Simeon De Witt: Mapping the Revolution

September 1, 2015 - July 31, 2016 - This exhibition celebrates one of the university’s most distinguished alumni, Simeon De Witt, the fourteenth graduate of what was then known as Queen’s College and, because of the Revolutionary War, the only one in 1776. A native of Wawarsing, New York, De Witt studied at the college as New Brunswick became embroiled in Revolutionary conflict. When the British occupied much of the area and classes came to a halt DeWitt, along with many of his classmates, fled to New York City to join the Continental Army. De Witt was quickly recognized for his abilities and assigned to work with New Jersey resident Colonel Robert Erskine, the Continental Army’s Geographer and Surveyor.