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History of Presbyterianism in Colonial and Revolutionary-era America (1600-1789). Featured image: Painting of Reverend Charles Beatty and Reverend George Duffield preaching to the Indians on the banks of the Muskingum River by Mary W. Bonsall, undated.

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Title:
Letter from Benjamin Franklin to John Witherspoon, April 5, 1784.
Description:
Urges against soliciting in Europe for funds for the College of New Jersey; refers to a similar, failed campaign by Dartmouth the previous year.
Creator:
Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790. (author)
Subject names:
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:83369
Title:
Group standing with John Witherspoon statue.
Description:
Group standing with John Witherspoon statue in Fairmount Park, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Subject names:
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topics:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:79413
Title:
Tusculum, John Witherspoon's farm.
Description:
Tusculum, John Witherspoon's farm near Princeton, New Jersey.
Subject names:
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topics:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Geographic subjects:
Princeton (N.J.)
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:79412
Title:
Portrait of John Witherspoon.
Description:
Portrait of John Witherspoon from an illustrated lecture prepared by Dr. William Chalmers Covert for the Board of Christian Education for use in the churches.
Subject names:
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Board of Christian Education.
Topics:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
Geographic subjects:
United States.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:79410
Title:
The Preacher-patriot, 1954.
Description:
Radio play on the life of John Witherspoon, aired May 17, 1954, produced by the National Council of the Churches of Christ in the U.S.A. Broadcasting and Film Commission. Side 1. The Preacher-patriot, a dramatization of the life of John Witherspoon, program 135, for broadcast the week of May 17, 1954. Episode of the radio series, Let there be light.
Subject names:
Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794., Presbyterian Church in the U.S.A. Department of Radio and Television., National Council of the Churches of Christ in the United States of America. Broadcasting and Film Commission.
Geographic subjects:
United States--History--Revolution, 1775-1783.
URL:
https://digital.history.pcusa.org/islandora/object/islandora:71698

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