Subject: Sunday Observance

A motion from the Board of Directors of the West Philadelphia Passenger Railway Company proposing at least one Sunday train to accommodate the public. The document, circa 1870, was found with the papers of Moses Dropsie and appears to be in his handwriting.

Committee report on the delivery of mail on Sundays. This report discusses the debate surrounding whether the Post Office should accept mail on Sundays (the Sabbath). The report dates to March 1, 1817.

This is a printed copy of a speech delivered by Senator Richard Mentor Johnson of Kentucky concerning the transportation of mail on Sundays. The speech, delivered to a Senate committee chaired by Senator Johnson, discusses the separation of church and state and makes numerous references to American Jews. Printed by Henry Bowen at 167 Washington Street, Boston. The date of publication is estimated to be around January 1, 1829. While not listed in the Rosenbach or Singerman collections, the subject and speech have been written about by educators.