The New Student's Reference Work/Princeton, N. J.

Prince′ton, N. J., a borough in Mercer County, 50 miles by rail from New York and about the same distance from Philadelphia. On January 3, 1777, it was the scene of a battle between the British under Colonel Mawhood and the Americans under Washington, in which the British were defeated. Here Washington dated his farewell address to his army. The place, however, is chiefly celebrated as the seat of the University of Princeton and of Princeton Theological Seminary. Population 5,136.