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Title
Davenport Demokrat: Petition for the Taxation of Church Property (Petition wegen Besteuerung des Kirchen-Eigentums)
Subject
religion; taxes; church property
Description
The text of the petition, translated from an English petition in circulation at the time, requests that the Iowa General Assembly revoke the tax-exempt status of church property. In support, it claims that the value of church property (in Iowa?) quadrupled between 1850 and 1870, even though church membership rose much less. It argues that such a concentration of a wealth in the hands of clerics is dangerous for civil liberty.
Creator
?
Source
Davenport Demokrat
Publisher
Henry Lischer
Date
12 February 1874
Rights
State Historical Society of Iowa
Format
jpg
Language
German
Type
newspaper text
Identifier
Davenport Demokrat, microfilm newspaper collections, State Historical Society of Iowa
Coverage
Davenport; Iowa; 1874; Scott County