Jonathan Belcher: Colonial Governor (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9780813151113)

As early as the eighteenth century, New England's ministers were decrying public morality. Evangelical leaders such as Jonathan Edwards called for rulers to become spiritual as well as political leaders who would renew the people's covenant with God. The prosperous merchant Jonathan Belcher (1682-1757) self-consciously strove to become such a leader, an American Nehemiah. As governor of three royal colonies and early patron of the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University), Belcher becam

Author: Michael C. Batinski
ISBN-10: 0813151112
ISBN-13: 9780813151113
Publisher: University Press of Kentucky
Language: English
Published: 07/15/2014
Pages: 230
Format: Paperback
Weight: 0.76lbs
Size: 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.53d