Two of the "rioters" at least came to the next session at William and Mary, "but the records are lost, and only the name of Andrew Hunter Holmes is preserved.
They brought with them the 'Princeton dissipation" and a riot ensued, on account of which Holmes was expelled."
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I found out what the 1807 Princeton "Riot" was about. This was the one which got a lot of students expelled from Princeton, including Virginians Andrew Hunter Holmes and Joseph Cabell Breckinridge.
From Wikipedia Cabell Breckinridge. (July 14,1788 to September 1, 1823)
He was from the Breckinridge family which had a lot of important people in it and later became a lawyer, soldier, slaveholder and politician from Kentucky. He also enlisted for War of 1812 service.
--Brock-Perry
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