Alexander Macwhorter Papers, . 1764-1807

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Alexander Macwhorter Papers, . 1764-1807

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Alexander Macwhorter (1734-1807) was a Presbyterian minister of New Jersey, North Carolina, and South Carolina and trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). The collection includes manuscript copies of extracts (22 pages) from the oration at the funeral of Macwhorter; a pastoral letter, 1766, of Elihu Spencer (1721-1784), moderator of the Presbyterian Church of New York, containing a religious interpretation of the relations of France, England, and the colonies; and minutes, 1764, of the New Jersey synod sending Macwhorter and Spencer on a southern mission.

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University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection

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Macwhorter, Alexander, 1734-1807

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Alexander MacWhorter graduated Princeton University in 1757; was D.D. pastor of the First Presbyterian Church in Newark, N.J. From the description of Sermons : manuscript, 1803-1806. (Princeton University Library). WorldCat record id: 79063252 Alexander Macwhorter (1734-1807) was a Presbyterian minister of Scottish descent. His maternal ancestors were among the first emigrants from Scotland to the North of Ireland, and his direct maternal ancestors and their children were wi...