William A. Fleet papers, 1894-1983 (bulk 1916-1918)

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 ...

Great Britain. Army. Grenadier Guards

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Fleet, William A. (William Alexander), 1883-1918.

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Fleet was the first American Rhodes Scholar, 1904-1907, at Magdalen College, Oxford, and later an instructor in classics, 1907-1908, at Princeton University. Due to his father's ill health he returned home and became an instructor at his alma mater, Culver Military College, Indiana. After the outbreak of World War I, Fleet returned to England in 1916 to become a Second-Lieutenant in the Grenadier Guards and died in the line of duty on May 18, 1918. From the description of William A. ...