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| 2 | 2 | | 119THCONGRESS |
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| 4 | 4 | | STSESSION H. RES. 365 |
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| 5 | 5 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should |
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| 6 | 6 | | recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United |
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| 7 | 7 | | States Congress. |
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| 8 | 8 | | IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES |
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| 9 | 9 | | APRIL30, 2025 |
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| 10 | 10 | | Mr. O |
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| 11 | 11 | | GLES(for himself, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. MOOREof Ala- |
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| 12 | 12 | | bama) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com- |
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| 13 | 13 | | mittee on House Administration |
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| 14 | 14 | | RESOLUTION |
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| 15 | 15 | | Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that |
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| 16 | 16 | | the House should recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as |
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| 17 | 17 | | a historical document of the United States Congress. |
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| 18 | 18 | | Whereas Robert Aitken’s Bible is the first known English- |
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| 19 | 19 | | language Bible to be printed in North America; |
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| 20 | 20 | | Whereas, on January 21, 1781, Robert Aitken presented a |
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| 21 | 21 | | memorial petition to Congress offering to print an edition |
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| 22 | 22 | | of the Holy Scriptures to be used in schools; |
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| 23 | 23 | | Whereas, on September 12, 1782, the Committee on Con- |
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| 24 | 24 | | gress issued a resolution which approved the ‘‘pious and |
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| 25 | 25 | | laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the |
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| 26 | 26 | | interest of religion, as well as an instance of the progress |
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| 29 | 29 | | •HRES 365 IH |
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| 30 | 30 | | of arts in this country’’, and recommended this edition of |
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| 31 | 31 | | the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States; and |
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| 32 | 32 | | Whereas Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Continental |
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| 33 | 33 | | Congress, signed the resolution of the Aitken Bible issued |
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| 34 | 34 | | on September 12, 1782: Now, therefore, be it |
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| 35 | 35 | | Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1 |
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| 36 | 36 | | resentatives that the House should recognize Robert 2 |
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| 37 | 37 | | Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United 3 |
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| 38 | 38 | | States Congress. 4 |
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