TY  - BOOK
AU  - Batinski,Michael C.
TI  - Jonathan Belcher, Colonial governor
SN  - 9780813162027
AV  - F67.B45 B38 2015 
U1  - 974.2/02/092 
PY  - 2015///], ©1996
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Belcher, Jonathan,
KW  - Governors
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Biography
KW  - New Hampshire
KW  - Gouverneurs
KW  - Biographies
KW  - HISTORY
KW  - United States
KW  - State & Local
KW  - General
KW  - bisacsh
KW  - Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)
KW  - New England (CT, MA, ME, NH, RI, VT)
KW  - BIOGRAPHY & AUTOBIOGRAPHY
KW  - Political
KW  - fast
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Histoire
KW  - ca 1600-1775 (Période coloniale)
KW  - Belcher, Jonathan
KW  - Electronic books
N1  - Includes bibliographical references and index; 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
N2  - 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
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