John Witherspoon and the founding of the American republic / Jeffry H. Morrison
- Author
- Morrison, Jeffry H., 1961-
- Published
- Notre Dame, Ind. : University of Notre Dame Press, [2005]
- Copyright Date
- ©2005
- Physical Description
- xv, 220 pages ; 24 cm
- Contents
- 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.
- Subject(s)
- ISBN
- 0268034850 (cloth : alk. paper)
- Bibliography Note
- Includes bibliographical references (pages 185-204) and index.
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