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May 25, 1767 Letter to Charles Nisbet (1767)

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Memoir of Rev. Charles Nisbet recounting his early life and a 1767 letter from Dr. John Witherspoon recommending Nisbet for the presidency of the College of New Jersey (Princeton).
Archive ⬩ American Presbyterian and Reformed History, Church History, Autobiography, and Biography, Colonial Presbyterian History
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John Witherspoon (1723 – 1794) was a Scottish-American Presbyterian minister, theologian, and college presidentwho led the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University),

shaped its curriculum, and trained a generation of early American leaders in both faith and civic responsibility. A signer of the Declaration of Independence and delegate to the Continental Congress from New Jersey, he played a significant role in the American Revolution and the founding of the United States, bringing Reformed principles to the nation’s political and educational life.

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