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Development And Preservation, George W. Geib
Development And Preservation, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
Details the history of two Marion County Courthouses.
The Land Ordinance Of 1785: A Bicentennial Review, George Geib
The Land Ordinance Of 1785: A Bicentennial Review, George Geib
George W. Geib
Geroge Geib reviews the historical impact of the Land Ordinance of 1785 200 years after its passage.
The Diary Of Calvin Fletcher And The Historians, George W. Geib
The Diary Of Calvin Fletcher And The Historians, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
While we all make New Year's resolutions, few of us ever keep them with the tenacity that Calvin Fletcher kept the one he apparently made on this day. The diary that he had begun in fragmentary fashion in 1817 and continued intermittently to 1829, he maintained religiously thereafter. In so doing, he provided us with an extraordinary record of his life and times. Published in nine volumes by the Indiana Historical Society from 1972 to 1983, The Diary of Calvin Fletcher represents perhaps the single most important printed source for understanding Indiana's history. In commemoration of Fletcher's two-hundredth birthday on …
Benjamin Harrison, George W. Geib
Benjamin Harrison, George W. Geib
George W. Geib
An account of Benjamin Harrison's rise to the presidency beginning with his successful career during the Civil War.
'Conformists' And 'Church Trimmers': The Liturgical Legacy Of Restoration Anglicanism, John Ramsbottom
'Conformists' And 'Church Trimmers': The Liturgical Legacy Of Restoration Anglicanism, John Ramsbottom
John D. Ramsbottom
The attention paid to religion in recent accounts of Restoration England has had the refreshing result of adding complexity to the traditionally one-dimensional image of the established Church in this period. No longer is "Anglicanism" seen as synonymous with the reactionary creed of country gentlemen.
Presbyterians And 'Partial Conformity' In The Restoration Church Of England, John Ramsbottom
Presbyterians And 'Partial Conformity' In The Restoration Church Of England, John Ramsbottom
John D. Ramsbottom
In the early eighteenth century, the legacy of conflict among English Protestants found an outlet in the controversy over ‘occasional conformity’. During the years 1702–4, Tory backbenchers in the House of Commons introduced a series of bills designed to strengthen the Corporation and Test Acts (1661, 1673), which had required all officials of local government and holders of Crown appointments to adhere to the established Church of England. Since the passage of these legal tests, Protestant Nonconformists seeking office had circumvented their intent by taking communion in an Anglican parish as seldom as once a year, while attending meetings of …