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- Witherspoon, John

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The works of the Rev. John Witherspoon

（History of American thought）

Thoemmes Press, 2003

: set
v. 1
v. 2
v. 3
v. 4

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Note

Originally published: Philadelphia : William W. Woodward, 1802

"Reprinted from the 1802 editon" -- T.p. verso

"With an introduction by L. Gordon Tait" -- On t.p. of v. 1

"Introduced by L. Gordon Tait" -- On half t.p. of v. 2-4

Description and Table of Contents

Description

Scottish-born John Witherspoon (1723-1794) was educated at Edinburgh University and became a prominent minister in the Church of Scotland. In 1768 he was persuaded to cross the Atlantic to become sixth president and leading professor of the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). From then on he played an important part in American public life, publishing many sermons and writings in support of the Revolutionary cause and signing the Declaration of Independence. He was also among the main importers of Scottish realist philosophy into the new world, where it would dominate intellectual life through the 19th century. Witherspoon's four-volume "Works" contains the lectures from his famous course on moral philosophy that he gave to each senior class, as well as his lectures on eloquence and essays on various social and political topics. Also included are important selections from his correspondence, speeches to Congress, and 47 sermons. The original books are exceedingly rare and until now most scholars have had access to them only via microfilm. This facsimile of the revised and corrected second edition (1802) with a substantial new introduction by L. Gordon Tait should be welcomed by a wide variety of historians of American thought.

Table of Contents

Volume 1 (c. 600pp): a funeral discourse
an essay on justification
treatise on regeneration
sixteen sermons. Volume 2 (585pp): twenty-eight sermons. Volume 3 (591pp): three sermons
an address to the students of the senior class
a serious inquiry into the nature and effects of the stage
a letter respecting play actors
ecclesiastical characteristics
the history of a corporation of servants
lectures on moral philosophy
lectures on eloquence. Volume 4 (486pp): introductory lecture on divinity
letters on education
letters on marriage
address to the inhabitants of Jamaica
an essay on money
an humble supplication
speech in the General Assembly
letter sent to Scotland for the Scots magazine
ignorance of the British with respect to America
reflections on the present state of public affairs
thoughts on American liberty
on the controversy about independence
on conducting the American controversy
Aristides
speeches in Congress
on the proposed market in General Washington's camp
address to General Washington
memorial and manifesto of the United States of North America
on the contest between Great Britain and America
on the affairs of the United States
observations on the improvement of America
supplication of J.R.
recantation of Benjamin Towne
a description of the state of New Jersey
a few reflections on the Federal City
On the Georgia constitution
"The Druid", originally published in numbers periodically.

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