Jonathan Belcher
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His Excellency Jonathan Belcher, Esq., 1734. Mezzotint by John Faber (died 1756) after a painting by Richard Phillips (1681-1741). Gift of Samuel S. Dennis and Charles W. McAlpin, Class of 1888. Courtesy of Graphics Arts Collection, Princeton University Library
Only the modesty of a Harvard-educated colonial governor kept Princeton from naming its original building Belcher Hall. The Trustees wanted to name the structure after the College's most important benefactor, Governor Jonathan Belcher .