American Whig Society archives, 1802-1941.

Princeton University

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The collection documents the physical expansion of the University from its earliest period through the acquisition of large tracts of land in the 20th century, including the properties around Carnegie Lake and numerous farms. Early records document transactions with such Princeton University notables as Nathaniel Fitz Randolph, John Witherspoon, Walter Minto, John and Richard Stockton, and John Maclean. For the most part, the papers consist of standard legal documents with detailed descriptions ...

American Whig-Cliosophic Society

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The American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society, founded in 1769 and 1765 respectively, were student organizations on the Princeton campus from the eighteenth century through the middle of the twentieth. During the eighteenth century and most of the nineteenth, they were the major focus of student life outside of the classroom, fulfilling the students' social needs as well as providing educational opportunities which were not part of the college curriculum. The societies provided for a foru...

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...

Plain Dealing Club.

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