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Penn in the 18th Century

College 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

Portrait of first provost William Smith   Administration
Excerpt from Joseph Clarkson's notebook, p. 15, for Samuel Magaw's 1783 course of Moral Philosophy  

Curriculum

Portrait of John Ewing with part of telescope in the background   Faculty
Cover of Franklin's Proposals relating to the Education of Youth in Pensylvania  

Origins

Portrait of Francis Hopkinson, A.B. 1757   Students
Detail from reproduction of water color by Charles M. Lefferts, 1913  

Student Life

Portrait of John Morgan, A.B. 1757, A.M. 1760   Class of 1757

 

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