11To Benjamin Franklin from Christopher Baldwin, 18 December 1778 (Franklin Papers)
Abridgement of the Book of Common Prayer
12Thomas 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;
expunging from the Book of Common Prayer, such Parts as interfere with the Interest of the American Cause, and whether a Convention of the Clergy would not be proper for that Purpose—It is a Subject we are afraid to meddle with—
14Thomas Cooper to Thomas Jefferson, 24 April 1820 (Jefferson Papers)
The litany of The Book of Common Prayer (London, 1662, and other eds.;
15Thomas Jefferson’s Account with Joseph Milligan, [ca. 16 August 1815] (Jefferson Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer [index entry]
16Two Notes about the Opening of the Essex House Chapel, [17 April 1774] (Franklin Papers)
The Book of Common Prayer Reformed
The wardens paraphrased from the Book of Common Prayer, Psalms 67:5–6: “Let all the people praise thee, Then shall the earth bring forth her increase; and God, even our own God, shall give us his blessing” (The Book of Common Prayer […]
18To James Madison from Frederick Dalcho, 13 August 1819 (Madison Papers)
...During the American Revolution he became rector of Christ Church in Philadelphia, a position he held until his death. He drafted the constitution of the Protestant Episcopal Church in the United States and collaborated on the American revision of the Book of Common Prayer. In 1787 he was consecrated first Protestant Episcopal bishop of the diocese of Pennsylvania, and after
19To James Madison from Robert R. Livingston, 8 January 1810 (Madison Papers)
Livingston quoted from the general confession in the Book of Common Prayer.
20Enclosure: Invoice to Robert Cary & Company, 18 July 1771 (Washington Papers)
. This metrical version of the Psalms went through many editions. By the mid-eighteenth century it had been published in combination with numerous versions of the Book of Common Prayer.