Papers, 1767, 1783.

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Papers, 1767, 1783.

Collection consists of two letters (and their transcriptions), one to John Witherspoon regarding his presidency of the College of New Jersey, the other to Dr. John King regarding the founding of a college in Carlisle, Pa. (Dickinson College.).

0.02 cubic ft.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7593031

Presbyterian Historical Society, PHS

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Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794

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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 ...

Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813

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Benjamin Rush (January 4, 1746 [O.S. December 24, 1745] – April 19, 1813) was a Founding Father of the United States who signed the United States Declaration of Independence, and a civic leader in Philadelphia, where he was a physician, politician, social reformer, humanitarian, and educator and the founder of Dickinson College. Rush attended the Continental Congress. His later self-description there was: "He aimed right." He served as Surgeon General of the Continental Army and became a profess...

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

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Dickinson College

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King, John, 1740-1811

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John King of Chambersburg, Pa. was a Presbyterian minister and moderator of the 1792 PCUSA General Assembly. He served congregations at New London, Pa., from 1767 to 1768, and at Conococheague, Pa., from 1769 to 1811. From the description of John King sermons, undated [microform] (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 767820481 From the description of John King sermons, undated [microform] (Presbyterian Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 767820488 ...