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... Pennsylvania . Adieu ! Adieu ! " The anxiously - awaited scholar sailed with his wife and two sons and two daughters from Greenock , Scot- land , on April 23 , 1785 , and landed at Philadelphia on June 9. They went at once to the ...
... Pennsylvania . Adieu ! Adieu ! " The anxiously - awaited scholar sailed with his wife and two sons and two daughters from Greenock , Scot- land , on April 23 , 1785 , and landed at Philadelphia on June 9. They went at once to the ...
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... Pennsylvania currency , upon the ground that the college had not sufficient income to pay a larger amount . By an act of assembly passed in 1777 the value of a pound in Pennsylvania currency was fixed at slightly less than two - thirds ...
... Pennsylvania currency , upon the ground that the college had not sufficient income to pay a larger amount . By an act of assembly passed in 1777 the value of a pound in Pennsylvania currency was fixed at slightly less than two - thirds ...
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... Pennsylvania in 1790 , and attached his name to both . Undoubtedly he was the ablest and most distinguished man that ever lived in our community , and one of the foremost statesmen and jurists of the eighteenth century . Although not ...
... Pennsylvania in 1790 , and attached his name to both . Undoubtedly he was the ablest and most distinguished man that ever lived in our community , and one of the foremost statesmen and jurists of the eighteenth century . Although not ...
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The Founding and Founders of Dickinson College (Classic Reprint) Edward W. Biddle No preview available - 2017 |
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