Princetonians, 1748-1768
：A Biographical Dictionary
( Princeton Legacy Library )
Publication subTitle ：A Biographical Dictionary
Publication series ：Princeton Legacy Library
Author： McLachlan James;;;
Publisher： Princeton University Press
Publication year： 2015
E-ISBN: 9781400870776
P-ISBN(Paperback): 9780691046396
Subject： K81 Biography;K82 China
Keyword： 传记
Language： ENG
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Description
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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