TY  - BOOK
AU  - Batinski,Michael C.
TI  - Jonathan Belcher, Colonial governorMichael C. Batinski
SN  - 9780813162027
AV  - F67 .J663 2015
PY  - 1996///
CY  - Lexington
PB  - The University Press of Kentucky
KW  - Governors
KW  - Massachusetts
KW  - Biography
KW  - New Hampshire
KW  - Belcher, Jonathan
KW  - History
KW  - Colonial period, ca. 1600-1775
KW  - Electronic Books
N1  - 2; Cover; Title; Copyright; Contents; Preface; 1 The Puritan in a Whiggish Age; 2 The Perils of Public Life; 3 Interpreting the Role of Governor; 4 The Art of Politics; 5 The Soul of Politics; 6 Servant to the King and People; 7 Exile and Fulfillment; List of Abbreviations; Notes; Sources; Index; A; B; C; D; E; F; G; H; J; K; L; M; N; O; P; Q; R; S; T; V; W; 2; b
N2  - 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 became an important but controversial figure in colonial America. In this first biography of the colonial
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