From Queen's College to Rutgers College
Why is Rutgers University named for a wealthy bachelor who resided in New York City? What was his involvement with the institution of higher learning we now call Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey? To understand why this lifelong New Yorker supported a small denominational college in New Br...
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| Veröffentlicht in: | The Journal of the Rutgers University Libraries 2016-07, Vol.68 (1) |
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| Format: | Artikel |
| Sprache: | eng |
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| Zusammenfassung: | Why is Rutgers University named for a wealthy bachelor who resided in New York City? What was his involvement with the institution of higher learning we now call Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey? To understand why this lifelong New Yorker supported a small denominational college in New Brunswick, we must examine what took place following the American Revolution and during in the early years of the 19th century. |
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| ISSN: | 0036-0473 0036-0473 |
| DOI: | 10.14713/jrul.v68i1.1952 |