Browse Items (1 total) Tags: charter Browse All Browse by Tag Search Items Sort by: Title Creator Date Charter of a College to be erected in New-Jersey by the name of Queen's College 1770 Rutgers University The second charter of Queen's College was issued on March 20, 1770, by William Franklin, the Colonial governor of New Jersey. It is under this charter that Rutgers has since existed. The front page of the charter is presented here. The… Tags: charter, trustees