1Elizabeth Smith Shaw to Abigail Adams, 24 June 1791 (Adams Papers)
combines allusions to John Gay’s fable “The Shepherd and the Philosopher,” line 3; Job, 5:26; Psalms, 22:26 (as rendered in the Book of Common Prayer); and Matthew, 20:1–16.
2Royall Tyler to John Adams, 15 October 1785 (Adams Papers)
A Liturgy, Collected Principally from the Book of Common Prayer, for the Use of the First Episcopal Church in Boston, No. 18938), which their Unitarian pastor, James Freeman, prepared by removing Trinitarian passages from the Book of Common Prayer, following the reformed liturgy made by Dr. Samuel Clarke of London (
3To John Adams from Granville Sharp, 21 January 1786 (Adams Papers)
...forgo the usual oaths of allegiance for American candidates. Through his correspondence with Franklin, Sharp continued to monitor the Episcopal general convention’s revisions to the Book of Common Prayer and liturgy, observing that “America is not the only part wherein Protestant Episcopacy is likely to be extended, when the rights of election are better understood.” Sharp’s reassurances to...
4Abigail Adams to John Adams, 16 January 1795 (Adams Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer,
5From Benjamin Franklin to John Baskerville, [1760?] (Franklin Papers)
By that time four editions of Baskerville’s Milton had appeared and at least two of the Book of Common Prayer, and the printer had begun work on a collection of , a folio edition of the Bible, appeared in 1763. During his career he also published handsome editions of the Book of Common Prayer and of the works of other classical and British writers. Baskerville’s type face, thicker in the heavy...
6Convention of the Protestant Episcopal Church to the Church of England Archbishops and Bishops, 26 June 1786 (Jay Papers)
consistent with our civil Constitutions; and we have made no alterations or omissions in the Book of Common Prayer but such as that consideration prescribed, and such as were calculated to remove objections, which it appeared to us more conducive to union and general content to obviate, than to dispute. It is well known, that many...
7From James Madison to Edward Everett, 19 March 1823 (Madison Papers)
...and arguing for a state-supported school in which all Protestants had an equal share. Though Livingston was unsuccessful, prospective students were assured that in college services, the prayers would be drawn directly from the Bible and not from the Book of Common Prayer (Robert A. McCaughey,
8To Benjamin Franklin from David Hartley, 3 May 1782 (Franklin Papers)
“Give peace in our time, O Lord,” a quotation from the morning prayer (Mattins) of The Book of Common Prayer.
9To Benjamin Franklin from Jonathan Williams, Sr., 3 April 1783 (Franklin Papers)
Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer
10To Benjamin Franklin from Thomas Coombe, Jr., 24 September 1774 (Franklin Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer Reformed According to the Plan of the Late Dr. Samuel Clarke