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Encyclopedia - College Of New Jersey: Encyclopedia - College Of New Jersey
College of New Jersey. one of the earlier names for Princeton University Trenton State College is now known as The College of New Jerse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia - Princeton University
Princeton University, located in Princeton, New Jersey, is the fifth-oldest institution of higher education in the United States. Princet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Archibald Alexander Hodge: Encyclopedia - Archibald Alexander Hodge
Archibald Alexander Hodge (July 18 1823 - November 12 1886), an American Presbyterian leader, was the principal of Princeton Seminary bet...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - David Stone: Encyclopedia - David Stone
David Stone (17 February 1770 -- 7 October 1818) was the Democratic-Republican governor of the U.S. state of North Carolina from 1808 to ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr
Aaron Burr, Jr. (February 6, 1756 – September 14, 1836) was an American politician and adventurer. He was a major formative member of t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia - Football
Football is the name given to a number of different team sports. The most popular of these worldwide is Association football, which is ca...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Oliver Ellsworth: Encyclopedia Ii - Oliver Ellsworth - Work On The United States Constitution
When the Constitutional Convention met in Philadelphia in 1787, Ellsworth once again represented Connecticut and took an active part in t...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - History Of The University
Established by the “New Light” Presbyterians, Princeton was originally intended to train Presbyterian ministers. The college opened a...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joel Parker: Encyclopedia Ii - Joel Parker - Early Life Family
Born near Freehold, New Jersey to Charles and Sarah (Coward) Parker, he attended the College of New Jersey, later known as Princeton Univ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Nassau Presbyterian Church: Encyclopedia Ii - Nassau Presbyterian Church - History
The official history of the church reads as follows: The church building was occupied by both British and American soldiers during the Re...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Randolph Of Roanoke: Encyclopedia Ii - John Randolph Of Roanoke - Biography
A peculiar illness as a young man left Randolph beardless and highvoiced. He studied under private tutors, at private schools, the Colleg...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - The Hasheesh Eater
When, in the Song to Old Union, today’s graduates sing that “the brook that bounds through Union’s grounds / Gleams bright as the D...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - History
The Seminary's beginnings are in the early 19th century, when higher-level professional education was beginning to be separated from the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Military Service
During the American Revolutionary War, Burr accompanied Gen. Benedict Arnold's expedition into Canada in 1775, and on arriving before the...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Football - The Establishment Of Modern Codes Of Football
Football - English public schools. The earliest evidence that games resembling football were being played at English public schools —...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Vice Presidency
Because of his control of the crucial New York legislature, Burr was placed on the Democratic-Republican presidential ticket in the 1800 ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Legal And Early Political Career
Burr's main rival for dominance of the New York bar was Alexander Hamilton. He served in the New York State Assembly from 1784 to 1785, b...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - Athletics
The Princeton Review declared the university the 10th strongest "jock school" in the nation. It has also consistently been ranked at the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - The Duel
When it became clear that Jefferson would drop Burr from his ticket in the 1804 election, the Vice President ran for the governorship of ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Vice Presidency
Because of his control of the crucial New York legislature, Burr was placed on the Republican presidential ticket in the 1800 election wi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - Significant Places
Princeton University - Nassau Hall. Nassau Hall is the main administrative building of the University. For more information on this his...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Marriage
That same year, Burr married Theodosia Bartow Prevost, the widow of a British army officer who had died in the West Indies during the Rev...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - The Town Of Princeton
Rich in history and with an important colonial past, the town of Princeton has been home to the likes of Jonathan Edwards, Grover Clevela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Football - History
Throughout the history of mankind the urge to kick at stones and other such objects must have inevitably led to many early activities inv...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - John Randolph Of Roanoke: Encyclopedia Ii - John Randolph Of Roanoke - Eccentricity And Outsider Status
Despite being a Virginian, excellent orator, and House leader (all traits associated with the great statesmen of the revolutionary era), ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Joel Parker: Encyclopedia Ii - Joel Parker - Political Career
A Democrat, he was elected to the New Jersey State Legislature in 1847 and later became the "prosecutor of pleas" of Monmouth County. He ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - Residential Colleges
The undergraduate residential colleges are the residential-dining complexes that house freshmen, sophomores, and a handful of junior and ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Football: Encyclopedia Ii - Football - History
Throughout the history of mankind the urge to kick at stones and other such objects is thought to have led to many early activities invol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - Undergraduate Program
Undergraduates at Princeton University agree to conform to an academic honesty policy called the Honor Code. Students write and sign the ...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - An Agony Of Seeking
The last years of Ludlow’s life seem to have been a constant struggle with addiction. Family letters, when they mention him, usually ei...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Early Life
Fitz Hugh Ludlow was born September 11, 1836 in New York City. His father, the Rev. Henry G. Ludlow, was a outspoken abolitionist ministe...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - New York Stories
There was little in the field of literature that Ludlow did not feel qualified to attempt. He wrote stories for the magazines of his day,...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - The Heart Of The Continent
In 1863 Albert Bierstadt was at the peak of a career that would make him America’s top landscape artist. Ludlow considered Bierstadt’...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Entering The New York Literary Scene
The Hasheesh Eater was published when Ludlow was twenty-one years old. The book was a success, going through a few printings in short ord...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - Rosalie
Ludlow’s fictional stories often mirror with fair accuracy the events of his life. One can suppose that the child-like eighteen-year-ol...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Character And Miscellany
Burr could be unscrupulous, insincere, devious and amoral, but towards his friends he was pleasing in his manners and generous to a fault...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - The Town Of Princeton
Rich in history and with an important colonial past, the town of Princeton has been home to the likes of Jonathan Edwards, Grover Clevela...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Aaron Burr: Encyclopedia Ii - Aaron Burr - Conspiracy And Trial
After the expiration of his term as Vice President on March 4, 1805, broken in fortune and virtually an exile from New York and New Jerse...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton University: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton University - About Princeton
Princeton offers two main undergraduate degrees: the bachelor of arts (A.B.) and the bachelor of science in engineering (B.S.E.). Courses...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - Center For Barth Studies
The Center for Barth Studies was established at Princeton Seminary in 1997 and is administered by a board of seminary faculty. The Center...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - Miller Chapel
Built in 1834, Princeton's chapel was named to honor Samuel Miller, the second professor at the Seminary. Originally located beside Alexa...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Princeton Theological Seminary: Encyclopedia Ii - Princeton Theological Seminary - Presidents Of Princeton Seminary
Note: prior to 1902, when the office of President was created, the Seminary's faculty governed under the leadership of a Principal: Archi...   » Read the article

Encyclopedia - Fitz Hugh Ludlow: Encyclopedia Ii - Fitz Hugh Ludlow - The College And The Man
Fitz Hugh’s college life started at the College of New Jersey (now known as Princeton University) in 1854. There, he joined the Cliosop...   » Read the article