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Portrait of Samuel Powel (1739-1793), A.B. 1759
Penn in the 18th Century

Penn Students in the 18th Century:
Classes of 1757-1759

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

DEGREES CONFERRED BY THE COLLEGE OF PHILADELPHIA
Students are listed alphabetically for each class from 1757 to 1759

1757

Jacob Duché, Jr
Francis Hopkinson
James Latta
Samuel Magaw
John Morgan
Hugh Williamson

Josiah Martin
Solomon Southwick

William Thomas Martin
William Masters, Jr.
Joseph Mather
Edward Price Wilmer

Theophilus Grew
Paul Jackson

A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.

A.B. (gratiae causa)
A.B. (gratiae causa)

Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate

A.M. (hon.)
A.M. (honoris causa)

1758

no graduates

 

1759

Andrew Allen
James Allen
John Beard
Nathaniel Chapman
William Edmiston
John Hall
Samuel Keene
Alexander Lawson
John Morris
William Paca
Samuel Powel

John Allen
John Chew
Philemon Dickinson
Basil Dorsey
Henry Merchant
William Montgomery
James Murray
Joseph Reed
Abraham Walton

Hector Alison
John Ewing

A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.
A.B.

Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate
Non-graduate

A.M. (hon.)
A.M. (hon.)

More on Penn students in the 18th century

 

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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