Publisher:
Lancaster, Bryson & Forney, Printers: 1837 1837
Founded in 1837 "for the Instruction of youth, in the German, English, Latin, Greek, and other learned languages in Theology, and in the useful Arts, Sciences, and Literature." It was named after Benjamin Franklin. The trustees were to be picked in even numbers "from the members of the Lutheran Church, and the like number from members of the Reformed or Calvinist Church..." There are 2 lists of trustees, 1 contained in the text on pp2-3 and the other at the end in list form titled "Present Board of Trustees," and listing 46 names. Names include well known Pennsylvan...
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