Distinguished lawyer Richard Stockton, New Jersey-born and College of New Jersey graduate, sacrificed his royal judicial title and his considerable international economic interest in order to be an elected delegate for New Jersey at the General Congress.
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The Americans set up cannons facing Nassau Hall of Princeton University, and two cannonballs made contact with the walls of the hall.
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In the summer of 1783, the Continental Congress met in Nassau Hall of Princeton University.
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New Jersey representatives Richard Stockton, John Witherspoon, Francis Hopkinson, John Hart, and Abraham Clark were among the men who signed the United States Declaration of Independence.
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