American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Carolina Act (1696) Liberty of the Province to Aliens: <All Christians...(Papists only excepted) shall enjoy the full, free, and undisturbed exercise of their consciences, so as to be in the exercise of their worship according to the professed rules of their religion, without any hindrance, or molestation by any power either ecclesiastical or civil whatever.> 1696CA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1696CA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Carolina Act, 1696, Liberty of the Province to Aliens.

Frame of Government of Pennsylvania (November 1, 1696) passed by Governor Markham: <WHEREAS, the late king Charles the Second, in the three and thirtieth year of his reign, by letters patent under the great seal of England, did, for the considerations therein mentioned, grant unto William Penn, his heirs and assigns, for ever, this colony, or tract of land, thereby erecting the same into a province, called Pennsylvania... And whereas divers persons within this government, cannot, for conscience sake, take an oath, upon any account whatsoever, Be it therefore enacted by the authority aforesaid, That all and every such person and...

Voltaire (November 21, 1694-May 30, 1778) whose given name was Francois Marie Arouet, was a French author. In a letter to M. Damilaville, May 16, 1767, Voltaire wrote: <I have never made but one prayer to God, a very short one: "O Lord, make my enemies ridiculous." And God granted it.> 1694VL001 Voltaire expressed: <Every man is guilty of all the good he didn't do.> 1694VL002 In 1736, Voltaire wrote a satirical play Mahomet, describing it to Pope Benedict XIV, August 17, 1745, as: <...written in opposition to the founder of a false and barbarous sect to whom could I with...

College of William and Mary (1692) was named for King William III, Prince of Orange (1650-1702) and Queen Mary II (1662-1694), who jointly ruled England after James II was driven to out. The second oldest college in the United States, it was founded in Williamsburg, Virginia, through the efforts of Reverend James Blair (1656-1743), who was its first president, 1693-1743. James Blair was born and educated in Scotland, moved to England, where he met Dr. Compton, Bishop of London. In 1685, he was sent as a missionary to colonial Virginia, where he was appointed Commissary of the Bishop of London for...

Carolina Colonial Sabbath Law (1691): <Relating to the Sabbath forbade all secular work and require "all and every person and persons shall on every Lord's Day apply themselves to the observance of the same by exercising themselves of piety and true religion."> 1691CA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1691CA001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Carolina Colonial Sabbath Law, 1691.