| Sabbath In Puritan New England Contributor(s): Earle, Alice Morse (Author) |
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ISBN: 1419145762 ISBN-13: 9781419145766 Publisher: Kessinger Publishing OUR PRICE: $24.65 Product Type: Paperback - Other Formats Published: June 2004 Annotation: The early meeting-houses in country parishes were seldom painted, such outward show being thought vain and extravagant. In the middle of the eighteenth century paint became cheaper and more plentiful, and a gay rivalry in church-decoration sprang up. One meeting-house had to be as fine as its neighbor. Votes were taken, "rates were levied," gifts were asked in every town to buy "colour" for the meeting-house. |
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| BISAC Categories: - History | United States - 20th Century - Religion | Christianity - History - Social Science | Archaeology |
| Dewey: FIC |
| Physical Information: 0.45" H x 7.46" W x 9.38" (0.78 lbs) 196 pages |
| Themes: - Cultural Region - New England - Religious Orientation - Christian |
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