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John Witherspoon
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John Witherspoon (February 5, 1723 – November 15, 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, educator, farmer, slaveholder, and a Founding Father of the United States. Witherspoon embraced the concepts of Scottish common sense realism, and while president of the College of New Jersey (1768–1794; now Princeton University) became an influential figure in the development of the United States' national character. Politically active, Witherspoon was a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress and a signatory to the July 4, 1776, Declaration of Independence. He was the only active clergyman and the only college president to sign the Declaration. Later, he signed the Articles of Confederation and supported ratification of the Constitution of the United States.In 1789 he was convening moderator of the First General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America. Provided by Wikipedia
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The dominion of Providence over the passions of men A sermon preached at Princeton, on the 17th of May, 1776. Being the general fast appointed by the Congress through the United Co...
Published 1776Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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The works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D.L.L.D., late president of the college at Princeton, New-Jersey to which is prefixed an account of the author's life, in a sermon occasio...
Published 1802Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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Christian magnanimity a sermon, preached at Princeton, September, 1775--the Sabbath preceeding the annual commencement; and again with additions, September 23, 1787. : To which is...
Published 1787Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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The works of the Rev. John Witherspoon, D.D.L.L.D., late president of the college at Princeton, New-Jersey to which is prefixed an account of the author's life in a sermon occasio...
Published 1800Search for the full-text online version of this title in the Early American imprints database
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