Early Virginia religious petitions

Presents images of over 400 petitions submitted to the Virginia legislature between 1774 and 1802. Covers topics such as the separation of church and state, rights of dissenters, sale and division of property in the established church, and the dissolution of unpopular vestries. Features an online version of a Library of Congress exhibition entitled Religion and the Founding of the American Republic. Offered as part of the American Memory online resource compiled by the National Digital Library Program of the Library of Congress.