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Tag: Nativist Riots

  • This Week in Princeton History for May 3-9

    In this week’s installment of our recurring series bringing you the history of Princeton University and its faculty, students, and alumni, a “Wild West” show is in town, a junior asks his father to send news about riots at home, and more. May 4, 1807—Trenton’s True American prints a letter from “A Collegian” from Princeton…