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. [Three lines of quotations in Latin]
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| Language: | English |
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New-York
Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street
1753, 1753. (Price one shilling and six pence)
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| Collection: | Eighteenth Century Collections Online / ECCO - Collection details see MPG.ReNa |
| Item Description: | English Short Title Catalog, W4650. - Errata statement, p. [3]. - Evans, 7121. - Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of the Univ. of Penn. (1896). - Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription. - Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford). - Sabin, 84614. - Signed on p. 81: W. Smith |
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| Physical Description: | Online-Ressource (86p) 4° |