- African American History: Princeton, New Jersey (1850-1899)
Deaths, marriages, family and church news transcribed from nineteenth-century newspapers.
- African American Princeton on the Web
- A Brief History of Princeton (The Historical Society of Princeton)
- A Brief History of Princeton (Princeton Township Historic Preservation Commission)
- Class Project Brings Community History to Life
Students in Kathryn Watterson's writing seminar, Life Stories: Writing Oral History, collect oral histories of Princeton's African American residents. Article by Yvonne Chiu Hays, Princeton Weekly Bulletin, December 11, 2000.
- A Community Remembers - African American Life in Princeton
An exhibition at The Historical Society of Princeton, November 10, 1995 - April 10, 1996.
- Helping
Provide Housing for People in Princeton Is Major Goal of Harriet Bryan
Jean Stratton's "Princeton Personality" article in Town Topics, November 12, 2003, includes information on the history of affordable housing in Princeton.
- Historic Preservation in Princeton Township
From the Princeton Township Historic Preservation Commission, it includes Historic Districts and Sites Designated by Princeton Township.
- The Historical Society of Princeton
- History of Princeton and its Institutions (John F. Hageman; 1879) [ Volume 2 ]
- The History of the African American Community in Princeton, New Jersey
From PULSE (Pride Unity Leadership Sisterhood Esteem) of Princeton High School.
- Index to Supreme Court Case Files, 1686-1849 (New Jersey State Archives)
Search historic Princetonians without county, since Princeton may have been in Hunterdon, Middlesex, Mercer or Somerset counties during this period.
- Map of the Historic Districts of Princeton Borough (Princeton Borough Historic Preservation Review Committee)
Includes brief descriptions of the Jugtown, Bank Street, Mercer Hill and Central Historic Districts.
- New Jersey and National Registers of Historic Places
From the Historic Preservation Office of the NJ Department of Environmental Protection. The Princeton listings begin on page 6. PDF format requires Acrobat Reader.
- Princeton ( Part 2 )
Article from The Young Men's Magazine, v. 2, no. 3 (July, 1858).
- Princeton Borough History
- Princeton: Planting and Tilling (William M. Sloane)
From Historic Towns of the Middle States, edited by Lyman P. Powell, 1899.
- Princeton Public Library's Holdings of Princeton History and Information
- Princeton Recollects (Historical Society of Princeton)
Exhibition on the Princeton History Project and The Princeton Recollector.
- "Princeton Reminiscences" (Henry Clow; 1850)
Reminiscences of 1804 Princeton from the Monmouth Democrat, reprinted in Hageman's History of Princeton and its Institutions.
- Princeton Township History
- Reminiscences of Colored People of Princeton, N.J., 1800-1900. (Anna Bustill Smith; 1913)
- The Traveller's Directory, or A Pocket Companion Shewing the Course of the Main Road from Philadelphia to New York.... (1802)
Includes text on 1802 Princeton and maps (parts 6-7 and parts 8-9) showing Princeton's place on the route.
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