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].

Format:

Microformat

Author/Creator:

Smith, William, 1727-1803.

Series:

Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7121.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Universities and colleges--Planning.

Universities and colleges.

Universities and colleges--Curricula.

Education, Higher.

Physical Description:

86 pages ; 20 cm

4x6 in.

monochrome

service copy

negative

Place of Publication:

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.)

Notes:

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].

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 7121).

Cited in:

Evans 7121

OCLC:

55814909