These volumes, the fourth and fifth, complete the series of
biographical sketches of students at Princeton University (the
College of New Jersey in colonial times). They cover pivotal years
for both the nation and the College. In 1784, the war with England
had just ended. Nassau Hall was still in a shambles following its
bombardment, and the College was in financial distress. It
gradually regained financial and academic strength, and the Class
of 1794 graduated in the year of the death of President John
Witherspoon, one of the most important early American
educators.
The introductory essay by John Murrin, editor of the series
since 1981, explores the postwar context of the College. The two
volumes contain biographies of 354 men who attended with the
classes of 1784 through 1794 and two other students whose presence
at the College in earlier years has only now been demonstrated.
During these years Princeton accounted for about an eighth of all
A.B. degrees granted in the United States. It was the young
republic's most "national" college, although it had nearly lost its
New England constituency and was instead beginning to draw nearly
40 percent of its students from the South.
Originally published in 1991.
The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand
technology to again make available previously out-of-print books
from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press.
These paperback editions preserve the original texts of these
important books while presenting them in durable paperback
editions. The goal of the Princeton Legacy Library is to vastly
increase access to the rich scholarly heritage found in the
thousands of books published by Princeton University Press since
its founding in 1905.
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