Lunaapahkiing Princeton Timetree

Relations, Removals, Resurgence

College of NJ Opens

In April 1747, the College of New Jersey holds its first classes in the parsonage of first president Jonathan Dickinson in Elizabethtown, New Jersey. Later that year, the College moves to Newark, home of second president, Aaron Burr. Meanwhile, Burr and the trustees seek out a permanent land base for the College.

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Charter document for the College of New Jersey.Board of Trustees Records, AC120, Princeton University Archives, Department of Special Collections, Princeton University Library

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