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sophy ; a professor of Greek and Latin, languages.; a professor 

 of mathematics ; a professor of English and belles lettres ; 

 and ^ professor of Oriental literature. Beside these,, the, in- 

 structors in the medical school are, a professor of anatomyj. 

 a professor of the institutes and practice of medicine ; a proK 

 fessor of materia medica, natural history, and botany ; and a 

 professor of chemistry. This medical school is much more- 

 frequented by students than any other in the United,-^?^^,., 

 (See Vol. ii, p. 18, and vol. iii, p. 265.) n'tfi\ h^-^^f 



The library of this seminary consists of about 1000 vo- 

 lumes. The philosophical apparatus is tolerably good. The 

 whole number of students belonging to the institution, at the 

 close of the year 1803, was about 160; but of these only, a 

 small portion actually belonged to the classes in college. 



2. Dickinson college, in Carlisle. This college was founded 

 in the year 1783, and received the name which it bears in 

 honour of John Dickinson, esquire, the celebrated political,, 

 writer, and its most liberal benefactor. (See page 251). „ 



The government of this college i» in the hands of a boar4-, 

 df trqstees. The officers are, a president (now the rev. Dr. 

 Nisbet) ; vicepresident ; and two professors. The library 

 consists of about 3000 volumes. The philosophical appa- 

 ratus is small. The amount of the funds is not known to the^ 



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The number of students in this college is believed to^.bfj,, 



about 45 or 50. They are boarded in private families in the, . 



tovirn, 



Sf/ -Franklin college, in Lancaster. This institution was- 



founded in 1787, for the particular accommodation of the.^. 



German inhabitants of Pennsylvania, to enable them to edu---^ 



cate their youth in their own language, and in conformity^* 



with their own habits. The principal is a German Lutheran^ , 



and the vicepresident a Caivinist. Its present state is not. 



known to the writer ; but it is believed not to be in a very 



flourishing condition. 



