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Subject:	Re: Religous tests in early Va
From:	Paul Finkelman <[log in to unmask]>
Reply To:	Discussion of research and writing about Virginia history <[log in to unmask]>
Date:	Tue, 9 Nov 2010 22:30:50 -0800
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Do you know when this ended?

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Paul Finkelman

President William McKinley Distinguished Professor of Law

Albany Law School

80 New Scotland Avenue

Albany, NY  12208



518-445-3386 (p)

518-445-3363 (f)



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www.paulfinkelman.com

--- On Tue, 11/9/10, Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

From: Henry Wiencek <[log in to unmask]>
Subject: Re: [VA-HIST] Religous tests in early Va
To: [log in to unmask]
Date: Tuesday, November 9, 2010, 10:28 AM

According to the "Industrial and historical sketch of Fairfax County,
Virginia," (1907), in colonial times all county officials were
required to take the "Test Oath" denying belief in the
Transubstantiation of the Eucharist, a clause no Roman Catholic could
swear to.

Henry Wiencek

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