Virginia House of Burgesses (July 24, 1621) ordinance of Jamestown:
1621VA001
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Endnotes:
1621VA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Virginia, July 24, 1621, ordinance of House of Burgesses, Jamestown. Richard L. Perry, ed., Sources of Our Liberties: Documentary Origins of Individual Liberties in the United States Constitution and Bill of Rights (Chicago: American Bar Foundation, 1978; New York: 1952). Charles E. Rice, The Supreme Court and Public Prayer (New York: Fordham University Press, 1964), p. 160.
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