Elder John Leland

ELDER JOHN LELAND

ELOQUENT PREACHER, BELOVED PASTOR
INFLUENTIAL PATRIOT
FATHER OF RELIGIOUS LIBERTY

WITH JAMES MADISON CARRIED VIRGINIA

IN THE ADOPTION OF THE CONSTITUTION

OF THE UNITED STATES AND THE FIRST

AMENDMENT, DESPITE OPPOSITION OF EVERY

OTHER PULPIT IN MASSACHUSETTS.

CARRIED EVERY VOTE IN CHESHIRE FOR THE

ELECTION OF

PRESIDENT THOMAS JEFFERSON

AND PRESENTED TO HIM ON JANUARY 1ST, 1802, IN THE EAST ROOM

OF THE WHITE HOUSE IN THE PRESENCE OF FOREIGN

DIPLOMATS, SUPREME COURT JUDGES

AND THE CONGRESS

"THE BIG CHEESE" WEIGHING 1235 LBS.

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