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].

Author/creator Smith, William
Format Electronic
Publication InfoNew-York : Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street, 1753. (Price one shilling and six pence.)
Description86 pages ; 20 cm
Supplemental ContentEvans Digital Edition
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SeriesEarly American imprints. First series ; no. 7121. ^A478749
General noteOutlining "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).
General noteSigned on p. 81: W. Smith.
General noteParentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.
General noteErrata statement, p. [3].
References Evans 7121
Other formsMicroform version available in the Readex Early American Imprints series.
Reproduction noteElectronic text and image data. [Chester, Vt. : Readex, a division of Newsbank, Inc., 2002-2004. Includes files in TIFF, GIF and PDF formats with inclusion of keyword searchable text. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7121).

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