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Penn in the 18th Century

Academy of Philadelphia

 
Detail from a sketch of original Academy building by French artist Pierre Eugene DuSimitiere. This is the only surviving view of the original campus.  

Campus

Title Page of Theophilus Grew's textbook for students in the Academy's Mathematical School  

Curriculum

Portrait of Academy English master David James Dove  

Faculty

Cover of Franklin's Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pensylvania  

Origins

Reproduction of water color by Charles M. Lefferts, 1913  

Student Life

 

The 187 pages of this exhibit were researched, written and created by Mary D. McConaghy, Michael Silberman, and Irina Kalashnikova. This exhibit first appeared on the Web in 2004, as part of the celebration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday.

 

Also see Penn in the Age of Franklin, a Web exhibit created jointly by the Penn University Archives and Library