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The Ordeal of Thomas Barton
James P. Myers
其他書名
Anglican Missionary in the Pennsylvania Backcountry, 1755-1780
出版Lehigh University Press, 2010
主題Biography & Autobiography / GeneralBiography & Autobiography / ReligiousHistory / United States / State & Local / Middle Atlantic (DC, DE, MD, NJ, NY, PA)Religion / Christian Ministry / Missions
ISBN09821313489780982131343
URLhttp://books.google.com.hk/books?id=1uSOOlE5lzsC&hl=&source=gbs_api
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註釋This book explores the career of Rev. Thomas Barton. Barton's ministry illuminates life on Pennsylvania's pre-Revolutionary frontier. As missionary for the church of England, Barton championed the interests of the Anglican church and the proprietary of William Penn's children in a turbulent borderland best by both threats from the French and their Native American allies and challenges to English authority from a largely Scots-Irish Presbyterian population. Ultimately, his hopes were destroyed when revolution swept him to a life of loss in New York City, where he died. This study examines the tragic life of a mid-level Anglo-Irish placeman who sought to expand his opportunities in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania.--Dust jacket.