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The Confessional Presbyterian Archive is a curated digital library dedicated to preserving and promoting the writings of 17th–20th century Presbyterian pastors, teachers, and leaders. Featuring thousands of searchable texts, biographies, and historical resources, the archive provides direct access to the primary-source materials of American Presbyterianism.

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A Brief Narrative of the Ravages of the British and Hessians at Princeton in 1776–77: A Contemporary Account of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Edition of an unpublished 1777 manuscript recounting British and Hessian ravages at Trenton and Princeton, detailing property losses, battles, and local wartime conditions.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1906

Nassau Hall: An Address Delivered Before the New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, October 16, 1906

Historical address recounting Nassau Hall's 150-year story: its founding, Witherspoon and student patriotism, Revolutionary occupation, Congress in 1783, and Washington's reception.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1906

The Continental Congress at Princeton

Account of the Continental Congress at Princeton (1783): the Pennsylvania Line mutiny, furlough orders, Washington's leadership, and Congress's legislative and social life.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1908

General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746–1906

General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746–1906 (published 1908). Comprehensive register of officers, graduates, degrees, corrections, and indexes covering institutional history.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1908

Early Princeton Printing

Survey of early Princeton printing from James Tod in 1786 through the 1820s, tracing newspapers, college catalogues, religious tracts, and the emergence of a local Princeton press.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1911

Princeton

Institutional history of Princeton (College of New Jersey): 1746 founding, Log College and Presbyterian roots, and its development from colonial college to modern university.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1914

Directory of Living Alumni of Princeton University

Princeton University Directory of Living Alumni (8th ed., revised to Oct 1, 1914). Includes class lists with addresses, abbreviations, geographical and alphabetical indexes, and statistics.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1914

Princeton Dramatics in the Eighteenth Century

Princeton Alumni Weekly surveys campus history: reproduces Governor Jonathan Belcher's engraving, notes a mineral discovery, and traces 18th‑century Princeton dramatics, music, and commencements.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1916

Guide to Princeton, the Town, the University

1919 Guide to Princeton outlining the town and university: historic streets, inns, churches, Revolutionary War sites (Nassau Inn, Morven, Thomson Hall) and campus landmarks.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1919

A Life Devoid of Bitterness: An Appreciation of the Late Professor Harry Franklin Covington, for Thirty-Six Years a Member of the University Faculty

Princeton's president urges students to turn inherited knowledge into original, disciplined thought and warns against 'intellectual parasites.' The issue also carries alumni news, an obituary, and campus events.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1928

A Sophomore of 1851: How He Made Use of Princeton’s First Shower-Bath-How He Helped Establish the Week-End Habit-How He “Rowled” and “Fizzled”

Overview of Thomas M. Hall's 1851 Princeton diary describing student life, campus slang, customs, pranks, social routines, and faculty-student relations before the Civil War.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1929

Turning Back the Clocks: A Glimpse of Princeton’s History as Revealed Through the Many Interesting Happenings at the Nassau Inn During the Early Years

A concise history of Princeton's Nassau Inn, tracing its 18th-century origins, tavern proprietors, ties to the College, and its role during the Revolutionary era.

Varnum Lansing Collins ⬩ 1929

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A Brief Narrative of the Ravages of the British and Hessians at Princeton in 1776–77: A Contemporary Account of the Battles of Trenton and Princeton

Nassau Hall: An Address Delivered Before the New Jersey Society of Colonial Dames, October 16, 1906

The Continental Congress at Princeton

General Catalogue of Princeton University, 1746–1906

Early Princeton Printing

Princeton

Directory of Living Alumni of Princeton University

Princeton Dramatics in the Eighteenth Century

Guide to Princeton, the Town, the University

A Life Devoid of Bitterness: An Appreciation of the Late Professor Harry Franklin Covington, for Thirty-Six Years a Member of the University Faculty

A Sophomore of 1851: How He Made Use of Princeton’s First Shower-Bath-How He Helped Establish the Week-End Habit-How He “Rowled” and “Fizzled”

Turning Back the Clocks: A Glimpse of Princeton’s History as Revealed Through the Many Interesting Happenings at the Nassau Inn During the Early Years

Princeton in the World War

Handing on the Torch

Varnum Lansing Collins ‘92

Oakland’s Chinese Mission

The Journal of the Reverend Silas Constant, Pastor of the Presbyterian Church at Yorktown, New York

There Shall Be No Poor

October 23, 1841 Notice

A Vacant Parish

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