Signature of John Witherspoon on the 1776 U.S. Declaration of Independence (Witherspoon signed it on August 2, 1776).
Signature of John Witherspoon on the 1781 Articles of Confederation (New Jersey delegates signed the document on November 26, 1778).
John Witherspoon served as pastor of the First Presbyterian Church of Princeton, New Jersey from 1768 to 1793.
The Tusculum Estate in Princeton, New Jersey was the home of John Witherspoon.
Statue of “Doctor John Witherspoon” located near Dupont Circle, Washington, D.C.
The John Witherspoon statue by Alexander Stirling Calder, located at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
Clock formerly owned by John Witherspoon at the Presbyterian Historical Society, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania (photo credit: R. Andrew Myers).
John Witherspoon is buried at Princeton Cemetery, Princeton, New Jersey.
Remarks on an Essay on Human Liberty (1753)
A Serious Enquiry Into the Nature and Effects of the Stage (1757)
A Serious Apology For the Ecclesiastical Characteristics (1763)
A Practical Treatise on Regeneration (1764)
The History of a Corporation of Servants (1765)
Essays on Important Subjects, Vol. 1 (1765)
Essays on Important Subjects, Vol. 2 (1765)
Essays on Important Subjects, Vol. 3 (1765)
May 25, 1767 Letter to Charles Nisbet (1767, 1840)
Sermons on Practical Subjects (1768)
Practical Discourses on the Leading Truths of the Gospel (1768)
A Pastoral Letter (1775, 1861)
Speech on the Message From Lord Howe (1776, 1923)
October 24, 1776 Letter to Charles W.F. Dumas (1776, 1857)
October 30, 1776 Letter to Horatio Gates (1776, 1923)
November 14, 1776 Letter to William Livingston (1776, 1923)
Manifesto on the Conduct of the War (1778)
October 26, 1781 Congressional Thanksgiving Proclamation (1781, 1823)
October 11, 1782 Congressional Thanksgiving Proclamation (1782, 1823)
Essay on Money, as a Medium of Commerce (1786)
Sermons by James Muir, A.M., Minister of the Presbyterian Church, Bermuda (1787)
August 11, 1788 Letter to James Madison (1788)
A Sermon on the Religious Education of Children (1789)
October 26, 1789 Letter to Alexander Hamilton (1789, 1851)
On Ministerial Character and Duty (1791)
On Man in His Natural State (1791)
An Inducement to Come to Christ (1791)
On the Purity of the Heart (1791)
Seeking a Competency in the Wisdom of Providence (1791)
The Danger of Prosperity (1791)
The Danger of Adversity (1791)
Preface to the Holy Bible (1791, 1801)
Sermons: A Supplementary Volume (1798)
The Works of John Witherspoon, Vol. 1 (1800)
The Works of John Witherspoon, Vol. 2 (1800)
The Works of John Witherspoon, Vol. 3 (1800)
The Works of John Witherspoon, Vol. 4 (1801, 1802)
Lectures on Moral Philosophy, and Eloquence (1810)
Lectures on Moral Philosophy (1810, 1912)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 1 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 2 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 3 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 4 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 5 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 6 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 7 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 8 (1815)
The Works of John Witherspoon, D.D., Vol. 9 (1815)
Letters on the Education of Children, and on Marriage (1817)
Treatises on Justification and Regeneration (1823)
John Witherspoon, D.D., LL.D. (1884)
Source: New York Public Library Digital Collections.
These eight general principles preliminary to the first Book of Church Order for the PCUSA (a draft was prepared in 1787, see above) are believed to have been authored by John Witherspoon.
Funeral Discourse by John Rodgers; An Essay on Justification; Treatise on Regeneration; 16 Sermons
31 Sermons
Miscellaneous essays
Miscellaneous lectures, letters, addresses, speeches, and essays.
