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Commemorative plaque for Nassau Hall,

ca. 1896

PP678

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Title
Commemorative plaque for Nassau Hall
Dates

ca. 1896

Medium
Bronze
Dimensions
[Need dimensions]
Credit Line
Princeton University
Object Number
PP678
Inscription
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY / 1726 1746 1896 / THE LOG COLLEGE / OPENED 1726 AT NESHAMINY, / WAS DISCONTINUED IN 1746 / WHEN MEMBERS OF THE SYNODS / OF NEW YORK AND PHILADELPHIA / AND THE SUPPORTERS OF / THE LOG COLLEGE / UNITED IN THE ORGANIZATION OF / THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY / AT ELIZABETHTOWN / FIRST CHARTER GRANTED OCT. 22, 1746 / BY KING GEORGE THE SECOND / THROUGH JOHN HAMILTON, / ACTING GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF / OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW JERSEY / SECOND CHARTER GRANTED SEP. 13, 1748 / BY KING GEORGE THE SECOND / THROUGH JONATHAN BELCHER, M.A. / GOVERNOR-IN-CHIEF / OF THE PROVINCE OF NEW JERSEY, / OCT. 22, 1896, THE NAME OF / THE COLLEGE OF NEW JERSEY / WAS CHANGED TO / PRINCETON UNIVERSITY / DEI SUB NUMINE VIGET.
Culture
American
Type
plaques
Materials
bronze
Subject
commemoratives

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