Open For Business: Philadelphia Quakers, Thanksgiving, and the Limits of Revolutionary Religious Freedom

In 1863, Sarah Josepha Hale rejoiced that after a decades-long campaign, Thanksgiving had become a national holiday. Hale was not alone in her desire to unite patriotism with spiritual devotion. In her personal correspondence with the president, Eliza Gurney also spoke of the blessings God had besto...

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Subtitles:Forum on Christian Minorities in the Early American Republic
Main Author: Strauch, Tara Thompson (Author)
Format: Electronic Article
Language:English
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Published: Cambridge Univ. Press [2016]
In: Church history
Year: 2016, Volume: 85, Issue: 1, Pages: 133-139
Standardized Subjects / Keyword chains:B Hale, Sarah Josepha Buell 1788-1879 / USA / Quakers / Thanksgiving Day
RelBib Classification:CG Christianity and Politics
KBQ North America
KDG Free church
TJ Modern history
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