Abner Kneeland

Item number 154, dated 93/09/14 18:09:00 --ALL 

Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 1993 18:09:00 CDT
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Subject:      Abner Kneeland

Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 93 13:41:26 CDT

From: Stephen Smith TROTSKYUAFSYSB@UIC.EDU


A quick check also produced the following references to the Kneeland case:

    

  1. Commonwealth v. Kneeland, 37 Mass.(20 Pick.) 206 (1838)

  2. Leonard Levy, ed. Blasphemy in Massachusetts (1973)

  3. Commager, "The Blasphemy of Abner Kneeland," N.E.Quarterly 29 (1935)

And passing references in recent law review articles:


  4. Noonan, "The Role of the religion Clauses," 49 U. Pitt. L. Rev. 717
(1988)

  5. Post, "Cultural Heterogeneity and Law," 76 Cal. L. Rev. 297 (1988)





From: (Dr. Sanford Silverburg) <ssilver@rock.concert.net>

In Message Tue, 14 Sep 1993 07:39:04 CDT,
  ecnuxa.BITNET@uga.cc.uga.edu writes:

Sender: ranelson@matt.ksu.ksu.edu



 I'm interested in any citations/suggestions etc. list members may have come
 across regarding the trials in Boston of Abner Kneeland in l830s for
seditious blasphemy. Thanks.  R A Nelson, Kansas State U.



I would be interested to learn the citation for this case as well when and
if you get it.  Thank you.




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Item number 156, dated 93/09/14 21:04:14 -- ALL

Date:         Tue, 14 Sep 1993 21:04:14 CDT
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Subject:      Re:  legal historiography and Abner Kneeland case (fwd)





 From: V6L@NIHCU.BITNET

 Date:     Tue, 14 Sep 1993  21:46:26 EDT
 Subject:  Re:  legal historiography and Abner Kneeland case



 Jim,

 Is this a federal case you could help with?
 Phil




 Sender: ranelson@matt.ksu.ksu.edu



  I'm interested in any citations/suggestions etc. list members may have come
  across regarding the trials in Boston of Abner Kneeland in l830s for
  seditious blasphemy. Thanks.  R A Nelson, Kansas State U.