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Aaron Burr, Sr., a Presbyterian minister in Newark, was named second president of the College of New Jersey in 1748 at age 32 and relocated the school from what was then Elizabethtown to Princeton. He died at age 47 in 1757, with his children including two-year-old Aaron Burr, Jr., later a graduate of the College and Vice President of the US. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Princeton University Art Museum

Maclean House, built in 1756 to serve as the residence of the president of the College of New Jersey, served as the official residence of the University president until 1878. In 1968, it was renamed when it became the offices of the Alumni Council as Maclean House in honor of John Maclean Jr., founder of the Alumni Association. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Morven, first built by Richard Stockton III in the 1750s and his home with his wife Annis Boudinot Stockton, a poet and correspondent with George Washington. The home served as the official New Jersey governor's residence from the 1950s until 1982, when the official residence was changed to nearby Drumthwacket, a larger mansion, and Morven became a museum. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

John Knox Witherspoon (1723-1794), a Scottish minister and educator, was recruited by James Madison, Richard Stockton and other graduates of the College of New Jersey to relocate from Scotland to become the sixth president of the College, serving from 1768 until his death in 1794. He also became a leader of the movement for independence, with key roles including as a delegate from New Jersey to the Second Continental Congress at which he signed the Declaration of Independence in 1776, and later helped draft the Articles of Confederation effective in 1781. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Princeton University Art Museum

British and American flags displayed on Princeton Battlefield in memory of those killed in the battle on January 3, 1777. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

'The Death of General Mercer at the Battle of Princeton, January 3, 1777' painting by John Trumbull (1756-1843) depicting Mercer (at center) receiving bayonet wounds from which he would die nine days after the Battle. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Yale University Art Museum

Plaque on Princeton Battlefield commemorating British and American soldiers who died during the Battle on January 3, 1777. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Clarke House, farmhouse on Princeton Battlefield where Continental Army General Hugh Mercer was brought after being bayoneted by British in early stage of the Battle on January 3, 1777, and where he died nine days later. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Believed to be oldest surviving home in Princeton, built circa 1686. It was originally owned by the grandfather of Richard Stockton, signer of the Declaration of Independence. Known as "The Barracks" for its role in housing soldiers during the French and Indian War, it has played host to Albert Einstein, Alexander Hamilton, and James Madison among others. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Engraving published in 1764 of the first two buildings, Nassau Hall and the President's House, on campus of College of New Jersey (later Princeton University). Image: John Brown Library, Brown University

The annual Princeton 'P-rade' begins in front of Nassau Hall and proceeds through campus led by members of the 25th Reunion Class, ending with the entry of the senior class into the P-rade after all alumni have paraded through campus grouped with their classmates. Image: Princeton University

Intersection of Nassau and Witherspoon Streets, directly across from University campus and center of Princeton commercial district. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Lake Carnegie, an artificial lake completed in 1906 built with funds donated by steel magnate Andrew Carnegie, was intended to provide a site for training and races of the Princeton rowing team. It has recently served as a base for the US Olympic Rowing Team. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Students leaving after June 2018 commencement ceremony Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Grave of Aaron Burr Jr. (1756-1836), in Princeton Cemetery. The son of Aaron Burr, Sr., he was the third Vice President of the US (1801-1805), serving during Thomas Jefferson's first term. He was the son of the second president of the College of New Jersey and graduated from the College at age 16, later serving in elected and appointed positions in and US Senator from New York before his election as vice president in 1800. In 1804, he shot Alexander Hamilton in a duel at Weehawken, with Hamilton dying from his wound on the next day. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Prospect House, formerly the official residence of the presidents of Princeton University, and now a faculty dining and special events facility. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Garden at Prospect House, faculty dining club and special events facility and former official residence of University's presidents. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Mathey College is one of Princeton's six residential colleges established in 1982 after the system was created to provide dormitory, dining and study halls within each college headed by its own dean. It is named after Dean Mathey '1912 , a star tennis player as an undergraduate and prominent Wall Street investor credited with preserving and enhancing the University endowment by advising it to sell its stocks before the 1929 stock market crash and to buy stocks as World War II neared its end. Image: New Jersey Almanac.com

On February 28, 1844, the new US Navy steam frigate USS Princeton, under the command in a pleasure cruise on the Potomac River of Princeton native Captain Robert Stockton, had a cannon explode in a demonstration firing for President James Tyler, members of his cabinet and some 400 other prominent citizens. Six were killed, including Tyler's Secretary of State and the Secretary of Navy killed and many injured. The explosion was later attributed to the poor design of the new cannon. The ship's bell is now installed near the Princeton Battle Monument. Image: Library of Congress

The Princeton Battle Monument commemorates the January 3, 1777 Battle of Princeton, and depicts General George Washington leading his troops to victory and the death of General Hugh Mercer, who died nine days after the battle from bayonet wounds. The Monument was dedicated on June 9, 1922, with President Warren Harding giving the featured address. Image: New Jersey Almanac.com

Bust of Albert Einstein. Einstein accepted an appointment to The Institute for Advanced Study in 1932, two years after its founding by noted educator Abraham Flexner, with funding from department store magnate Louis Bamberger and his sister Mrs. Felix Fuld. Einstein worked at the Institute until his death at Princeton Hospital from a ruptured aortic aneurysm in 1955. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Historical marker along street denoting spot where Continental Army under George Washington joined with French troops under Count de Rochambeau on August 31, 1781, then proceeding south to Virginia where they trapped British at Yorktown, effectively ending the Revolutionary War. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Fuld Hall, main building opened 1939 of the Institute for Advanced Study founded 1930 by educator Abraham Flexner with funding from retail millionaire Louis Bamberger and his sister Caroline Bamberger Fuld. It is an independent center for theoretical research and intellectual inquiry, perhaps best known as the academic home of Albert Einstein, Hermann Weyl, John von Neumann and Kurt Gödel, after their immigration to the United States in the 1930s. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Shops along Nassau Street. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.om

Palmer Square shops and apartments. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

President's Row, section of Princeton Cemetery reserved for graves of presidents of University and their spouses. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Bronze tiger, one of two which flank stairs at the entrance to Nassau Hall, was given to the University in 1911 by the Class of 1879. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Marquand Park was originally part of the estate owned since 1842 by Princeton University Professor Judge Richard Stockton Field, the founder of the NJ Horticultural Society, and subsequently by Princeton Professor Allan Marquand, who acquired the property in 1885 and whose family donated the 17-acre property to the municipality in 1953. The park includes rare tree specimens from around the world. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Greenway Meadows Park was established in 2001 through the preservation of the former 60-acre Robert Wood Johnson estate which was donated to Princeton Township. The Park includes the Johnson Education Center opened to provide a home for D&R Greenway Trust and the Johnson Education Center, which hosts programs and conferences on land preservation and environmental resources. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

House at 112 Mercer Street where Albert Einstein resided from 1935 until his death in 1955. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Grover Cleveland Tower, located on the campus of the Princeton University Graduate College, is 173 feet tall and includes the Class of 1892 Bells, a carillon with 67 bells rung each Sunday. The Tower is a memorial to President Grover Cleveland, who after completing his second term retired to Princeton and served as a University trustee and chairman of the trustees' graduate school committee until his death in 1908. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Princeton Theological Seminary was established in 1812, the first Seminary founded by the General Assembly of the Presbyterian Church. It was intended to specialize in the education of students to become Presbyterian ministers, particularly after the College Of New Jersey (later Princeton) broadened its mission beyond religious education. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Woodrow Wilson lived in three private homes in Princeton while a professor at the University, including this home at 82 Library Place. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Woodrow Wilson in academic robes as president of Princeton University. Image: WoodrowWilsonHouse.org

Former President Grover Cleveland, son and dog in driveway of Princeton home in 1907. Image: Library Of Congress

Alexander Hall, opened in 1894, was formerly used for large events, such as graduation ceremonies and the University's 150th anniversary celebration and Woodrow Wilson's inauguration as University president. Its 900-seat Richardson Auditorium is now the site of concerts, lectures and large meetings. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Drumthwacket, a Gaelic expression for "wooded hill", became the Official Governor's Residence in 1982, replacing nearby Morven, which had served in that capacity since the 1950s. The house was first built by Charles Olden, who served as governor during the Civil War. Image: Wikimedia Commons/Kforce CC by SA 3.0

Alumni class gathers for photo on campus at 2018 Commencement. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

2018 Commencement rostrum in front of Nassau Hall. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Chairs aligned before Nassau Hall at June 2018 Commencement. Image: NewJerseyAlmanac.com

Videos

Bike tour of campus and town produced by NJ Division of Travel and Tourism

Aerial views by drone of Princeton produced by Chello Photo

Brief video of Einstein's life in Princeton produced by Kean University and narrated by NBC personality Willie Geist

Overview of campus and student life produced by Princeton University Admissions Office

Historian Arthur Lefkowitz discusses Washington's strategy at Battle of Princeton produced by NJTV

'The Institute for Advanced Study: The First 100 Years' lecture by George Dyson of history, mission and research of faculty of the Institute

Documentary on the life of Paul Robeson, born in Princeton in 1898, later an All-American football player and valedictorian at Rutgers College and leading actor and singer who became a highly controversial figure for his advocacy of civil rights and affiliation with socialist causes. 

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