Note 116 — Chapter II · Nationalism and Localism in History Legislation, 1860-1900
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Indeed, as early as 1842, New Hampshire had prescribed that “no book shall be directed to be used as a school book which is calculated to favor any particular religious or political sect or tenet.” Revised Statutes of New Hampshire, 1842, ch. 73, sec. 12, p. 151; Compiled Statutes, 1853, sec. 13, p. 178; General Laws, 1878, ch. 89, sec. 12, p. 217.