1Power of Attorney to Deborah Franklin, 4 April 1757 (Franklin Papers)
..., 1756, vestryman of Christ Church. His son Jacob Duché, Jr. (1738–1798), graduated in the first class of the College of Philadelphia, 1757, where he taught oratory after further study at Cambridge University and ordination as a deacon. The son entered the priesthood in 1762 and succeeded Richard Peters in 1775 as rector of the united parishes of Christ Church and St. Peter’s. He was made...
2Certificate of Nomination to the Royal Society, 17 May 1759 (Franklin Papers)
The first recommendation Franklin signed was for Edward Hussey Delaval of Cambridge University, who was proposed on May 17, 1759, and elected the following December 6. The text of his certificate is printed in full below. Other certificates that Franklin signed nearly always followed the same general form, although they...
September 29, the feast of St. Michael the Archangel. Used as a general term for autumn, particularly at Oxford and Cambridge Universities, where it denotes the autumn term.
4To Benjamin Franklin from Alexander Small, 1 December 1764 (Franklin Papers)
, 412 n), had recently been a candidate for the office of high steward of Cambridge University in a bitterly contested election which split the university voters, caused student riots, and wound up in the courts. D. A. Winstanley,
5[May 1768] (Washington Papers)
...s home. Rev. Thomas Smith (1738–1789) was the rector of Cople Parish, which comprised the lower end of Westmoreland County, including both Nomini and Yeocomico churches. He had assumed that post soon after his graduation from Cambridge University in 1763 and retained it until his death 26 years later (
6[Diary entry: 22 May 1768] (Washington Papers)
...s home. Rev. Thomas Smith (1738–1789) was the rector of Cople Parish, which comprised the lower end of Westmoreland County, including both Nomini and Yeocomico churches. He had assumed that post soon after his graduation from Cambridge University in 1763 and retained it until his death 26 years later (
7Mississippi Land Company’s Petition to the King, December 1768 (Washington Papers)
...1736–1818) of New York, a business associate of William Lee; Ralph Wormeley (1715–1790) of Rosegill, Middlesex County, or his son Ralph Wormeley, Jr. (1744–1806), a recent student at Cambridge University; Mann Page (b. 1718), now living at Mannsfield in Spotsylvania County; John Alexander (1735–1775) of King George and Stafford counties; Cuthbert Bullitt (d. 1791), a lawyer in Prince...
8[September 1771] (Washington Papers)
Ralph Wormeley (1744–1806) of Rosegill, Middlesex County, was the eldest son of Ralph Wormeley (1715–1790) of Rosegill. Young Wormeley had been educated in England at Eton and Cambridge University and earlier this year had been appointed to the governor’s council in Williamsburg (
9[Diary entry: 19 September 1771] (Washington Papers)
Ralph Wormeley (1744–1806) of Rosegill, Middlesex County, was the eldest son of Ralph Wormeley (1715–1790) of Rosegill. Young Wormeley had been educated in England at Eton and Cambridge University and earlier this year had been appointed to the governor’s council in Williamsburg (
10To George Washington from Joseph Nourse, 20 February 1778 (Washington Papers)
Daniel Batwell was an Anglican minister, educated at Cambridge University, who arrived in America in 1774 to work for the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel. He received a 200–acre farm near Carlisle from the Pennsylvania government and based his activities in York and Cumberland counties....