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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.

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.

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