The Original 13: A Documentary History of Religion in America's First Thirteen States

by William J. Federer

Book Overview

"The whole power over the subject of religion is left exclusively to the State governments, to be acted upon according to their justice and the State Constitutions," wrote Supreme Court Justice Joseph Story in his Commentaries on the Constitution of the United States, 1833. Who was Joseph Story? He was the founder of Harvard Law School and appointed to the Supreme Court by President James Madison - the same James Madison who introduced the First Amendment...

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0977808521
• ISBN13: 9780977808526
• Release Date: October 2006
• Publisher: Amerisearch, Inc.
• Length: 414 Pages
• Weight: 1.27 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.0" x 6.1" x 8.5"