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Religious Liberty, John Leland

The SBHLA’s extensive Pamphlet Collection (over 10,200 items) focuses on the response of Baptists to theological and social questions, during the 19th and 20th centuries, but covers all aspects of Baptist writings. This presentation includes a selection of items mostly from the Library and Archives’ Pamphlet Collection, with a few tract and pamphlet items from the Book and Microfilm collections. Items are divided into subject categories and arranged alphabetically by title. Author name, publisher, and date of publication are indicated when known. SBHLA call numbers are included at the end of file titles. Most items are in English but selections in this presentation also include material in Spanish and Russian. The materials are any word searchable.

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John Leland (1754-1841), a champion of the rights of conscience, had led the forces in Virginia in their stand for religious liberty. He worked diligently for the disestablishment of the Anglican church in Virginia.


  • Bible-Baptist, The (Rev. Saunders Walker), 1804 MF 1546-1b
  • Blow at the Root, Being a Fashionable Fast-Day Sermon, Delviered at Cheshire, Massachusetts, April 9, 1801, A (Thomas Maxwell), 1805 MF 1546-15b
  • Budget of Scraps, A (publisher unidentified), 18-- MF 1546-18
  • Circular Letter of Valediction, On Leaving Virginia, in 1791 (John Asplund), 1794 MF 1546-1e
  • Connecticut Dissenters' Strong Box, Containing the High-Flying Churchman Stript of His Legal Robe and C, The (C. Holt), 1802 MF 1546-5
  • Elective Judiciary, With Other Things, Recommended in a Speech, Pronounced at Cheshire, July 4, 1805, An (P. Allen), 1805 MF 1546-23
  • Flying Seraphim, An Address Delivered at the Ordination of Rev. Lumon Burch in the Great Nine Partners, June 15, 1806, The (B. Cole), 1806 MF 1546-21
  • Free Thoughts on War (Phineas Allen), 1816 MF 1546-19
  • History of Jack Nips, The (Spooner), 1793 MF 1546-8
  • Jarring Interests of Heaven Reconciled by the Blood of the Cross, The (Broderick and Ritter), 1820 MF 1546-1d
  • Kings-Evil and Priest-Craft (publisher not identified), 18-- MF 1546-2
  • Oration on Celebration of American Independence, Containing Seventeen Sketches and Seventeen Wishes, Delivered at Cheshire, Massachusetts, on July 5, 1802 (Charles Holt), 1802 MF 1546-1a
  • Oration, Delivered at the Internment of Mrs. Lydia Northrop, Wife of Mr. Stephen Northrop of Cheshire, Who Departed This Life April 26, 1794 (Charles Peirce), 1794 MF 1546-4
  • Part of a Speech Delivered at Suffield, Connecticut, On the First Jubilee of the United States (Phinihas Allen), July 1826 MF 1546-25
  • Pieces in Prose and Poetry, Never Before Published (publisher not identified), 18-- MF 1546-9b
  • Politics Sermonized, Exhibited at Ashfield, on July 4, 1806 (Andrew Wright), 1806 MF 1546-20
  • Result of Observation, in Short Sentences (Albert G. Hodges), 1830 MF 1546-1c
  • Rights of Conscience Inalienable, and Therfore Religious Opinions Not Cognizable by Law, The (T. Green and Son), 1791 MF 1546-15a
  • Short Sayings on Time, Men, Measures, and Religion, Exhibited in an Address at Cheshire, July 4, 1805 (P. Allen), 1805 MF 1546-22
  • Some Events in the Life of John Leland, Written by Himself (W. Sands), 1836 MF 1546-9a
  • Strictures on the Consecration of Christ and the Rite of Circumcision (Russell Hubbard), 1812 MF 1546-3
  • Virginia Chronicle, With Judicious and Critical Remarks, Under XXIV Heads, The (T. Green), 1790 MF 1546-7
  • Yankee Spy, Calcuated for the Religious Meridian of Massachusetts, But Will Answer for New Hampshire, Connecticut, and Vermont, Without Any Material Alterations, The (John Asplund), 1794 MF 1546-6

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