convinced he has no natural right in opposition to his social duties. The metaphor "a wall of separation between Church and State" used by Jefferson was first used by Chief Justice Morrison Waite in the Reynolds case. American historian George Bancroft was consulted by Waite in the Reynolds case regarding the views on establishment by the framers of the U.S. constitution. Bancroft advised Waite to consult Jefferson. Waite then discovered the above quoted letter in a library after skimming through the index to Jefferson’s collected works according to historian Don Drakeman. See also Poland Act (1874) Edmunds Act (1882) Edmunds-Tucker Act (1887) LDS Church v. United States (1890) 1890 Manifesto Smoot Hearings (1903–1907) History of civil marriage in the U.S. References Further reading External links "Mormon" Entry for The Encyclopedia of the Supreme Court of the United States, David S.Tanenhaus 1878 in Christianity 1878 in United States case law Confrontation Clause case law Criminal cases in the Waite Court History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints United States law and polygamy in Mormonism Legal history of Utah United States free exercise of religion case law United States Sixth Amendment jury case law United States Supreme Court cases United States Supreme Court cases of the Waite Court 19th-century Mormonism Christianity and law in the 19th century