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Record Nr.

UNINA9910458701503321

Autore

Morrison Jeffry H. <1961->

Titolo

John Witherspoon and the founding of the American republic [[electronic resource] /] / Jeffry H. Morrison

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Notre Dame, Ind., : University of Notre Dame Press, c2005

ISBN

0-268-08722-9

0-268-08677-X

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (241 p.)

Disciplina

973.3/092

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Soggetti

Statesmen - United States

Presbyterian Church - United States - Clergy

Electronic books.

United States Politics and government 1775-1783

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Note generali

Description based upon print version of record.

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references (p. 185-204) and index.

Nota di contenuto

Forgotten founder -- "The public interest of religion" : virtue, religion, and the republic -- "Plain common sense" : educating patriots at Princeton -- "An animated Son of Liberty" : revolution -- "An equal republican constitution" : confederation, union, and nationhood -- John Witherspoon and early American political thought -- Appendix A. Witherspoon and the debate in Congress on independence, July 1776 -- Appendix B. Dating the "Sermon delivered at a public thanksgiving after peace," 1782.