Certificate of membership for William M. Peyton in a Princeton Literary Society [manuscript] 1822.

Peyton, William M.,

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American Whig Society

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The American Whig Society was born on June 24, 1769, from the remnants of an earlier Princeton student society, the Plain Dealing Club. The name "American Whig" derived from a recent series of essays by a new trustee of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), William Livingston, shortly to become the first governor of New Jersey. It signified adherence to ancient principles of British political and religious dissent. The club served as a major political, debating, and literary force both on the P...