Diploma : Princeton, N.J., to John Boyd, 1760 Oct. 8.

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Diploma : Princeton, N.J., to John Boyd, 1760 Oct. 8.

Diploma as Master of Liberal Arts. Signers include College president Samuel Davies and trustee Richard Stockton.

1 item (1 p.) : vellum ; 21 x 22 cm. + seal.

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Rosenbach Museum & Library

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College of New Jersey.

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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 ...

Stockton, Richard, 1730-1781

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Richard Stockton (October 1, 1730 – February 28, 1781) was an American Founding Father, lawyer, jurist, legislator, and a signer of the Declaration of Independence. Born at the Stockton family home now known as Morven in the Stony Brook neighborhood of Princeton, New Jersey, attended Samuel Finley's academy at Nottingham, which later became West Nottingham Academy, and the College of New Jersey located in Newark, graduating in 1748. He studied law with David Ogden, of Newark, who was at that ...

Boyd, John, active 1760

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Davies, Samuel, 1723-1761

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Samuel Davies, fourth president of Princeton University, was born in New Castle County, Delaware, on November 3, 1723. He was licensed to preach when he was twenty-two, and was ordained as an evangelist to Virginia. In 1753 Davies and Gilbert Tennant were chosen by Princeton trustees to go to Great Britain and Ireland in search of donations for the College. Davies kept a diary of the mission, which was later published. During their stay in the British Isles they were able to secure sufficient fu...