#class of 1872

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Menu Monday: On February 22, 1871, Lewis Dewart from Princeton's Class of 1872 attended the Carnival Banquet in Washington, part of a three-day celebration of the paving of Pennsylvania Avenue. The banquet was the final event, hosting press and other prominent visitors among the throngs of at least 10,000 people who had flocked to the city.

Scrapbook Collection (AC026), Box 26.

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Invitation to Princeton’s Class Day, June 24, 1872 (Princeton University was named the College of New Jersey until 1896).

Princeton University Commencement Records (AC115), Box 2