American Quotations by William J. Federer 2024

Rutgers University (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 in the world.> 1766RU001 In 1825, Queen's College was changed to Rutgers University, in honor of Henry Rutgers. He had served as a captain in the 1st Regiment of the New York Militia, was a member of the New York Assembly, and gave...

New Jersey (1765) religious affiliation, as reported in The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912 by Robert Appleton Company, listed Churches in New Jersey as: Presbyterian-55 Churches Quaker-39 Churches Church of England-21 Churches Dutch Reformed-21 Churches Baptist-19 Churches Dutch Lutheran-4 Churches Seventh Day Baptist-2 Churches German Reformed-2 Churches> 1765NJ001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024, All Rights Reserved, Permission granted to use with acknowledgement. Endnotes: 1765NJ001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). New Jersey, 1765, religious affiliation, The Catholic Encyclopedia, Volume XV, Copyright 1912, Robert Appleton Company, http://www.newadvent.org/cathen/10790a.htm.  

Stamp Act Resolves (May 1765) passed in the Virginia House of Burgesses, Williamsburg. On the reverse of The Stamp Act Resolves, Patrick Henry wrote: <This brought on the war which finally separated the two countries and gave independence to ours. Whether this will prove a blessing or a curse, will depend upon the use our people make of the blessings, which a gracious God hath bestowed on us. If they are wise, they will be great and happy. If they are of a contrary character, they will be miserable. Righteousness alone can exalt them as a nation. Reader! Whoever thou...

Massachusetts Colony (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 subjection to him. From whence it follows that as soon as the prince sets himself above the law, he loses the king in the tyrant. He does, to all intents and purposes, un-king himself.> 1765MA001 -- American Quotations by William J. Federer, 2024,...

James Kent (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 he was elected to the American Hall of Fame, 1900. Considered the premier jurist in the development of the legal practice in the United States, James Kent is known for having compiled the work, Commentaries on American Law, 1826-30. In the case of...