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119THCONGRESS
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STSESSION H. RES. 365
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should
recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United
States Congress.
IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES
APRIL30, 2025
Mr. O
GLES(for himself, Mr. CLOUD, Mr. STEUBE, and Mr. MOOREof Ala-
bama) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Com-
mittee on House Administration
RESOLUTION
Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that
the House should recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as
a historical document of the United States Congress.
Whereas Robert Aitken’s Bible is the first known English-
language Bible to be printed in North America;
Whereas, on January 21, 1781, Robert Aitken presented a
memorial petition to Congress offering to print an edition
of the Holy Scriptures to be used in schools;
Whereas, on September 12, 1782, the Committee on Con-
gress issued a resolution which approved the ‘‘pious and
laudable undertaking of Mr. Aitken, as subservient to the
interest of religion, as well as an instance of the progress
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of arts in this country’’, and recommended this edition of
the Bible to the inhabitants of the United States; and
Whereas Charles Thomson, the Secretary of the Continental
Congress, signed the resolution of the Aitken Bible issued
on September 12, 1782: Now, therefore, be it
Resolved, That it is the sense of the House of Rep-1
resentatives that the House should recognize Robert 2
Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United 3
States Congress. 4
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