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The First Down, Ever

By Allen Barra On a bright Nov. 6 morning 140 years ago, a "jerky little train," as someone later described it, left Princeton, N.J. , at 9 bound for New Brunswick, about 20 miles to the north. Full Article at Wall Street Journal

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