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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should recognize Robert Aitken's Bible as a historical document of the United States Congress.

Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should recognize Robert Aitken's Bible as a historical document of the United States Congress.

Introduced Apr 30, 2025

Latest action (Apr 30, 2025) Referred to the House Committee on House Administration.

Summary

This resolution expresses the sense of the House of Representatives that it should recognize Robert Aitken's Bible as a historical document of Congress. The resolution notes that Aitken's Bible was the first English-language Bible printed in North America and that in 1782, the Continental Congress Committee approved Aitken's project as contributing to religion and representing progress in American arts. Charles Thomson, Secretary of the Continental Congress, signed the committee's resolution endorsing the Aitken Bible. The current resolution seeks to formally recognize this historical document as significant to the history of the United States Congress.

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Actions (2)

  1. Apr 30, 2025 Referred to the House Committee on House Administration. · house
  2. Apr 30, 2025 Submitted in House

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IN THE HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES

April 30, 2025

Mr. Ogles (for himself, Mr. Cloud, Mr. Steube, and Mr. Moore of Alabama) submitted the following resolution; which was referred to the Committee 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Expressing the sense of the House of Representatives that the House should recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United States Congress.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 Congress 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 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 Representatives that the House should recognize Robert Aitken’s Bible as a historical document of the United States Congress. <all>

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