Clipping of protest to Pennsylvania's Assembly, 1788.

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Clipping of protest to Pennsylvania's Assembly, 1788.

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Protest to the Assembly over the voiding of the charter of the College of Philadelphia in 1779 at the time of the establishment of the University of the State of Pennsylvania. Clipped from the Pennsylvania Gazette, 19 March 1788, and pasted to pages of a small notebook, now disbound. A note in a contemporary hand pasted to the front cover reads, "Part of Wm. Smith's last memorial or pamphlet to Assembly."

1 booklet (9 leaves).

University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library

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