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John Witherspoon

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Noun1.John Witherspoon - American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)John Witherspoon - American Revolutionary leader and educator (born in Scotland) who signed of the Declaration of Independence and was president of the college that became Princeton University (1723-1794)


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Reese is descended from Scots religious firebrand John Knox as well as John Witherspoon, who signed America's Declaration of Independence, and she reckons that some of their legendary forcefulness has worked its way through the family and down to her.
[ILLUSTRATION OMITTED] As he lay dying, John Witherspoon could contemplate a life of accomplishment: pastor, church leader, college president, assemblyman, congressman, signer of the Declaration of Independence, framer of the Articles of Confederation, supporter of the Constitution.
This duplex house replaces a derelict structure on a tree-lined street in the relatively dense John Witherspoon neighborhood of Princeton Borough, a short walk from Princeton University and the center of town.
 
 
 
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