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Hart, Oliver

clergyman, author, was born July 5, 1723, in Warminster, Pa.

He was an active patriot, and was sent with William Tennant by the council of safety to reconcile some of the disaffected frontier settlers to the change in public affairs consequent upon the revolution.

He had some ability as a writer of verse, and published a Discourse on the Death of William Tennant; Dancing Exploded; The Christian Temple; and A Gospel Church Portrayed. He died Dec. 31, 1795, in Hopewell, N. J.

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