New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . in theRevolution; JonathanOdell,rector of Saint Marys,Burlington, the Tory satirist; the distinguishedpatriot of Newark, Alexander Macwhorter; theRev. William Tennent, Jr.; Dr. Benjamin Rush, ofPhiladelphia; Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Jr.; LutherMartin, attorney-general of Maryland during theRevolution; Colonel Francis Barber, of Elizabeth,New Jersey; William Churchill Houston, fivetimes member of Congress from New Jersey;Senator Frederick Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey;Gunning Bedford, governor of Delaware; PhilipFreneau, the po
New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . in theRevolution; JonathanOdell,rector of Saint Marys,Burlington, the Tory satirist; the distinguishedpatriot of Newark, Alexander Macwhorter; theRev. William Tennent, Jr.; Dr. Benjamin Rush, ofPhiladelphia; Rev. Jonathan Edwards, Jr.; LutherMartin, attorney-general of Maryland during theRevolution; Colonel Francis Barber, of Elizabeth,New Jersey; William Churchill Houston, fivetimes member of Congress from New Jersey;Senator Frederick Frelinghuysen, of New Jersey;Gunning Bedford, governor of Delaware; PhilipFreneau, the poet of the Revolution; PresidentJames Madison; United States Attorney-GeneralWilliam Bradford; Vice-President Aaron Burr;Rev. Philip Vicars Fithian, of Cumberland Coun-ty, New Jersey; Light Horse Harry Lee, ofRevolutionary fame; Governor Aaron Ogden, ofNew Jersey; and Chief Justice Andrew Kirkpat-rick, of New Jersey, embrace but a part of thenames of men who, between 1748 and 1775, re-ceived their degrees from the college. In the exciting times marking the opening of. Aahbal Qre«a, eightli 1812-22; 6. in Hanover, Nthe BeToUtionAry War; gntd. m xi-m;of Coagr«as 179i-lS00; editor OKriHtUii A The «uibly« Ma^rxma ; d. May m IS|>hi«. 364 NEW JERSEY AS A COL the Revolutionary War a further attempt wasmade to establish a college in New Jersey. Themovement was led by the ministry of the Re-formed Dutch Church, and in 1766, under royalcharter. Queens College, now Rutgers College,came into existence. Owing to legal difficultiesand lack of immediate support a second charterwas granted the college in 1770. As was the casein the establishment of the College of New Jer-sey a contention arose between the liberal andconservative elements in the church. Consequent-ly the ministers and congregations, who took partin the movement, were divided into two the Coetus, or progressive party, and the Con-ferentie, or conservative element, agreed upon theneed of an edu
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