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William Churchill Houston 1746-1788 : professor of mathematics and natural philosophy at the Princeton College, Captain of Infantry in the War of the Revolution, deputy secretary of the Continental Congress, member of the Legislature of New Jersey, and also of the Continental Congress, and a delegate to the convention which frames the Constitution of the United States. He was also clerk of the Supreme Court of New Jersey, and an eminent lawyer

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Type: Rare Books(Opens in new tab)
Publication date: MDCCCCIII. [1903]
Call number: 721729
Creator: Glenn, Thomas Allen (1864-)(Opens in new tab)
Provenance: Purchased from The Philadelphia Rare Books & Manuscripts Company, July 2013.
Dimensions: 24 cm
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