Princetonians, 1748-1768: A Biographical Dictionary

✍ Scribed by James McLachlan

• Publisher: Princeton University Press
• Year: 2015
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 735
• Series: Princeton Legacy Library; 1648
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

Benjamin Rush, William Paterson, David Ramsay, Oliver Ellsworth, Jonathan Edwards, Jr.—these are only a few of the remarkable men who attended the College of New Jersey (later Princeton University) in its first twenty-one classes. Alumni included five members of the Constitutional Convention of 1787, twenty two participants in the Continental Congress, four Senators, seven Congressmen, and two Justices of the Supreme Court. This volume describes the lives of the 338 men who graduated from the College between 1748 and 1768. Their biographies are arranged by year of graduation, and an introduction provides the early history of the College and its role in colonial culture.

In sharp contrast to the graduates of other colleges at the time, Princeton's early students were either born or found their later careers in every one of the thirteen states as well as in Tennessee, Kentucky, the West Indies, and Ireland. After graduation most became clergymen, lawyers, doctors, businessmen, and soldiers. While some served as national leaders, others rose to prominence in state and local government, becoming governors, state legislators, and participants in the drafting of state constitutions. This record of their lives is a mine of information about America during the Colonial, Revolutionary, and Early National periods.

Originally published in 1977.

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✦ Table of Contents

Cover
Contents
List of Illustrations
Preface
Introduction
Abbreviations and Short Titles Frequently Used
Class of 1748
Class of 1749
Class of 1750
Class of 1751
Class of 1752
Class of 1753
Class of 1754
Class of 1755
Class of 1756
Class of 1757
Class of 1758
Class of 1759
Class of 1760
Class of 1761
Class of 1762
Class of 1763
Class of 1764
Class of 1765
Class of 1766
Class of 1767
Class of 1768
Appendix
Index