. A history of Pennsylvania. hole of hislarge estate for pubHc purposes. It was a peculiar will andwas contested by his relatives, but without success.^ A largebequest of land in Louisiana was made to the city of NewOrleans, and all the rest was left to the city of Philadelphia 1 The old Federalists and llu Xalional Republicans k-d l)y Henry Clayassumed this name at about this time. - He was worth about $8,000,000. • Certain ])roi)erty acquired by alter the of his will, wasj^iven by the courts to the contestants; and tiie cil>- of New Orleans lost itsbequest. 228 HISTORY OF
. A history of Pennsylvania. hole of hislarge estate for pubHc purposes. It was a peculiar will andwas contested by his relatives, but without success.^ A largebequest of land in Louisiana was made to the city of NewOrleans, and all the rest was left to the city of Philadelphia 1 The old Federalists and llu Xalional Republicans k-d l)y Henry Clayassumed this name at about this time. - He was worth about $8,000,000. • Certain ])roi)erty acquired by alter the of his will, wasj^iven by the courts to the contestants; and tiie cil>- of New Orleans lost itsbequest. 228 HISTORY OF PENNSYLVANIA for various public improvements, and for the establishmentof a school or college for the education of orphan boys. Girard College. — Owing to the lawsuits, the financialcrisis of 1837, and other causes, the opening of the institutionwas long delayed. The site was one selected by Girard himselfin what is now the northern part of the city.^ The mainbuilding, one of the finest specimens of Greek classic archi-. Main Building of Girard College tecture in the United States, was designed by Thomas of Philadelphia. The white marble of which thebuilding is constructed came chiefly from Chester and Mont-gomery counties, Pennsylvania. The corner stone was laidin 1833, but the buildings were not finished until 1847. Theinstitution was opened January i, 1848, with one hundredpupils. In 1912 there were 1520. Girards provisions for the building and other matters wereminute, and almost impossible to carry out in detail. Theprovision which caused the most comment was that which 1 Ciinird had originally fixed the site on the block iKnnulcd by JMarket,Chestnut, I^levcnth and Twelfth streets. POLITICS AND INTERNAL LMIR()\ KM lATS 220 required that no ecclesiastic, missionary, or minister of anvsect whatsoever, shall ever hold or exercise any station or (hit}-whatever in said college, nor shall any such person ever beadmitted for any purpose or as a visitor, within the p
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