George Washington (1732-1799) in front of Nassau Hall by Edward Percy Moran. (Wikimedia Commons)
From “An Obscure Village” to “The Capital of America”
By Wendy Greenberg
Some 240 years ago, on June 30, 1783, Secretary of Congress Charles Thomson described Princeton in a letter to his wife: “With respect to situation, convenience, and pleasure I do not know a more agreeable spot in America.” more