John Witherspoon Statue, East Pyne Hall, Princeton University, Princeton, New Jersey,
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2008-09-01
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John Witherspoon, a prominent minister from Scotland, immigrated to the United States in 1768 in order to become Princeton University�s sixth president and head professor. Finding the small college in dire straits, he instituted fiscal, educational, and structural reforms that pushed the college to the forefront of advanced education. Witherspoon also played a significant role in the early formation of the nation: he signed the Declaration of Independence and educated many of the nation�s early leaders. When Princeton served as the nation�s capital after the Continental Congress fled Philadelphia, Witherspoon made Nassau Hall available for their meetings. John Adams proclaimed him to be �as high a Son of Liberty as any Man in America.�
Original file name East Pyne Building.jpeg
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John Witherspoon Statue, East Pyne Hall, Collegiate Gothic Architecture, Gothic Architecture, Campus of Princeton University, Princeton University, Ivy League, University, Princeton, Mercer County, The Delaware Region, New Jersey, NJ, Jersey, The Garden State
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