American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

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.

New England Primer (1691) was in its second edition, as recorded in an advertisement by Benjamin Harris of Boston. The oldest extant copy is dated 1737. It was used to teach colonial era children the alphabet, by the use of illustrations and rhyme: <A In ADAM'S Fall, We sinned all. B Heaven to find, The Bible Mind. C Christ crucify'd For sinners dy'd. D The Deluge drown'd The Earth around. E ELIJAH hid By Ravens fed. F The judgment made FELIX afraid. G As runs the Glass, Our Life doth pass. H My Book and Heart Must never part. J JOB...

Massachusetts Bay Charter (October 7, 1691): <William & Mary by the Grace of God King and Queen of England Scotland France and Ireland Defenders of the Faith...Whereas his late Majesty King James the First Our Royal Predecessor...did...Grant unto the Council established at Plymouth...for the Planting...of New England in America...Provided always that the said Lands...were not then actually possessed or Inhabited by any other Christian Prince... We do by these presents...Grant...that forever hereafter there shall be a liberty of Conscience allowed in the Worship of God to all Christians (Except Papists) Inhabiting or which shall Inhabit or be Resident within our...

Connecticut Colonial Legislature (1690) passed the law: <This [legislature] observing that...there are many persons unable to read the English tongue and thereby incapable to read the holy Word of God or the good laws of this colony...it is ordered that all parents and masters shall cause their respective children and servants, as they are capable, to be taught to read distinctly the English tongue.> 1690CC001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1690CC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Colony of Connecticut, 1690, law passed in the legislature. Edward Kendall,...