11Two Notes about the Opening of the Essex House Chapel, [17 April 1774] (Franklin Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer Reformed
12From Benjamin Franklin to David Williams, 21 February 1774 (Franklin Papers)
For his interest see the abridgment of the Book of Common Prayer above
13To 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.
14II. Sample Encipherment: The Lord’s Prayer, [18 April 1802] (Jefferson Papers)
: for the encipherment, TJ used the form of the Lord’s Prayer that appeared in the standard Anglican liturgy, the 1662 revision of the Book of Common Prayer. The 1752 edition of the prayer book that TJ inherited from his father, in which TJ recorded births and other family events, contained this text of the prayer (The Book of Common-Prayer, and Administration of the Sacraments, and other Rites...
15Enclosure: Thomas Jefferson’s List of Books to be Acquired by Joseph Milligan, [ca. 28 March 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
the Book of Common prayer. an 8
16Thomas Jefferson to Madame de Staël Holstein, 6 September 1816 (Jefferson Papers)
is from “A Collect or Prayer for all conditions of men” in The Book of Common Prayer (London, 1662, and other eds.;
17V. Notes on Acts of Parliament and of the Virginia Assembly concerning Religion, 11 October – 9 December 1776 (Jefferson Papers)
if any one hear & be present at any form of prayer but ‘the book of Common prayer imprisonmt. for 6. months 1st. offnce.—2d. ditto.—3d imprisonmt. for life.
18Thomas Jefferson to Albert Gallatin, 16 October 1815 (Jefferson Papers)
correctly reads “Give peace in our time, O Lord”; “Because there is none other that fighteth for us, but only thou, O God” (The Book of Common-Prayer [London, 1662;
19To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, 8 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Livingston quoted from the general confession in the Book of Common Prayer.
20From 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,