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1254. CHURCH (Anglican in Virginia ), Disestablishment of.—[continued].

The restoration of the rights of conscience relieved the people from
taxation for the support of a religion not
theirs; for the [Church of England] Estab


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lishment was truly of the religion of the rich,
the dissenting sects being entirely composed
of the less wealthy people. [75]
Autobiography. Washington ed. i, 49. Ford ed., i, 69.
(1821)

 
[75]

See Note to Entail—Editor.