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While the world is tuning in to watch #Hamilfilm

- released today on @disneyplus - here are a few fun facts that tie #PrincetonU to the @broadway hit. #HamiltonFilm

Alexander Hamilton did indeed “seek an accelerated course of study” at #PrincetonU - however, he ended up attending King’s College (now @Columbia) instead.

More from @muddlibrary: https://bit.ly/3gxlEYj #Hamilfilm

Aaron Burr was admitted to #PrincetonU as a sophomore at age 13, and graduated at 16 in 1772. Throughout his time on campus, he joined what was then known as the American Whig Society and the Cliosophic Society. #Hamilfilm

Aaron Burr, Sr. served as #PrincetonU's second president. He passed when Aaron Burr, Jr. was just one year old. #Hamilfilm

The Battle of Princeton, while not mentioned in the musical, became a victory for the Colonials, led by George Washington and Hamilton. British troops were hiding in Nassau Hall and it’s said that Hamilton himself fired a cannon ball that blasted through the building. #Hamilfilm

Hugh Mercer was a Scottish soldier who died during the Battle of Princeton on January 3, 1777. #PrincetonU is located in Mercer County, NJ, named after the General. #Hamilfilm

Aaron Burr’s son John Pierre was an abolitionist, a member of the Underground Railroad out of Philadelphia, and organized the Pennsylvania Anti-Slavery Society. #Hamilfilm

“The Room Where It Happens” discusses D.C. becoming the nation’s permanent capital. Nassau Hall served as the nation’s provisional capital from June 30, 1783 until November 4, 1783. It’s also where George Washington received the news of a peace treaty signed by Great Britain.

For some further reading on Burr, #Hamilton

and #PrincetonU's history during the Revolutionary War, visit ...

@muddlibrary: https://bit.ly/2ZNE3cD

@HISTORY: https://bit.ly/3eXhnwx

Princetoniana: https://bit.ly/2BCYNeX

Princeton Cemetery: https://bit.ly/2NQ4tVd

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