Keywords
politics, Congress, religion, Civic faith, Jacob Duche
Abstract
The Morning of September 6,1774, found a weary John Adams attending to political duties. Arriving in Philadelphia to take part in the First Continental Congress, Adams found himself greeted with rumors concerning the British "bombardment" of Boston at every turn. While aware that the colonial press remained unreliable during even the best of times, Adams remained concerned. Prospects of familial "distress and terror" haunted his mind, and fellow delegates did little to help. As Congress opened, Patrick Henry warned colonists of approaching danger. "Government [was] dissolved," he began, for aggressive British troops had succeeded in throwing once-loyal colonies into a state of chaos. Boston's fate appeared bleak indeed.
Recommended Citation
Wells, Spencer
(2011)
"Judas Was a Chaplain to Congress: Jacob Duche and the Revolutionary Limits of Civic Faith,"
The Thetean: A Student Journal for Scholarly Historical Writing: Vol. 40:
Iss.
1, Article 10.
Available at:
https://scholarsarchive.byu.edu/thetean/vol40/iss1/10
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