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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:
- Book
- Author/Creator:
- Smith, William, 1727-1803.
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Universities and colleges--Planning.
- Universities and colleges.
- Universities and colleges--Curricula.
- Education, Higher.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (86p. )
- Other Title:
- General idea of the College of Mirania
- 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].
- Reproduction of original from Bodleian Library (Oxford).
- Cited in:
- Evans, 7121
- Sabin, 84614
- English Short Title Catalog, W4650.
- OCLC:
- 510900928
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