---
title: 'March 12, 1777 Letter'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'Alexander MacWhorter'
date: 1901-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '20th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'War and Peace'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Matthew 5'
- 'Psalms 46'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/20th-century/macwhorter-1901-march-12-1777-letter
---

# March 12, 1777 Letter

Newspaper extracts (1776–1777) recount British troops' atrocities in New Jersey—plunder, arson, rape, murder—and civilian suffering, with mention of local Presbyterian figures.

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