Download or read book Notions of the Americans, Vol. 2 of 2 written by James Fenimore Cooper and published by . This book was released on 2015-06-28 with total page 498 pages. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: Excerpt from Notions of the Americans, Vol. 2 of 2: Picked Up by a Travelling Bachelor Mount Vernon - House of Mount Vernon - A Fire-Bucket - A Relic - Recollection of Mr. George La Fayette - The Vault!-Washington, &c. &c.; The Congress _ Mr. Jefferson - Appointments to Office-Salaries - Expense of Government _ Expense of the Navy - Emoluments of the Officers,&c. - Revenue and Economy - Amount of Litigation - Reasons of Litigation - Gratitude to La Fayette, &c. &c.; Inauguration of the President - Mr. Monroe and Mr. Adams-Inaugural Address-The New Cabinet - The President; Religion of the United States - Different Sects - Uselessness of an Establishment - Religious Establishment - Religion in a New Settlement - Land for the Support of Religion-Division of the Land - Indifference to Sects - Habits of Sects - Effects of Liberality - Laws concerning Religion - The Puritans - Protestant Religion - Ministers of the Gospel - Numbers of the Churches - Religious Charity - A Jew Sheriff! - Shaking Quakers - The Manner of Dancing About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.