Princeton

Princeton is a town of New Jersey in the United States, 50 miles South-West of New York. It was the scene of a battle in the War of Independence, and the meeting-place of the Continental Congress of 1783. Now noted as the seat of the College of New Jersey, founded at Newark 1746, and removed to Princeton ten years later. Jonathan Edwards and Dr. James M'Cosh as presidents, James Madison and others as alumni, have given it lustre. The Theological Seminary, the oldest and largest Presbyterian one in the States, was founded in 1812, and a School of Science in 1871. The college is rich in museums, observatories, laboratories, libraries, and funds.

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