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RSON, NATHANIEL 40 JACOBS, JOHN 32 Jefferson, Thomas 13 Johnson, Richard M. 47, 49, 50 KING CHARLES I. 37 King George II. 38 King George III. 38 King James I. 37 Kittredge, Dr. Benjamin 43, 46 LANE, DAVID 32 Le Favre, Mr. 10 Le Sage 40 Lord, William 18 MCCLURE, MR. 34, 36 Mitchell, Judge 34, 36 NEAL, DAVID A. 43 OSGOOD, BENJAMIN 32 PAINE, THOMAS 49, 56 Parker, Mr. 10 Peele, Willard 46, 48 Peters, Hugh 9 Phillips, Stephen C. 43, 46 Pickman, Dudley L. 46, 48 Pingree, David 43 Preston, Mr. 65 Prince, Rev. John, LL.D. 21 Putnam, Perley 43, 46, 48 SALTONSTALL, LEVERETT 43 Smith, Jonathan 15 Smith, Susan 15 Spurgeon, Rev, C.H. 6 Stearns, Charles 21 Story, Franklin H. 43 Swan, Mr. 10 TALMAGE, REV. DR. 6 Treadwell, John W. 43 Trumbull, Jonathan 15 Tucker, Gideon 46, 48 VOSE, MR. 34 W----, REV. MR. 41 Washington, George 1 Waters, Joseph G. 43 Waters, Stanley 10 West, Nathaniel, Jr. 43 White, Stephen 46 Whiting, Samuel 32 Wright, Fanny 56 [Illustration] NEW-ENGLAND SUNDAY. SEEING in an old paper that General Washington was stopped by a "tythingman" in Connecticut in 1789 for the "crime" of riding on Sunday, we were naturally led to think about the "Sabbath question," as it is sometimes called. We find the account referred to in the "Columbian Centinel" for December, 1789. THE _PRESIDENT_ AND THE _TYTHINGMAN_. The President, on his return to New-York from his late tour, through Connecticut, having missed his way on Saturday, was obliged to ride a few miles on Sunday morning, in order to gain the town, at which he had previously proposed to have attended divine service
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