Essay
Religion and Eighteenth-Century Revivalism
With an introduction by Jon Butler, Howard R. Lamar Professor of American Studies, History, and Religious Studies and Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences at Yale University
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Log College established
William Tennent established the Log College, the first training college for Presbyterian ministers, in Pennsylvania, ca. 1725.
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Princeton founded
The College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) was founded by seven Presbyterian leaders (Ebenezer Pemberton, Jonathan Dickinson, Aaron Burr Sr., John Pierson, William Smith, Peter Van Brugh Livingston, and William Peartree Smith) when Governor John Hamilton granted a charter for the college. The college’s founders had previously requested a charter from the late Governer Lewis Morris, a conservative Anglican who denied their request based on the group’s religious beliefs.