A general idea of the College of Mirania; with a sketch of the method of teaching science and religion, in the several classes: and some account of its rise, establishment and buildings. Address'd more immediately to the consideration of the trustees nominated, by the Legislature, to receive proposals, &c. relating to the establishment of a college in the province of New-York. [Three lines of quotations in Latin]

People / Organizations

• William Smith (Author)

Imprint

New-York: Printed and sold by J. Parker and W. Weyman, at the new printing-office in Beaver-Street, 1753. (Price one shilling and six pence)

Added name

Parker, James, 1714-1770, printer. Weyman, William, d. 1768, printer.

Publication year

1753

ESTC No.

W4650

Grub Street ID

353590

Description

86p. ; 4⁰

Note

Outlining "a purely fictitious institution" to show the kind of college William Smith thought suitable for a new country. The concept informed the founding of the University of Pennsylvania. Cf. Wood, G.B. Early hist. of the Univ. of Penn. (1896).

Signed on p. 81: W. Smith.

Parentheses substituted for square brackets in imprint transcription.

Errata statement, p. [3].