William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . Medal of Flat Hat Club, formerly owned In- Cohwel James Innes. aiK now in possession of Harold Randoli>h. of Baltimore. Maryland. Photograph from original. December, 1916. William and Mary Quarterly i6i THE FLAT HAT CLUBSee Quarterly XX, p. 146, and The Flat Hat, Vol. i, No. i. Among the earliest collegiate societies the Phi Beta KappaSociety established at William and Mary College, in 1776, takesprecedence as the first Greek letter fraternity. Its object was bothliterary and social. It was not, however, the first club or societyof st
William and Mary College quarterly historical magazine . Medal of Flat Hat Club, formerly owned In- Cohwel James Innes. aiK now in possession of Harold Randoli>h. of Baltimore. Maryland. Photograph from original. December, 1916. William and Mary Quarterly i6i THE FLAT HAT CLUBSee Quarterly XX, p. 146, and The Flat Hat, Vol. i, No. i. Among the earliest collegiate societies the Phi Beta KappaSociety established at William and Mary College, in 1776, takesprecedence as the first Greek letter fraternity. Its object was bothliterary and social. It was not, however, the first club or societyof students. In 1769 the American Whig Society was foundedat Princeton University, and contained such members as WilliamBradford and James Madison. Much earlier was the Flat HatClub, or F. H. C, established at William and Mary in 1750, andwhich continued in existence till after 1772. This was also asecret society. It contained such members as Thomas Jefferson,James Innes, St. George Tucker, Rev. Thomas Gwatkin andRobert Baylor. The memory of this fraternity
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