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Nassau Hall is the main administrative building of Princeton University , in Princeton, New Jersey . A sober office building today, the Hall had a colorful history, particularly in the eighteenth century:
  • The New Jersey legislature met for the first time in Nassau Hall on 1776-08-27 .

  • The British Redcoats seized control of Nassau Hall in 1776, and American soldiers were forced to fire upon their own building in the Battle Of Princeton on 1777-01-03 . Three cannonballs were fired, but only two made contact. One glanced off the south side of the building. The damage can still be seen today. Another cannonball flew through a window in the Faculty Room and "decapitated" King George's portrait. The result of the battle was a decisive Patriot victory, and Nassau Hall was retaken by the Americans.

  • The Continental Congress convened in Nassau Hall for a bit more than four months (from 1783-06-30 to 1783-11-04 ). The normal location in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania had to be vacated due to a rebellion among American soldiers.




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