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Zubly, John Joachim

clergyman, congressman, author, was born Aug. 27, 1724, in Switzerland. He was a doctor of divinity, and preached in the German, English, and French languages. He was a member of the presidential congress; and was elected as a delegate to the continental congress in 1775. He was the author of The Real Christian's Hope in Death; Sermon on the Repeal of the Stamp Act; An Humble Inquiry into the Nature of the Dependency of the American Colonies upon the Parliament of Great Britain; and The Law of Liberty: a Sermon on American Affairs. He died July 23, 1781, in Savannah, Ga.