Lunaapahkiing Princeton Timetree

Relations, Removals, Resurgence

Bartholemew Calvin (Shawukukhkung)

In 1774 Bartholomew Scott Calvin (Shawukukhkung or Wilted Grass) (Lunaape) matriculates at the College of New Jersey. His father is Stephen Calvin, Native translator at the Treaty of Easton. Missionary David Brainerd from nearby Cranbury advocates for Stephen’s admission to College President John Witherspoon and Calvin is sponsored by the Scottish Society for the Propagation of Christian Knowledge. Funds are cut off in 1776 during the Revolutionary War, and Calvin has to drop out. However, he has a successful career as a teacher and Lunaape leader (see the 1832 challenge to Treaty of Easton).

Read Calvin’s historical biography by Caroline K. Andler, Brothertown Indian Nation Peacemaker and Gregg Lange’s (‘70) personal essay on Bartholemew Calvin.

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