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- Old Nassau is the Alma Mater of Princeton University, sung at every University celebration and reunion. Harlan Page Peck, Class of 1862, sent the lyrics to the Nassau Literary Magazine in 1859, winning the magazine's prize for the best college song. The song was originally set to the tune of Auld Lang Syne until a German tutor, Karl A. Langlotz, wrote the music later in 1859. (His violin is found in the University Archives'
Source: Calvin Peck
H.P.P.was my great grandfather & married Helen Gilman my great grandmouther . He left her & two sons in Lincolcn,Neb. abt. 1874. Helen returned to Belvidere, Ill. with her sons Richard (4) & Houghton Walker (1)-my father. H.P.P. He died in Florence, Neb. 1881
Source: Illinois Statewide Marriage Index 1763 - 1900
PECK, HARLIN PAGE GILMAN, HELLEN AUGUSTA BOONE 05/24/1865
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