John Jay reenactor Phil Webster to speak at Great Homeschool Convention at Greenville SC March 8-10
Phil Webster will speak as John Jay at two sessions at the Great Homeschool Convention. On Friday at 7:30 PM John Jay will present "1776 FAITH: The Christian Worldview of the Signers of the Declaration of Independence.
On Saturday morning Mr. Jay will relate stories about his 28 years of service to the new nation.
• member of Continental Congress
• President of Continental Congress
• Chief Justice of New York
• Minister Plenipotentiary to Spain
• Treaty of Paris Negotiator (with Franklin & Adams)
• Secretary of Foreign Affairs 1784-1789
• Secretary of State 1789-1790
• Chief Justice Supreme Court 1789-1795
• Negotiated Jay Treaty with England
• Governor of New York, outlawed slavery
• President of American Bible Society
• Helped establish Free African School in NYC
• Friend of William Wilberforce