WITHERSPOON, John (1723-1793), Signer (New Jersey), President of Princeton College. Autograph note signed ("Jno Witherspoon," with large flourish and undeline), to Col. Ephraim Blair, Commissary General of Purchases, Philadelphia, 11 October 1779. 1 page, oblong, neat repairs at folds, double-matted with a portrait, glazed and in a fine giltwood frame. With a fine signature. A RARE SIGNER, DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Witherspoon, President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) since 1768 and an ardent patriot, requisitions spirits: "Please to send by the Bearer the Quarter Cask of Spirits which I spoke for this Morning." As early as 1774 Witherspoon, an influential Protestant clergyman, became active in the Committees of Correspondence and in June 1776 was chosen a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress: "he reached Philadelphia in time to be of real service on 2 July in refuting the arguements of opponents of independence" (Boatner). He continued as a delegate to Congress until 1782 (in spite of significant financial burdens), and played an important role on many committees. He returned to Princeton following the peace. Witherspoon's letters and documents, particularly of war date, have become extremely uncommon.
WITHERSPOON, John (1723-1793), Signer (New Jersey), President of Princeton College. Autograph note signed ("Jno Witherspoon," with large flourish and undeline), to Col. Ephraim Blair, Commissary General of Purchases, Philadelphia, 11 October 1779. 1 page, oblong, neat repairs at folds, double-matted with a portrait, glazed and in a fine giltwood frame. With a fine signature. A RARE SIGNER, DURING HIS SERVICE IN THE CONTINENTAL CONGRESS Witherspoon, President of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) since 1768 and an ardent patriot, requisitions spirits: "Please to send by the Bearer the Quarter Cask of Spirits which I spoke for this Morning." As early as 1774 Witherspoon, an influential Protestant clergyman, became active in the Committees of Correspondence and in June 1776 was chosen a New Jersey delegate to the Continental Congress: "he reached Philadelphia in time to be of real service on 2 July in refuting the arguements of opponents of independence" (Boatner). He continued as a delegate to Congress until 1782 (in spite of significant financial burdens), and played an important role on many committees. He returned to Princeton following the peace. Witherspoon's letters and documents, particularly of war date, have become extremely uncommon.
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