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FREDERICK D. STONE, Litt.D.

Librarian of the Historical Society

of Pennsylvania

PHILADELPHIA

1896

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PREFACE TO THE THIRD EDITION.

THERE is no institution at the present time in which a more general interest is taken by Philadelphians than in the University of Pennsylvania. Through its various schools and departments its influence is felt in the homes of thousands of our citizens, and with each succeeding year the sphere of that influence is being extended throughout the State. The activity which is always connected with the organization of a new movement has made the public familiar with the history of those departments which have been lately added to the University; but of the history of the parent school little has been written, and that little is not of easy access to the public. The first contribution in this line was the historical sketch written by the late Dr. George B. Wood in 1827, and printed in the third volume of the Memoirs

THE NEW YORK

TRARY

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ALONS

Press of J. B. LIPPINCOTT COMPANY.

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