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Thomas Skeel
Thomas Skeel was an eighteenth-century American clergyman whose theological contributions reflected the intellectual currents of colonial New England Protestantism. His Election Sermon exemplifies the genre's role in articulating connections between religious covenant theology and civic governance during a formative period of American political thought. Skeel's work demonstrates the enduring influence of Puritan theological frameworks on the emerging American republic's understanding of divine providence and communal responsibility.
From Election Sermon
-_ SERMON, HIS EX€ELLENCY, JONAS GALUSHA, ESQ. GOVERNOR, HIS HONOR, PAUL BRIGHAM, ESQ, LIEUT. GOVFRNOR, THE HONORABLE COUNCIL AND HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES, OF THE _ $TATE OF VERMONT, AT MONTPELIER, ON THE DAY OF ELECTION, OCTOBER 10, 1811. BY THE REV. THOMAS SKEEL, RUTLAND : PRINTED BY WILLIAM FAY, Printer to the State. In General Assembly, Oct 11, 1811. Resaleeds That 2 committee be appointed, consisting of three members this House, to wait on the Rev. Taomas Skee, return him the 's of the House, for bis Sermon delivered before his Excellency the nor, Lieutenant-Governor, the Honorable Council and House of ntatives, on the 10:h inst. being the day of Election, and request s. ks In General Assembly, Oct. 11, 1812. cy “Introduced by Mr. C. Rrcn, read and adopted. -. fitest, Wx. D. Smirn, Cleré, , B. Kissy, E. Barry, and C. G. Parsons, Committee, 5 Attest, Ws. D.…
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