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First page of 1755 charter of the College, Academy and Charity School, as printed by Benjamin Franklin
Penn in the 18th Century

College of Philadelphia

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

 

Penn in the
18th Century

Exhibit main page

Academy

College

Medical School

Charity School

 

Trustees

Faculty

Students

Campus

Documents

 
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

Detail of James Latta's 1757 diploma

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.

 

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