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Collection Reference Number GLC00605
From Archive Folder Documents Relating to 1856 
Title Edwin McMasters Stanton to Jeremiah S. Black regarding an address on religious liberty
Date 22 October 1856
Author Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)  
Recipient Black, Jeremiah S.  
Document Type Correspondence
Content Description Compliments Black on the address on religious liberty that he gave before the Phrenakosmian Society of Pennsylvania College. Argues with some points of the essay concerning the judgment of history on William Penn, Oliver Cromwell, and St. Francis Xavier. Asks in his postscript, "Who is it that believes in Maria Monk?" (a fictitious woman created by anti-Catholic propagandists). Date from docket. At the time of this letter Black was a justice of the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. He became Attorney General of the United States under James Buchanan, and in that position moved Stanton into a position with the national government.
Subjects Religion  Civil Rights  Quaker  Catholicism  Women's History  Reform Movement  Literature and Language Arts  Education  Education  Reform  
People Stanton, Edwin McMasters (1814-1869)  
Place written New York, New York
Theme Religion; Education; Arts & Literature
Sub-collection The Gilder Lehrman Collection, 1493-1859
Copyright The Gilder Lehrman Institute of American History
Module Settlement, Commerce, Revolution and Reform: 1493-1859