The New England Primer index. Sacred Texts Christianity Contents Start Reading This was a standard reader in New England in the 18th and 19th centuries.
It was apparently used in both public and Sunday (religious) schools. At that time children of all ages studied in the same classroom, so it has portions oriented towards younger and older students. Besides instruction in the alphabet, the New England Primer also served to indoctrinate young minds in the stern and somewhat morbid Protestantism of that time and place. First Inaugural Address. Presidential inaugurations are important civic rituals in our nation's political life.
The Constitution requires that presidential electoral votes be opened and counted by the Senate and House of Representatives meeting together, that the candidate with a majority of electoral votes be declared the victor, and that the president-elect, before taking charge of the office, swear an oath of office to "preserve, protect and defend the Constitution of the United States. " In 1788, the Confederation Congress scheduled the first presidential inauguration for the first Wednesday in March of the following year. However, the early months of 1789 proved to be unseasonably cold and snowy and bad weather delayed many members of the First Federal Congress from arriving promptly in New York City, the temporary seat of government. Until a quorum could be established in both the House and the Senate, no official business could be conducted. Read the complete text of Washington's First Inaugural Address. Issues and Articles - The Founding Fathers on Jesus, Christianity and the Bible.
The New England Primer, 1777 edition.