Diary of Joseph Clark : manuscript, 1802-1803.

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Diary of Joseph Clark : manuscript, 1802-1803.

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An account of Clark's journey to collect funds for the rebuilding of Nassau Hall at the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University). The manuscript is dated from November 3, 1802 to April 11, 1803. It is lacking pages at the beginning and the end.

1 item (12 leaves) ; 21 x 16.5 cm.

Princeton University Library

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Princeton University Library

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Clark, Joseph, 1751-1813

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Joseph Clark was born in Elizabethtown, New Jersey in 1751. He went to the College of New Jersey (now Princeton University) before the War of Independence broke out. Clark served in the Hunterdon County Militia of the Second New Jersey Regiment during the Revolution. After he finished serving in the Continental Army he returned to Princeton and obtained his bachelor's degree in 1781. He then studied theology and after two years gained his license to preach. His first congregation was the Presbyt...