The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 25,238;Shamokin, 18,202; Pottsville, 15,710; Pottstown,13,696; Hazelton, 14,230; Newcastle, 28,339;Mahanoy. City, 13,504; Oil City, 13,264. The following is a list of the governors ofPennsylvania, with their respective terms of office :Thomas Mifflin, 17S8-99; Thomas McKean,1799-1808; Simon Snyder, 1808-17; WilliamFindley, 1817-20; Joseph Heister, 1820-23; J-Andrew Schulze, 1823-29; George Wolf, 1820- 380 PENNSYLVANIA — PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH 37; Joseph Ritner, 1837-39; David R. Porter,1839-45, Francis R. Shunk
The Encyclopaedia Britannica; ..A dictionary of arts, sciences and general literature . 25,238;Shamokin, 18,202; Pottsville, 15,710; Pottstown,13,696; Hazelton, 14,230; Newcastle, 28,339;Mahanoy. City, 13,504; Oil City, 13,264. The following is a list of the governors ofPennsylvania, with their respective terms of office :Thomas Mifflin, 17S8-99; Thomas McKean,1799-1808; Simon Snyder, 1808-17; WilliamFindley, 1817-20; Joseph Heister, 1820-23; J-Andrew Schulze, 1823-29; George Wolf, 1820- 380 PENNSYLVANIA — PENNSYLVANIA DUTCH 37; Joseph Ritner, 1837-39; David R. Porter,1839-45, Francis R. Shunk, 1845-49; , 1849-52; William Bigler, 1852-55;James Pollock, 1855-58; William F. Packer,1858-61; Andrew G. Curtin, 1861-67; JohnW. Geary, 1S67-73; John F. Hartranft, 1873-79; Henry M. Hoyt 1879-83; Robert E. Pat-tison, 1883-87; James A. Beaver, 1887-91;Robert E. Pattison, 1891-95; Daniel H. Hast-ings, 1895-99; William A. Stone, 1899-. See Pennsylvania, Vol. XVHI, pp. 498-504. PENNSYLVANIA, University of. This in-stitution owes its to the efforts of Ben-. ..slf.|f COLLEGE HALL, UNIVERSITY OF PENNSYLVANIA. jamin Franklin, who organized a board of trusteesin 1749, and who, after obtaining $2,000 by sub-scriptions, was elected a trustee of a building inPhiladelphia, on Fourth Street, near Arch. In-struction began in 1751, and in 1753 the institu-tion was incorporated as The Trustees of theAcademy and Charitable School in the Provinceof Pennsylvania. Under a second charter, ob-tained in 1755, under the style of The Collegeand Academy of Philadelphia, the first classwas graduated in 1757. In 1762 William Smith,the provost of the college, added ^^6,000 to theendowment, which sum he obtained in this and an added sum, obtained by meansof a lottery, another building was especially pre-pared for the accommodation of students from theWest Indies. The medical school was opened in1765. Upon the outbreak of the Revolution , who was regar
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