Princeton 



in the stage as far as Sheminey-ferry, about seventeen 

 miles; where I was overtaken by a gentleman and 

 some ladies of my acquaintance, who were going a 

 few miles farther upon a party of pleasure. They 

 were so obliging as to make room for me in one of 

 their chaises, and we proceeded and dined together 

 at Bristol, a small town upon the Delaware, op- 

 posite Burlington: in the afternoon we went ten miles 

 higher up the river, and ferried over to Trenton, 

 situated in the Jerseys. This is built on the east side 

 of the Delaware, and contains about a hundred 

 houses. It has nothing remarkable; there is a 

 church, a Quaker and Presbyterian meeting-house, 

 and barracks for three hundred men. From hence 

 we went to Sir John Sinclair's, at the Falls of Dela- 

 ware, about a mile above Trenton, a pleasant rural 

 retirement, where we spent a most agreeable evening. 

 In the morning, the company returned to Phila- 

 delphia; and, having hired a chaise, I proceeded to 

 Princeton, twelve miles distant. 



At this place, there is a handsome school and 

 college for the education of dissenters, erected upon 

 the plan of those in Scotland. There are about 

 twenty boys in the grammar-school, and sixty in the 

 college: at present there are only two professors, 

 besides the provost; but they intend, as their fund 

 increases, which is yet very small, and does not ex- 

 ceed 2,000 1. currency, to add to this number. The 

 building is extremely convenient, airy, and spacious; 



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