The Catholic Question in America. Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in Any Case Compellable to Disclose the Secrets of Auricular Confession Decided at the Court of General Sessions in the City of New York. Present, The Honorable De Witt Clinton, Mayor., The Honorable Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Recorder, Richard Cunningham, Isaac S. Douglass, Esqrs. Sitting Aldermen. With the Arguments of Counsel, and the Unanimous Opinion of the Court, Delivered by the Mayor, with His Reasons in Support of That Opinion

New York: Edward Gillespy, 1813.

Price: $500.00

Hardcover. First edition. Octavo. 138; cxxvi [128] (appendix)pp. Originally published in wrappers, this copy is rebound in black buckram gilt. Page 117-8 with old, yellowed tape repair, modest foxing, very good.

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Item #457636 The Catholic Question in America. Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in Any Case Compellable to Disclose the Secrets of Auricular Confession Decided at the Court of General Sessions in the City of New York. Present, The Honorable De Witt Clinton, Mayor., The Honorable Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Recorder, Richard Cunningham, Isaac S. Douglass, Esqrs. Sitting Aldermen. With the Arguments of Counsel, and the Unanimous Opinion of the Court, Delivered by the Mayor, with His Reasons in Support of That Opinion. William SAMPSON.
The Catholic Question in America. Whether a Roman Catholic Clergyman be in Any Case Compellable to Disclose the Secrets of Auricular Confession Decided at the Court of General Sessions in the City of New York. Present, The Honorable De Witt Clinton, Mayor., The Honorable Josiah Ogden Hoffman, Recorder, Richard Cunningham, Isaac S. Douglass, Esqrs. Sitting Aldermen. With the Arguments of Counsel, and the Unanimous Opinion of the Court, Delivered by the Mayor, with His Reasons in Support of That Opinion