John Witherspoon and the founding of the American republic
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Notre Dame, Ind. :
University of Notre Dame Press,
c2005.
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| Online Access: | http://site.ebrary.com/lib/ucy/Doc?id=10423340 |
Table of 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.