Box 01
Container
Contains 25 Results:
Remarks given for George Washington’s honorary degree, 1789 June 24
File — Box: 01, Folder: 17
Scope and content note
Typed copy, remarks published in J. Thomas Scharf's History of Maryland Vol. II.
Dates:
1789 June 24
St. John’s College histories
File — Box: 01, Folder: 18
Scope and content note
Includes a typed copy of an article from the 1789 Maryland Gazette, Washington College Bulletin Vol. XIII Number 1-2 1935, and Maryland Historical Magazine Vol. XLIV No. 2 1949.
Dates:
1752-1997
Schuylkill and Susquehanna Navigation Company documents, 1792; 1799
File — Box: 01, Folder: 19
Scope and content note
transfer documents signed by William Smith.
Dates:
1792; 1799
Two Sermons on Overcoming the World by William Smith, 1787; 1789
File — Box: 01, Folder: 20
Scope and Contents Note
From the Record Group:
This collection contains the papers of the early Presidents of Washington College. Beginning with Washington College’s first President William Smith through it’s fourteenth Dr. Charles W. Reid. Francis Waters served two times as President making him the fifth and nineth President. Due to the fires of 1827 and 1916 many of the early records were lost including the identity of the Presidents from 1805-1813. These papers consist of original materials, research from primary and secondary...
Dates:
1787; 1789
Horace Wemyss Smith letters from Peregrine Wroth, 1872
File — Box: 01, Folder: 21
Scope and content note
Two typed copies of letters regarding the history of Washington College and William Smith.
Dates:
1872