S82 Nations lately become Liter art;. 



Academy in the town in wh'ch he resided. In this 

 laudable undertaking he was aided by his brothers, 

 the Honourable John Phillips, LL.D. of Exeter* 

 and William Phillips, Esq. of Boston. Not 

 long afterwards the former of these brothers 

 founded, and very richly endowed an Academy at 

 Exeter, the place of his residence. Both these 

 academies are called by the name of the family to 

 whom they owe their existence; both continue to 

 grow in respectability and usefulness, and are likely 

 long to remain monuments of the noble and distin- 

 guished public spirit which gave them birth.™ 



Immediately on the return of peace, a College 

 was established in the town of Carlisle, in Penn- 

 sylvania. This institution received the name of 

 Dickinson College, being called after the celebrated 

 statesman and political writer, John Dickinson, 

 Esq. who was its most liberal benefactor* Doctor 

 Rush also, and several other gentlemen of distinc- 

 tion in Pennsylvania, were among the most active 

 friends and promoters of this establishment. Soon 

 after the Charter for this College was obtained, 

 the Rev. Dr, Charles Nisbet, of Montrose, in 

 Scotland, was called to be its President. He ac- 

 cepted the invitation, and in the year 1784 arrived 

 in America. It is scarcely necessary to say, that 

 the eminent talents, and profound and general 

 learning of this gentleman, were considered as an 

 important acquisition to the literary interests of 

 our country, and that he soon contributed to raise 

 the character of the institution. From this period 

 to the close of the century he continued to preside 

 over it with usefulness and honour. 



Seminaries of learning began now to multiply ra^- 

 pidly. From the peace of 1783 to the close of 1800, 



iv In furnishing instances of individual liberality to public institutions) 

 it is believed that Massachusetts exceeds all the other States. 



