Author : James P. Myers
Release : 2010
Genre : Missionaries
Kind : eBook
Book Rating : 348/5 ( reviews)
Book Synopsis The Ordeal of Thomas Barton by : James P. Myers
Download or read book The Ordeal of Thomas Barton written by James P. Myers. This book was released on 2010. Available in PDF, EPUB and Kindle. Book excerpt: This book explores the career of Rev. Thomas Barton. Barton's ministry illuminates life on Pennsylvania's pre-Revolutionary frontier. As missionary for the church of England, Barton championed the interests of the Anglican church and the proprietary of William Penn's children in a turbulent borderland best by both threats from the French and their Native American allies and challenges to English authority from a largely Scots-Irish Presbyterian population. Ultimately, his hopes were destroyed when revolution swept him to a life of loss in New York City, where he died. This study examines the tragic life of a mid-level Anglo-Irish placeman who sought to expand his opportunities in pre-Revolutionary Pennsylvania.--Dust jacket.