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Chartered as the College of New Jersey in 1746 in Elizabeth; then Newark; moved to Princeton in 1756 and known as Princeton College; name changed to Princeton University in 1896.

From the description of Diploma : Princeton, N.J., to John Boyd, 1760 Oct. 8. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 86138950

Archival Resources
Role Title Holding Repository
referencedIn Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794. ALS, 1790 July 1, to Charles Lee, Alexandria, Va. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Bellamy, Joseph, 1719-1790. Princeton, N.J., manuscript, 1842-1918. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Munn family. Papers, 1774-1910. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Canfield, Augustus C. (Augustus Cass), 1842-1891. Autograph albums and collections, 1830-1912. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Paterson, William,. Papers, 1833-1897. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Inventory to the Records of the Queen's College, Rutgers College and Rutgers University Board of Trustees: Manuscript Minutes, Enclosures, and Subject Files, 1778-1956 Rutgers Special Collections and University Archives
referencedIn Anderson family. Papers, 1762-1950. New Jersey Historical Society Library
referencedIn Harrison, Abraham, 1778-1851. Papers, 1743-1856 (bulk 1796-1854). Rutgers University
creatorOf Finley, William Peronneau. College of New Jersey senior speeches, 1814-1820. New Jersey Historical Society Library
creatorOf College of New Jersey. Diploma : Princeton, N.J., to John Boyd, 1760 Oct. 8. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Green, Henry Woodhull, 1804-1876. Letters received, 1844-1893 (bulk: 1844) Rutgers University
referencedIn Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866. Jared Sparks collection of American manuscripts, 1582-1843 Houghton Library
referencedIn Joseph Caldwell Papers, 1791-1835 University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill. Library. Southern Historical Collection
referencedIn Bliss, Anna Catherine, ca. 1849-1941. Anna Catherine Bliss collection, 1842-1940. Historic Northampton Museum & Education Center
referencedIn Thomas Addis Emmet collection, 1483-1876 (bulk:1700-1800) New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division
referencedIn Queen's College (New Brunswick, N.J.). Board of Trustees. Records : manuscript minutes, enclosures, and subject files, 1778-1953. Rutgers University
referencedIn Maclean, John, 1800-1886. ALS, 1840 Jan. 15, Princeton, N.J., to Aaron Odgen Dayton. Rosenbach Museum & Library
referencedIn Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. Verses, 1770. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Rutgers University. Board of Trustees. Records : manuscript minutes, enclosures, and subject files, 1778-1956. Rutgers University
referencedIn Wilkin, Alexander, 1819-1864. Alexander Wilkin and family papers, 1770-1965 (bulk 1830-1894). Minnesota Historical Society, Division of Archives and Manuscripts
referencedIn Ihrie, William M. (William Muirhead), d. 1899. Papers, 1854-1861 (inclusive). Rutgers University
referencedIn Fitz Randolph-Snowden Genealogy, 1695-1832. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Pendleton, Philip Clayton, d.1863. Notebook, 1796. Historical Society of Pennsylvania
referencedIn Terhune, Harry S. (Harry Stafford), ca. 1859-1942. Letters received, 1878-1883 (inclusive) 1879-1882 (bulk). Rutgers University
referencedIn Terhune, Henry S. (Henry Stafford), 1860-1942. Correspondence, 1878-1883. Rutgers University
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associatedWith Anderson family. family
associatedWith Bliss, Anna Catherine, ca. 1849-1941. person
associatedWith Boyd, John, fl. 1760. person
associatedWith Caldwell, Joseph, 1773-1835 person
associatedWith Davies, Samuel, 1723-1761. person
associatedWith Emmet, Thomas Addis person
associatedWith Freneau, Philip Morin, 1752-1832. person
associatedWith Green, Henry Woodhull, 1804-1876. person
associatedWith Harrison, Abraham, 1778-1851. person
associatedWith Ihrie, William M. (William Muirhead), d. 1899. person
associatedWith Maclean, John, 1800-1886. person
associatedWith Munn family. family
associatedWith Paterson, William, person
associatedWith Pendleton, Philip Clayton, d.1863. person
associatedWith Queen's College (New Brunswick, N.J.). Board of Trustees. corporateBody
associatedWith Rutgers University. Board of Trustees. corporateBody
associatedWith Sparks, Jared, 1789-1866 person
associatedWith Stockton, Richard, 1730-1781. person
associatedWith Terhune, Harry S. (Harry Stafford), ca. 1859-1942. person
associatedWith Terhune, Henry S. (Henry Stafford), 1860-1942. person
associatedWith The Queen's College, Rutgers College and Rutgers University Board of Trustees corporateBody
associatedWith Wilkin, Alexander, 1819-1864. person
associatedWith Witherspoon, John, 1723-1794. person
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