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MacWhorter, Alexander, D.D.
Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature
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a Presbyterian divine, born in Newcastle County, Delaware, July 15, 1734; graduated at Princeton College, N. J., in 1757; settled near Newark in 1759; was employed as a missionary to North Carolina in 1764-6; was chaplain to Knox's Brigade in 1778; settled in Charlotte, N. C., in 1779, but removed in 1780 to Newark, N. J., where he preached until his death, July 20, 1807. In 1788 he was prominent in settling the Confession of Faith and forming the Constitution of the Presbyterian Church. The degree of D.D. was conferred on him by Yale College in 1776. See Sprague, Annals, 3:208 sq.
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McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'MacWhorter, Alexander, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/macwhorter-alexander-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
McClintock, John. Strong, James. Entry for 'MacWhorter, Alexander, D.D.'. Cyclopedia of Biblical, Theological and Ecclesiastical Literature. https://www.studylight.org/encyclopedias/eng/tce/m/macwhorter-alexander-dd.html. Harper & Brothers. New York. 1870.
