---
title: '1759 Commencement Ode'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Lyon'
date: 1898-01-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
- 'History (General)'
scriptures:
- 'Romans 13'
- 'Psalms 20'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/lyon-1898-1759-commencement-ode
---

# 1759 Commencement Ode

Extracts from 1759 New Jersey newspapers: Nassau Hall commencement with Samuel Davies and an ode by James Lyon praising British leaders, plus an estate settlement notice for William Wood.

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