History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903 . ers recollection of the subjectis clear, and he has kindly permitted us to refer to himwith regard to the letter and its contents. Though atthe present writing the locality of the original letter cannot iThis letter appears in Bigelows Edition, X., 399. For thisreference the author is indebted to the late Paul Leicester Ford,of New York. FRANKLINS VISIT TO LANCASTER. 59 be determined, the fact of its existence may be regarded ascertain. The fact of Dr.
History of Franklin and Marshall College; Franklin College, 1787-1853; Marshall College, 1836-1853; Franklin and Marshall College, 1853-1903 . ers recollection of the subjectis clear, and he has kindly permitted us to refer to himwith regard to the letter and its contents. Though atthe present writing the locality of the original letter cannot iThis letter appears in Bigelows Edition, X., 399. For thisreference the author is indebted to the late Paul Leicester Ford,of New York. FRANKLINS VISIT TO LANCASTER. 59 be determined, the fact of its existence may be regarded ascertain. The fact of Dr. Franklins presence at the Formal Open-ing having been established, it remains for us to suggest anexplanation of the silence which we observe in the publica-tions of the day. As far as the Program is concerned itappears from Dr. Helmuths letter that it was printed be-fore the 19th of March; and at Franklins great age he canhardly have deemed it safe to make engagements so farahead, but when the time came he joined the company ofeminent Philadelphians in their excursion to he may not have been strong enough to deliver an. FKAUKIilN ARMS. extended address, we do not read that he suffered his age toexcuse him from the performance of official duty; and itwas as Governor of the State, as well as patron of the insti-tution, that he undertook this journey. Possibly, at a suit-able place in the exercises, he may have spoken a few words,formally declaring the college opened; but the main thingwas—as another has expressed it—that he was presentand beamed upon the multitude. 60 FEANKLIN COLLEGE. Men rarely seem as great to their cotemporaries as theyappear to subsequent generations; and if the name ofFranklin does not appear in the brief notices contained incotemporary newspapers, the editors probably did not re-gard the fact of his presence as peculiarly interesting totheir readers. To them he was merely the most distin-guished of a large company of prominent men. Th
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