Jonathan Belcher [electronic resource] : Colonial Governor / Michael C. Batinski.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Batinski, Michael C., 1943-

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Governors--New Hampshire--Biography.

Governors.

Governors--Massachusetts--Biography.

New Hampshire--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

New Hampshire.

Massachusetts--History--Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775.

Massachusetts.

Belcher, Jonathan, 1682-1757.

Belcher, Jonathan.

Genre:

Electronic books.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (231 p.)

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Lexington, Kentucky : The University Press of Kentucky, 1996.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

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 became an important but controversial figure in colonial America.In this first biography of the colonial

Contents:

Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Puritan in a Whiggish Age; 2 The Perils of Public Life; 3 Interpreting the Role of Governor; 4 The Art of Politics; 5 The Soul of Politics; 6 Servant to the King and People; 7 Exile and Fulfillment; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W

Notes:

Description based upon print version of record.

Includes bibliographical references (p. 200-206) and index.

Description based on print version record.

ISBN:

0-8131-6202-5

OCLC:

604946621