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of the University of Pennsylvania, 1740-1820
UPA 3
Commencement Materials
Order of Exercises and Related Material (Documents Number 1676 - 1695)
DOCUMENT NUMBER. DESCRIPTION OF DOCUMENT.
Order of Exercises and Related Material
By date
1676. November 12, 1754, (Phila.). Anon. Robert Hunter Morris. Address. “Extract From One of the Philosophical Exercises delivered publickly in the Academy at Philadelphia, upon the Visitation Day Novr 12th 1754, Being an Address to The honble. Robert Hunter Morris Esqr. Lieut. Governor of Pennsylvania &c.”
1677. May 23, 1761, Phila. Viris Præcellentissimis, Thomæ Penn æ Richardo Penn, Armigeris, Provinciæ Pennsylvaniæ nec non Comitatuum Novi Castelli, Cantii & Sussexiæ ad fluvium Delaware veris atque folis Proprietariis; Viro Dignissimo, Literis humanioribus ornatissimo, Jacobo Hamilton, Armigero, Prædictæ Provinciæ et Comitatuum, Vice-Gubernatori præclarissimo, nec non hujus Collegii & Academiæ Philadelphiensis Curatori. PD, Broadside. Lists trustees, faculty and thirteen A.B. candidates by name, followed by theses to be defended by degree candidates. In Latin. Printed by William Dunlap. Evans 8981.
1678. June 15, 1762, Phila. [title same as foregoing]. PD, Broadside. Lists trustees, faculty, and six A.B. candidates by name, followed by theses to be defended, and a catalogue of past degree recipients, 1757-1761. In Latin. Printed by Henry Miller. Evans 9239.
1679. June 16, 1763, Phila. [title same as foregoing]. PD, Broadside. Lists trustees, faculty and nine A.B. candidates by name followed by theses to be defended. In Latin. Printed by Henry Miller. Evans 9485.
1680. May 17, 1775. Account of the Commencement In The College of Philadelphia, May 17, 1775. Program, including text of orations and speeches. Anonymous printer. Evans 14395.
1681. May 27, 1784. Miller, Joseph. Address, typescript. Commencement oration, “The Former, Present, and Future Prospects of America.” (Gift of Dr. Edgar Fahs Smith, 1922).
1682. July 30, 1788, Phila. PD, Broadside. Order of the Commencement at the University [of the State of Pennsylvania]. Lists order of service, including orations by degree candidates, names of A.B., M.B., A.M., M.D., and D.D. candidates. Printed by Zachariah Poulson. Photocopy of original in possession of the Philomathean Society.
1683. July 30 and 31, 1789, Phila. PD, photocopy. Order of Exercises ... for conferring Degrees on the Students of the University [of the State] of Pennsylvania. Lists order of service and orations by degree candidates. Does not list candidates. With manuscript marginal notes by an unknown member of the class of 1789. Location of original unknown. (View facsimile)
1684. June 9, 1803, Phila. PD, Commencement program. Order of exercises, including orations. Does not list degree candidates.
1685. June 5, 1805, Phila. PD, Commencement program. Order of exercises, including orations, Does not list degree candidates. Printed by B. Graves.
1686. July 28, 1808, Phila. PD, Commencement program. Order of exercises, including orations. Does not list degree candidates.
1687. [July 28,] 1808, Phila. PD, Admission ticket for commencement.
1688. June 10, 1810. PD, Commencement program (2). Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates. One copy mutilated.
1689. July 2, 1812. PD, Commencement program. Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates. Periodical illustration of silhouette of Chief Justice Benjamin Chew pasted to reverse.
1690. [July 2,] 1812, Phila. PD. Admission ticket for commencement.
1691. January 4, 1816, Phila. PD, Commencement program. Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates.
1692. April 7, 1817, Phila. Patterson, R[obert] M[askell]. James Ross. PD. Invitation to the Commencement for arts and medicine.
1693. April 10, 1817, Phila. PD. Order of Procession for the Commencement.
1694. April 10, 1817, Phila. PD, Commencement program (2). Order of exercises including orations. Does not list degree candidates.
1695. 1819. PD. Admission ticket for Commencement.