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JACOB GREEN’S REVOLUTION
Jacob Green’s Revolution
RADICAL RELIGION AND REFORM IN A REVOLUTIONARY AGE
S. SCOTTROHRER
THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS
UNIVERSITY PARK, PENNSYLVANIA
Library of Congress
Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Rohrer, S. Scott, 1957– , author.
Jacob Green’s revolution : radical religion and reform in a revolutionary age / S. Scott Rohrer.
pages cm
Summary: “Examines the ways religion influenced reform during the American Revolution in New Jersey. Focuses on two pivotal figures: Jacob Green, a Presbyterian minister who advocated revolution, and Thomas Bradbury Chandler, an Anglican minister and a leading loyalist spokesman”—Provided by publisher.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
ISBN 978-0-271-06421-5 (cloth : alk. paper)
1. Green, Jacob, 1722–1790. 2. Presbyterian Church—
New Jersey—Morris County—Clergy—Biography.
3. New Jersey—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—Biography. 4. Morris County (N.J.)—Biography.
5. New Jersey—History—Revolution, 1775–1783—
Religious aspects. 6. United States—History—
Revolution, 1775–1783—Religious aspects.
7. Calvinism—United States—History—18th century.
8. Chandler, Thomas Bradbury, 1726–1790.
I. Title.
E263.N5R64 2014
974.9'03092—dc23
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To Jeff, David, and the Mountain Lakes gang—
friends from the beginning
Contents
PART I: THE WORLDS OF JACOB GREEN AND THOMAS BRADBURY CHANDLER
4 Farmer-Miller-Physician-Teacher
PART II: REVOLUTIONARY THINKERS AND THE TRIALS OF WAR
5 Polemicist
6 Revolutionary
7 Politician
8 Host
PART III: REFORMERS ON THE HOME FRONT
9 Crusader
10 Dissenter
11 Disciplinarian
Epilogue
Notes
Index
FIGURES
2 Hanover’s Presbyterian meetinghouse
3 A Jacob Green sermon in Weston’s shorthand
MAPS
