"

PROFESSOR OF CHURCH HISTORY IN THE UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY AT NEW YORK

REPRINTED FROM THE PAPERS OF THE AMERICAN HISTORICAL Association, VOL. II, No. 4

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AMERICAN HISTORICAL ASSOCIATION

1888

Press of

G. P. PUTNAM'S SONS

New York

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ΤΟ

HIS VENERABLE FRIEND

CHARLES BUTLER, LL.D.

PRESIDENT OF THE BOARD OF DIRECTORS

AND ONLY SURVIVING FOUNDER

OF THE

UNION THEOLOGICAL SEMINARY

WHO AT AN AGE OF MORE THAN FOURSCORE YEARS PRESERVES UNDIMINISHED HIS ZEAL FOR THIS INSTITUTION OF SACRED LEARNING

BY

THE AUTHOR