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The College was soon organized, with Dr. Smith as President; 

 Cohn Ferguson, A. M., Vice-President; Samuel Armer, A. M., 

 Professor of Natural Philosophy and Logic; together with two 

 Tutors, a French teacher and others ; one of whom was Mr. Coudon, 

 the former head of the school. Two of these gentlemen, Mr. Cou- 

 don and Mr. Ferguson, immediately became lay readers in vacant 

 parishes, and in due time, with a third, entered into Holy Orders. 



It was still a time of i'cvoliition, of desolating war. The popula- 

 tion of the State had decreased 80,000. Money had become ex- 

 ceedingly scarce, ^200,000 only being the estimated amount in 

 circulation in the State; yet on the Eastern Shore ;^io,300 were 

 contributed for the College, and a brick building had been erected 

 for it, 160 feet long and three and a half stories high, capable of 

 containing 200 students. The names of its trustees showed the 

 high standard it aspired to. General Washington headed the list, 

 and then follow those of the Hon. John Henry, the Hon. Samuel 

 Chase, Governor Paca, Rev. Dr. Smith, Rev. Samuel Keene, Rev. 

 William Thomson, Robert Goldsborough, William Perry, Nichol- 

 son, Scott, Bordlcy, Perkins, Gale, and seven others, all of whom 

 were churchmen, prominent and leading men, liberal donors to its 

 funds, and pledged to its interests. 



In our next chapter we give a more particular account of this 

 College. 



CHAPTER XLIII. 



Dr. Smith's account of Washington College — Address to the Inhabitants 

 OF Maryland in regard to the College — List of the Subscriptions — 

 Dr. Smith and Peregrin Lethbury to the Assembly of Maryland — 

 Address of the Visitors to the Assembly — Dr. Smith in behalf of the 

 Visitors to General Washington — General Washington to Dr. Smith in 

 REPLY — Proceedings of the Assembly of Maryland. 



The following account of the College is from the pen of Dr. 

 Smith. We append to the account such documents and letters 

 as assist in giving a true impression of an institution founded 

 under circumstances, as will be seen from what we have stated at 

 the close of our last chapter, of a most unusual kind. 



Dr. Smith's Account, etc. 



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