26Results for "c. 1862"
Stories
Student Autograph Books and Collegiate Friendships
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Antebellum autograph books reveal the intimate, cross-sectional friendships northern and southern Princeton students formed in the years before the Civil War.
Princetonians in Virginia
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The College of New Jersey attracted large numbers of Virginia students in the 18th and 19th centuries, contributing to Princeton’s reputation as a school for southerners. This essay focuses on three students from Virginia whose careers as clergymen and educators reflected evolving arguments about slavery and emancipation from the Revolutionary War to the Civil War.
Princeton and South Carolina
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Princeton alumni from South Carolina owned successful plantations, large numbers of slaves, and served as leaders in the Confederate cause during the Civil War.
Princeton and the New Jersey Colonization Society
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More than half of the officers and founding members of the New Jersey Colonization Society were Princeton affiliates.
Peter Scudder
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Peter Scudder rose from humble beginnings to become a successful businessman and a notable member of the free Black community in Princeton.
Primary Sources
James Simpson
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Photo of James Simpson, a campus worker.
Autograph Book Entry by Roland Cox
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Autograph book entry by Roland Cox (class of 1863) to Ewing Graham McClure ('1862).
Manumission of John Skillman
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Manumission record for John Skillman, about 39 years old, signed by Caleb Johnson.
Autograph Book Entry by Edward F. Neufville
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Autograph book entry by Edward F. Neufville (class of 1862) to Thomson McGowan ('1861).
Alfred Scudder
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Photo of Alfred Scudder, assistant to Professors Stephen Alexander and John Schanck, and janitor of Clio Hall.