Flushing Remonstrance, 1657
The US Postal Department issued this stamp to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Flushing Remonstrance. It has been recognized as the earliest political assertion of freedom of conscience and religion in New York.
-- US Embassy The Hague
Thirty residents requested in the Flushing Remonstrance an exemption from New Netherlands Director General Pieter Stuyvesant's ban on Quaker worship.
-- Wikipedia
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The stamp was designed by Robert Geissmann.
Flushing Remonstrance, 1657
The US Postal Department issued this stamp to commemorate the 300th anniversary of the signing of the Flushing Remonstrance. It has been recognized as the earliest political assertion of freedom of conscience and religion in New York.
-- US Embassy The Hague
Thirty residents requested in the Flushing Remonstrance an exemption from New Netherlands Director General Pieter Stuyvesant's ban on Quaker worship.
-- Wikipedia
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The stamp was designed by Robert Geissmann.