. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . an in-stitution awakened some speculation as to itsultimate destiny. From individuals money wascollected for its support, and a series of lotterieswere drawn at various places which brought tothe college additional funds. In 1754 the GeneralAssembly of the Church of Scotland authorizeda general collection for the institution; in 1755Edinburghs churches contributed toward the edu-cation of Students of Divinity at the College ofNew Jersey in America ; while during the pre-vious year Mr. Tennent, Deputy for the College,had c
. New Jersey as a colony and as a state : one of the original thirteen . an in-stitution awakened some speculation as to itsultimate destiny. From individuals money wascollected for its support, and a series of lotterieswere drawn at various places which brought tothe college additional funds. In 1754 the GeneralAssembly of the Church of Scotland authorizeda general collection for the institution; in 1755Edinburghs churches contributed toward the edu-cation of Students of Divinity at the College ofNew Jersey in America ; while during the pre-vious year Mr. Tennent, Deputy for the College,had collected £1500 sterling in England, books,and mathematical instruments, had visited Ire-land for the same laudable purpose, and had inter-ested in the welfare of the college seventy dis-senting ministers in London, Although attemptswere made to blacken the character of Mr. Ten-nent and to injure the enterprise the work of thecollege was continued with unabating energy. Alarge proportion of the graduates of the earliestclasses entered the ministry. Of the six members. : PRiNc 362 NEW JERSEY AS A COL
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