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Title	Pro Bono Publico
Image Rights	Digital image © 2008, Tennessee State Library & Archives. All rights reserved.
Copyright	While TSLA houses an item, it does not necessarily hold the copyright on the item, nor may it be able to determine if the item is still protected under current copyright law. Users are solely responsible for determining the existence of such instances and for obtaining any other permissions and paying associated fees that may be necessary for the intended use.
Subjects - TGM	Evolution Circulars
Subjects - LCSH	Evolution and anti-evolution; Evolution - Religious aspects; Evolution (Biology) - Study and teaching - Law and legislation; Peay, Austin, 1876-1927
Description	This free circular is subtitled, "A Letter for the Times." The author, George J. Jones, identifies himself as a scientist and an investigator. In this publication, Jones is countering the attacks directed at William Jennings Bryan for his rebuttal; of the evolutionary theory. Jones provides his own arguments against evolution and in support of creationism.
Date	1923
Creator	Jones, George J.
Collection name	Governor Austin Peay's Papers, 1923-1927
Historical note	This circular contained within Governor Austin Peay's Papers exemplifies the mass interest in the arguments over evolutionary theory that would swirl around Tennessee in 1925. When the Tennessee General Assembly passed and Governor Austin Peay signed; the Butler Bill making it illegal to teach evolution in the state of Tennessee, the stage was set for the ACLU challenge of the constitutionality of the act in Dayton, Tennessee at the trial of biology teacher John T. Scopes.
Accession number	GP 40
Owning Instituion	Tennessee State Library & Archives
ID#	33101
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Digital type	TEXT
Digital format	TIFF
Collection finding aid	http://www.tennessee.gov/tsla/history/govpapers/findingaids/gp40.pdf