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title: 'The First Charter of Princeton College: A Discovery'
type: pdf
hasMedia: true
requiresPurchase: false
authors:
- 'James Ormsbee Murray'
- 'Gorham Dummer Abbott'
date: 1891-02-01
collection: 'Archives'
subcollection: '19th century'
topics:
- 'Colonial Presbyterian History'
- 'American Presbyterian and Reformed History'
scriptures:
- 'Proverbs 4'
- 'Psalms 127'
url: https://confessional.org/archives/19th-century/murray-abbott-1891-the-first-charter-of-princeton-college-a-discovery
---

# The First Charter of Princeton College: A Discovery

Reprint of Princeton College's 1746 royal charter naming trustees, powers, temporary site at Elizabethtown, and tuition of four pounds; includes obituary for Dr. Franklin C. Hill.

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