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(July 11, 1767–February 23, 1848), was the 6th President of the United States, 1825–29; one of the few Presidents to re-enter politics after his term; U.S. Representative from Massachusetts, 1830–48, being nicknamed “The Hell-Hound of Slavery,” as he singlehandedly led the fight to lift the Gag Rule which had prohibited discussion of slavery on the … Continue reading “ADAMS,
JOHN QUINCY”

(1768–1848), was a French writer. He helped begin the literary style known as Romanticism, which emphasized man’s emotion in a rather flowery style. In 1802, writing on his conversion to Christianity in Le Genie du Christianisme, Chateaubriand declared: J’ai pleure’ et j’ai cru. (I wept and I believed.)1648

(1767), a well-known clergyman in Chelmsford, Massachusetts, delivered his “Election Sermon,” in which he stated: The Supreme ruler and governor of the universe hath so adjusted things in the moral world, that order and government are necessary for advancement his own glory, and promoting the good of his rational, intelligent creatures. And it is very … Continue reading “BRIDGE,
EBENEZER”

(March 15, 1767–June 8, 1845), was the 7th President of the United States, 1829–37; U.S. Senator, 1823–25; Governor of Florida Territory, 1821; U.S. Army Major General, 1814–21, where he became famous for winning the Battle of New Orleans, 1815, and the Seminole War, 1818; Major General of Tennessee Militia, 1802–12; Tennessee Supreme Court Justice, 1798–1804; … Continue reading “JACKSON,
ANDREW”

(1765), in the City of Boston, Jonathan Mayhew served as the Congregational minister of West Church. His patriotic sermon reflected the Colonists’ feelings toward King George III’s hated Stamp Act: The king is as much bound by his oath not to infringe the legal rights of the people, as the people are bound to yield … Continue reading “MASSACHUSETTS,
COLONY OF”

(1766), was founded in New Jersey as “Queen’s College” by the efforts of the Dutch minister, Rev. Theodore Jacobus Frelinghuysen (1692–1747). Initially a Pietist minister in Germany, he was schooled in Holland, and later emigrated to New Jersey. Rev. Theodore Frelinghuysen stated: The largest portion of the faithful have been poor and of little account … Continue reading “RUTGERS
UNIVERSITY”

(August 23, 1761–June 9, 1826), was a pioneer American educator and geographer. Called the “Father of American Geography,” his son was Samuel F.B. Morse, the inventor of the telegraph and the Morse Code. Jedediah Morse taught in the New Haven schools for several years, compiled his notes and published them in a successful work entitled, … Continue reading “MORSE,
JEDEDIAH”

(1763), was founded in Providence, Rhode Island, under the name Rhode Island College. The seventh oldest college in America, it was renamed after the generous benefactors, Nicholas and Moses Brown. Successful manufacturers, they forged cannons in their furnaces and imported ammunition, greatly aiding the Revolutionary Army. The Charter of Rhode Island College, 1763, stated: And … Continue reading “BROWN
UNIVERSITY”

(July 31, 1763–December 12, 1847), was the Chief Justice of the Supreme Court of New York, 1804. He was the Head of the New York Court of Chancery, 1814–23; professor of law at Columbia College, 1793; member of the New York Legislature; admitted to the bar, 1785; graduated from Yale, 1781, and after his death … Continue reading “KENT,
JAMES”

(during the period 1760–1805), was the source for 34 % of all quotations cited by our Founding Fathers. After reviewing an estimated 15,000 items, including newspaper articles, pamphlets, books, monographs, etc., Professors Donald S. Lutz and Charles S. Hyneman, in their work “The Relative Influence of European Writers on Late Eighteenth-Century American Political Thought” published … Continue reading “HOLY
BIBLE”