Alexander Macwhorter papers, 1764-1807 [manuscript].

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Alexander Macwhorter papers, 1764-1807 [manuscript].

Extracts (22 p.) from the oration at the funeral of Macwhorter, Presbyterian minister active as a trustee of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) and in North Carolina and South Carolina; 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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Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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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...

Spencer, Elihu, 1721-1784

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