Title: Historical collections of the state of New Jersey: past and present:
Year: 1868 (1860s)
Authors: Barber, John Warner, 1798-1885. [from old catalog] Howe, Henry, 1816-1893, [from old catalog joint author]
Subjects: New Jersey -- History. [from old catalog] New Jersey -- Description and travel. [from old catalog] New Jersey -- History, Local. [from old catalog]
Publisher: New Haven, Conn., J. W. Barber
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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ut such of them as remained after th(* purloining by theBriti.sh and American armies, when they successively occupied theedifice, were nearly all consumed by fire on the fith of March, 1802,which left nothing but the stone walls of the edifice standing. Onits being rebuilt, the walls, which were not materially injured bythe fire, remained as before, and the whole interior of the house,except the chapel, was converted into lodging-rooms—the library,refectory, and other public ai)artments being provided for in addi-tional buildings. At the time of the battle of Princeton, the roomin Nassau Hall called the chapel, was adorned with a portrait ofGeorge 11.; the Americans, in dislodging the Irilish troops Irom thebuilding, fired a cannon-shot which passed through the walls, anddestroyed this picture. The frame, however, still remained sus-pended on the walls of the chapel, within which is now a portraitof Washington, painted bv the elder Peale. It is stated that Wash- ^ o 2 ^ffi a s- cr c
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MERCER COUNTY. 26^ ington, in order to make good to the college the damage sustainedby the fire of his troops, made the trustees a present of 50 guineas,which they expended in procuring the portrait of the general.Among other relics of antiquity belonging to the institution, thereis in the Philosophic Hall the identical electrical machine used byDr. Franklin, and the orrery constructed by Rittenhouse. The whole course of instruction at the College of New Jerseyrequires four years,—namely, one year in each of the four classesinto which the students are divided. The college year is dividedinto two terms or sessions. The annual commencement is on thelast Wednesday of September; and the winter session begins sixweeks from that time, and closes on the first Thursday after thesecond Tuesday in April. The summer session begins five weeksafter the close of the winter session, and ends on the last Wednes-day of September. The college library contains 8,000 volumes;in the libraries of the two

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