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Alexander Hamilton, a Scottish physician living in Annapolis, Maryland Whitaker to Eng- land to seek funds for the school..

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Other late writings described conflicts and interaction with the Indians, as seen in writings by Daniel Gookin, Alexander Whitaker, John Mason, Benjamin Church.

Alexander Hamilton, a Scottish physician living in Annapolis, Maryland Whitaker to Eng- land to seek funds for the school.

Whitaker (or Whitacre) was born at Holme, in Lancashire, A.D. , of a good family, nearly related to Alexander Nowel, the celebrated dean of St. Paul's.

This handsome picture has presented something of a puzzle since it first appeared on the art market.

Eyewitnesses to History

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One fascinating feature found within the writings of early American Presbyterians is the window some authors have given us to key moments in history.

Amidst the doctrinal and devotional literature are records and observations, speeches, sermons, diary entries, letters and more that tell future generations, including ours, what it is like to be present at some of the most momentous historical events in the annals of America and the world.

One of the earliest Presbyterians in America was Alexander Whitaker, a chaplain who arrived at the Jamestown colony in Virginia in 1611, and who ministered to the Indian princess Pocahontas.

He reported in a June 18, 1614 letter to his cousin William Gouge, later a Westminster Divine, concerning both her conversion to Christianity and her marriage to John Rolfe: “But that which is best, one Pocahuntas or what Matoa the d