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from a desire to increase and perpetuate the blessings 

 derived to them from the possession of property and a 

 free government, apphed to the Legislature for a charter 

 of incorporation and a donation of lands, for the purpose 

 of establishing and endowing a college and charity school 

 in the borough of Lancaster. Their petition was granted ; 

 a board of trustees, as a corporate body, was established, 

 styled, in honor of his excellency, Benjamin Franklin, 

 Esq., " The trustees of Franklin college, in the borough 

 and county of Lancaster^ 



The first board of trustees were : the honorable Thomas 

 Mifflin, Hon. Thomas M'Kean, Rev. John H. C. Hel- 

 muth. Rev. Casper Weiburg, Rev. Henry Muhlenberg, 

 Rev. William Hendell, Rev. Nicholas Kurz, Rev. George 

 Troldiener, Rev. John Herbst, Rev. Joseph Hutchins, 

 Rev. Fred. Weyland, Rev. Albertus Helfcnstein, Rev. W. 

 Ingold, Rev. Jacob Van Buskirk, Rev. Abraham Blumer, 

 Rev. Fred. Dalecker, Rev. C. E. Schultz, Rev. F. V. 

 Meltzheimer, Messrs. John Hubley, Joseph Hiester, Cas- 

 per Schaffuer, Peter Hooffnagle, Christopher Crawford, 

 Paul Zantzinger, Adam Hubley, Adam Reigart, Jasper 

 Yeates, Stephen Chambers, Robert Morris, George Cly- 

 mer, Philip Wagner, William Bingham, William Hamil- 

 ton, William Ravv'le, Lewis Farmer, Christopher Kucher, 

 Philip Groenwaldt, Michael Hahn, George Stake, sen., 

 John Musser. 



Franklin college was located in North Queen street, 

 known for many years as "The old storehouse," now 

 as "Franklin row,* The college was opened for the 

 instruction of youth, in the German, English, Latin, 

 Greek ;uid other learned languages; in Theology, and in 

 the usclul arts, sciences and literature. It remained in a 



*The compiler occupies (1843) one of the apartments of 

 *' Franklin row." 



