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Established by the “New Light" Presbyterians, Princeton was originally intended to train Presbyterian ministers. The college opened at Elizabeth, New Jersey, under the presidency of Jonathan Dickinson as the College of New Jersey, after Jonathan Belcher declined a proposal to have it named after him. Its second president was Aaron Burr, Sr.; the third was Jonathan Edwards. It was in 1756 that the college moved to Princeton, New Jersey.

From the time of the move to Princeton in 1756 until the construction of Sir Henry Rutgers Hall in 1803, the University's sole building was Nassau Hall, named for William III of England of the House of Orange-Nassau. The University also got one of its colors, orange, from William III. During the American Revolution, Princeton was occupied by both sides, and the college's buildings were heavily damaged. The Battle of Princeton, fought in a nearby field in January of 1777, proved to be a decisive victory for General George Washington and his troops. Two of Princeton's leading citizens signed the Declaration of Independence, and during the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall, making Princeton the country's capital for four months. The much-abused landmark survived bombardment with cannonballs in the Revolutionary War when General Washington struggled to wrest the building from British control, as well as later fires that left only its walls standing 1802 and 1855. Rebuilt by Joseph Henry Latrobe, John Notman, and John Witherspoon, the modern Nassau Hall has been much revised and expanded from the Robert Smith designed original. Over the centuries, its role shifted from an all-purpose building, comprising office, dormitory, library, and classroom space, to classrooms only, to its present role as the administrative center of the university. Originally, the sculptures in front of the building were lions, as a gift in 1879. These were later replaced with tigers in 1911.^[5]

The Princeton Theological Seminary was separated from Princeton in 1812, since the Presbyterians wanted their ministers to have more theological training, while the faculty and students would have been content with less. This reduced the student body and the external support for Princeton for some time. The two institutions currently enjoy a close relationship based on common history and shared resources.

The university was becoming an obscure backwater when President [[] took office in 1868. During his two decades in power, he overhauled the curriculum, oversaw an expansion of inquiry into the sciences, and supervised the addition of a number of buildings in the High Victorian Gothic style to the campus.^[6] McCosh Hall is named in his honor.

Princeton

Add information about governance structure, rougly like the "Organization" section that Cornell has.

Academics

are fun

Academic Calendar

Admissions

Financial Aid

Residential Colleges

Whitman College

Undergraduate Student Life

Eating Clubs

We may need to get some more content in for this, but it probably needs/deserves a section.

I'm not convinced this is a topic, but is probably too much scattered around the article to ignore it.

University Chapel

Nassau Hall

Cannon Green

McCarter Theater

Art Museum

Reunions

There are whole articles on this and it's not really covered in the main article. A lot of "traditions" can go here.

• List of Princeton University people - already there, no need for the "Lists of Princeton people" section!
• Princeton University in Fiction - from the "In Fiction" section