1To Thomas Jefferson from Timothy Alden, 12 January 1824 (Jefferson Papers)
At a meeting of the Trustees of Alleghany College, held in the borough of Meadville, on the 9 th of January, 1824, the following Preamble and Resolution were adopted; “Cherishing all due respect for those illustrious Citizens of the United States, who have successively filled the highest office in the gift of their country and who are still spared to witness the rising glory of this western...