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Proposals relating to the education of youth in Pensilvania. Benjamin Franklin's proposal for an academy in Philadelphia Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1749 30 Curtis 417
Indenture transferring land on the west side of Fourth Street to the Trustees of the Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia Documents the acquisition of Penn's first campus, created by the transfer of the Whitefield building and land to the Trustees of the Academy and Charitable School of Philadelphia. Wooley [Woolley], Edmund and John Coats February 1, 1749/1750 Four parchment leaves of different sizes. UPA 3: Constitutions and Charter Collection
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 1, 1749-1768 (College, Academy and Charitable School) Minutes of the Trustees Coleman, William; Jackson, Paul; Jones, John; Campbell, Samuel; Smith, William 1749-1768 373 UPA 1.1 Vol. I
Constitutions of the Publick Academy, in the City of Philadelphia, 1749. Oaths of Faculty and Trustees, 1755-1776. Constitution (1749) and Charter (1753) of the Academy of Philadelphia Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania (College, Academy and Charitable School) 1749 - 1776 52 UPA 3 D1115
The Port folio Franklin to Samuel Johnson on the education of youth, August 23, 1750 [printed 1809] 1750 3 AP2 .P85 ser.2, no. 2
Tuition book. "Book of Accounts Belonging to the Academy In Philadelphia." January 7, 1751 - July 26, 1757. Tuition account book Coleman, William 1751 - 1757 67 UPA 3: Financial - Ledgers
A sermon on education: Wherein some account is given of the academy, established in the city of Philadelphia : Preach'd at the opening thereof, on the seventh day of January, 1750-1 / By the Reverend Mr. Richard Peters. Dedicatory address at the opening of the Academy of Philadelphia Peters, Richard, 1704-1776 1751 64 Curtis Coll. 472
Idea of the English School, Sketch'd out for the Consideration of the Trustees of the Philadelphia Academy Idea of the English School. Franklin, Benjamin 1751 8 Curtis Coll. 472
A general idea of the College of Mirania; with a sketch of the method of teaching science and religion, in the several classes: and some account of its rise, establishment and buildings. Address'd more immediately to the consideration of the trustees nominated, by the Legislature, to receive proposals, &c. relating to the establishment of a college in the province of New-York William Smith's proposal for a college in New York Smith, William, 1727-1803 1753 86 AC7 Sm683 753g
A poem on visiting the Academy of Philadelphia, June 1753. William Smith's advice for the Academy of Philadelphia Smith, William, 1727-1803 1753 16 Folio 511F
Prayers, for the use of the Philadelphia Academy. Prayers, proposed for use in the Academy of Philadelphia, 1753 Smith, William, 1727-1803 1753 20 Curtis 508
A brief state of the province of Pennsylvania, in which the conduct of their assemblies for several years past is impartially examined, and the true cause of the continual encroachments of the French displayed, more especially the secret design of their late unwarrantable invasion and settlement upon the River Ohio. : To which is annexed, an easy plan for restoring quiet in the public measures of that province, and defeating the ambitious views of the French in time to come. : In a letter from a gentleman who has resided many years in Pennsylvania to his friend in London. Smith, William, 1727-1803 1755 45 F152 .S62 1755b
A View of the Latin, Greek and Philosophy Schools at the College of Philadelphia. Article published in the Pennsylvania Gazette. Smith, William, 1727-1803 August 12, 1756 1 AP2.A2 P355
A charge : delivered May 17, 1757, at the first anniversary commencement in the college and academy of Philadelphia, to the young gentlemen who took their degrees on that occasion / By W. Smith, M.A. Provost of the said college ... To which is added, in Latin, a Salutatory Oration... Commencement address Smith, William, 1727-1803 1757 16 LD4542 1757
The American magazine, and monthly chronicle for the British colonies by a society of gentleman. Account of the College and Academy of Philadelphia Smith, William, 1727-1803 1757-1758 12 AP7 Sm683a
Tuition book. "College Tuition Book from 1758(sic)-1769." July 18, 1757-December 23, 1769. Tuition account book Coleman, William; Shippen, Jr., Edward; Strettell, Amos; Willing, Thomas; Coxe, William; Allen, John 1757-1769 132 UPA 3: Financial - Ledgers
Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America: preached chiefly with a view to the explaining the importance of the Protestant cause, in the British colonies and the advancement of religion, patriotism and military virtue among which are a discourse on adversity and also a discourse on planting the sciences, and the propagation of Christianity, in the untutored parts of the earth . . . Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America Smith, William, 1727-1803 1759 248 E199 .S64 1759
Petition to the attorney general of George III Petition to the attorney general of George III Smith, William, 1727-1803 1759 8 Miscellaneous manuscripts, 1759
A summary, historical and political, of the first planting, progressive improvements, and present state of the British settlements in North-America. Selection pertaining to British Settlements in America Douglass, William 1760 3 E188 .D75 v.2
A discourse concerning the conversion of the heathen Americans, and the final propagation of Christianity and the sciences to the ends of the earth. In two parts. Part I. Preached before a voluntary convention of the Episcopal clergy of Pennsylvania... Evangelical addresses clergy of the Church of England Smith, William, 1727-1803; Secker, Thomas, 1693-1768 1760 64 AC7 Sm683 760d
An exercise consisting of a dialogue and ode sacred to the memory of his late gracious majesty Geogre [sic] II Memorial address, on the life of King George II Smith, William, 1727-1803; Hopkinson, Francis, 1737-1791 1761? 10 AC7 Sm683 761e
Discourses on several public occasions during the war in America Public addresses on the Seven Years War Smith, William, 1727-1803 1762 396 E199 .S65
Matriculation and lecture tickets series, 1765-1799. Class admission tickets University of Pennsylvania 1765-1799 29 UPA 3: Matric. and Lecture Ticket Series
An exercise, containing a dialogue and two odes. Performed at the public commencement in the College of Philadelphia, May 20th, 1766. Commencement address [Hopkinson, Thomas], 1747-1784 1766 8 LD4542 1766 A45
Tuition account book. July 17, 1767-October 1, 1779; July 1, 1789-April 12, 1791. Tuition account book Willing, Thomas; Coxe, William; Allen, John; Peters, Richard; Lawrence, John; Jones, Isaac; Mifflin, Thomas; White, William; Powel, Samuel; Hopkinson, Francis; Clymer, George; Hill, Henry 1767-1779; 1789-1791 251 UPA 3: Financial - Ledgers
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 2, 1768-1779; 1789-1791 (College, Academy and Charitable School; University of Pennsylvania) Minutes of the Trustees Smith, William; Hopkinson, Joseph; Glentworth, Plunket Fleeson 1768 - 1779; 1789 - 1791 256 UPA 1.1 Vol. II
An Exercise; containing a dialogue and two odes performed at the Commencement in the College of Philadelphia, June 5th, 1770. Commencement address unknown 1770 8 AC7 Sm683 770e
An excercise : containing, a dialogue and two odes set to music, for the public commencement, in the College of Philadelphia, May 17th, 1775. Commencement address Smith, William, 1727-1803 1775 24 371.292 Sm683
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 3, 1779-1788 (University of the State of Pennsylvania) Minutes of the Trustees Sterrett, Samuel; Sproat, John 1779 - 1788 259 UPA 1.1 Vol. III
Tuition Money book. October 1, 1782-October 8, 1788. Tuition fees collected by the University of the State of Pennsylvania and its Lower Schools. Sterrett, Samuel and John Sproat 1782-1788 125 UPA 3: Financial - Ledgers
Family expences: manuscript, 1783-1784. Franklin's household account book, while in France Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1783 - 1784 118 Ms. Codex 641
Roll book. May 5, 1787-February 27, 1792. Daily attendance record of students in the University of the State of Pennsylvania arranged by department. Sproat, John and Edward Fox 1787-1792 259 UPA 3: Class Records - Ledgers
Observations relative to the intentions of the original founders of the Academy in Philadelphia. Observations on the intentions of the founders. Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 1789 [printed 1840] 28 E302 .F8 1840 v.2
Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania Minute Books, volume 4, 1789-1791 (University of the State of Pennsylvania) Minutes of the Trustees Fox, Edward 1789 - 1791 119 UPA 1.1 Vol. IV
An exercise, performed at the public commencement, in the College of Philadelphia, July 17, 1790. Containing an ode, set to music, sacred to the memory of Dr. Franklin . . . Commencement address Smith, William, 1727-1803 1790 12 LD4542 1790 A45
Eulogium on Benjamin Franklin, L. L. D. president of the American philosophical society ... fellow of the Royal society of London, member of the Royal academy of sciences at Paris ... and of many other literary Memorial address on the life of Benjamin Franklin Smith, William, 1727-1803 1792 49 UPT 2. F831S
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