Jacob Duché (c. 1737–1798)
Jacob Duché, Anglican clergyman and turncoat, was born in Philadelphia on 31 January 1737. After graduating from the College of Philadelphia, he worked as an assistant rector, married Elizabeth Hopkinson (1738–1797), and received his ordination in England. In 1775 he succeeded Rev. Richard Peters as rector of the United Churches in Philadelphia.
"Jacob Duche." Dictionary of American Biography, Charles Scribner's Sons, 1936. Gale In Context: U.S. History, link.gale.com/apps/doc/BT2310014410/UHIC?u=viva_uva&sid=bookmark-UHIC&xid=de6a5661. Accessed 6 Sept. 2023.
"To George Washington from Jacob Duché, 8 October 1777," Founders Online, National Archives, https://founders.archives.gov/documents/Washington/03-11-02-0452. [Original source: The Papers of George Washington, Revolutionary War Series, vol. 11, 19 August 1777 – 25 October 1777, ed. Philander D. Chase and Edward G. Lengel. Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 2001, pp. 430–437.]
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