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News about the College of New Jersey and its students—including their connections to the South—spread across the country through multiple forms of print media.

Local academies in Princeton helped maintain the relationship between the College of New Jersey and the South.

After a fire destroyed Nassau Hall in 1802, Princeton alumnus Joseph Clark canvassed Virginia on a nine-month fundraising mission. Throughout the trip, Clark relied on the hospitality and financial contributions of fellow Princeton alumni and their connections among Virginia’s slave-owning elite.