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

Creator:

Smith, William, 1727-1803 (author); Jackson, Paul, 1730 or 1731-1767 (author)

Contributor:

Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790 (printer); Hall, David, 1714-1772 (printer); University of Pennsylvania (host institution)

Name:

University of Pennsylvania; College, Academy, and Charitable Schools of Philadelphia

Timespan:

Early works to 1800

Date:

1757

Language:

English

Provenance:

Yeates, Jasper (autograph) (Smith copy); Harrison, Charles C. (autograph) (Smith copy)

Subject:

University of Pennsylvania -- History -- Early works to 1800; University of Pennsylvania; College orations -- University of Pennsylvania -- Early works to 1800; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin -- Early works to 1800; Speeches, addresses, etc., Latin; College orations; History

Resource Type:

Text

Form/Genre:

History

Physical Description:

16 pages; 19 cm (8vo)

Related Place:

United States -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia.

Rights:

http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/

Notes:

With list of those on whom degrees were conferred.; Signatures: *⁸.; Curtis copy: each leaf mounted in a paper frame 26 cm in height.

Physical Location:

Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, Curtis Collection, 608; Kislak Center for Special Collections, Rare Books and Manuscripts, E.F. Smith Collection, LD4542 1757

Collection:

Curtis Collection of Franklin Imprints (University of Pennsylvania); Edgar Fahs Smith Memorial Collection (University of Pennsylvania); Penn in the Age of Franklin (University of Pennsylvania)