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- GLC#
- GLC01723
- Type
- Letters
- Date
- May 3, 1753
- Author/Creator
- Franklin, Benjamin, 1706-1790
- Title
- to William Smith
- Place Written
- Philadelphia, Pennsylvania
- Pagination
- 3 p. : address : Height: 33 cm, Width: 21 cm
- Language
- English
- Primary time period
- Colonization and Settlement, 1585-1763
- Sub-Era
- The Thirteen Colonies
He has read Smith's "A General Idea of the College of Mirania," and compared his notes on the book with those of Richard Peters. He is enthusiastic about the book. In 1756 Smith headed the reorganization of the Franklin's College and Academy of Philadelphia into the College of Philadelphia.
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