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May 24, 1760 Letter from Eighteen Presbyterian Ministers to the Archbishop of Canterbury (1760)

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Biography and letters of Rev. William Smith, including a 1760 petition from eighteen Presbyterian ministers to the Archbishop of Canterbury about Rev. Macclanechan’s settlement.
Archive ⬩ Church History, Autobiography, and Biography, Correspondence
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Samuel Davies (1723–1761) was an influential evangelical Presbyterian pastor and educator who played a key role in spreading the Great Awakening in colonial Virginia, where he built licensed meetinghouses and attracted large congregations with his powerful preaching. He also traveled to London to raise funds for the College of New Jersey and later became its fourth president, strengthening the institution before his early death at age thirty-seven. Davies was one of the first colonial Americans to compose hymns and was buried in the presidents’ plot at Princeton Cemetery.

John Rodgers (1727 – 1811) was an American Presbyterian clergyman, educator, and early church leader who served as pastor in Philadelphia and was a founding figure of the Presbyterian Church in the United States, helping to organize its first permanent governing structures after the American Revolution. Renowned for his preaching, teaching, and commitment to evangelical piety, he also played a key role in establishing several Presbyterian institutions and mentoring the next generation of ministers.

Gilbert Tennent (1703 – 1764) was an Irish-born Presbyterian minister and key leader in the First Great Awakeningwhose passionate preaching—especially in his Danger of an Unconverted Ministry—helped fuel revivalist fervor across the American colonies. A cofounder of the New Side movement, he emphasized personal conversion and experiential piety, significantly shaping evangelical Presbyterianism in the 18th century.

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