Jonathan Belcher: Colonial Governor - Paperback

by Michael C. Batinski (Author)

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 Biography

Michael C. Batinski is professor emeritus of history at Southern Illinois University.