Samuel Beach family papers 1783-1884.

American Philosophical Society

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Benjamin Franklin founded the American Philosophical Society in 1743 in Philadelphia, patterning it after the Royal Society of London. It's purpose was the promotion of the study of science and the practical arts of agriculture, engineering trades, and manufactures. Subjects of today's "philosophy" were generally excluded from the societies of the 17th and 18th centuries and the word "philosophy" meant to them "love of knowledge," and was essentially the equivalent of today's "science." Interest...

Jones family

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Beach family

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College of New Jersey (Princeton, N.J.)

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Jones, Samuel Beach

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American Whig Society

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The American Whig Society was born on June 24, 1769, from the remnants of an earlier Princeton student society, the Plain Dealing Club. The name "American Whig" derived from a recent series of essays by a new trustee of the College of New Jersey (Princeton), William Livingston, shortly to become the first governor of New Jersey. It signified adherence to ancient principles of British political and religious dissent. The club served as a major political, debating, and literary force both on the P...

Croes, John, 1762-1832

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First Episcopal Bishop of New Jersey. From the description of John Croes papers, 1814-1835. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 654466688 John Croes was pastor at Swedesborough, N.J.; rector at New Brunswick, N.J.; Bishop of New Jersey; received an honorary degree from the College of New Jersey (Princeton University) in 1797. From the description of Croes Correspondence : typescript, 1782-1783. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 49365312 From th...

Beach, Samuel, 1761-1793

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Samuel Beach graduated from the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) in October, 1783, and was a tutor there (1783-1785). From the description of Samuel Beach family collection, 1783-1884. (Peking University Library). WorldCat record id: 61668634 Samuel Beach graduated from the College of New Jersey in October, 1783, and was a tutor there (1783-1785). From the description of Samuel Beach family papers 1783-1884. (Peking University Library). WorldCat r...