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WASHINGTON COLLEGE. 515
i
town," to be called Washington College, " in honorable and perpetual memory
of his Excellency General Washington, the illustrious and virtuous commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States."
In a short time the entire Eastern Shore was enthusiastic over the enterprise, and in less than three months after the Act of incorporation Avas passed
over $14,000 was subscribed by private individuals for the support of the
college. In compliance with a provision of its charter, the following
distinguished Marylanders were appointed visitors in addition to those of the
Kent County school: William Paca, John Page, Robert Goldsborough, Wm.
Perry, Peter Chaille, James Lloyd, Joshua Seney, Thomas Smyth, Samuel
Keene and William Thompson. Rev. William Smith, one of the visitors of
Kent County school, was chosen president. On July 8th, 1782, he addressed
a letter to Washington, asking permission to place his name at the head of the
visitors and governors, but as it was out of the poAver of the commander-in-
chief to give his attendance which the law required, he was compelled to
decline. In May, 1784, hoAvever, he visited the college and subscribed his
name as one of its visitors and governors. On the 11th of July, 1789, Rev.
William Smith, D.D., the Hon. John Henry, of the United States Senate, and
the Hon. Joshua Seney, of the House of Representatives, being a committee
of the visitors and governors of the college, waited upon Washington upon his
first election to the presidency, and on behalf of the corporation of visitors
and governors, and the principal and faculty of professors of Washington
College in the State of Maryland, and presented him with an address and the
degree of Doctor of Laws.*
The following correspondence passed between the committee and Washington upon this occasion :
<l To the President of the United States:
" Sir;—We, the corporation of Visitors and Governors, and the Principal and Faculty
of Professors of Washington College, in the State of Maryland, actuated by the sincerest
personal affection, as well as the purest public considerations, beg leave to embrace the
present occasion of our anniversary meeting and commencement, to felicitate ourselves
and our country upon your unanimous appointment to the Chief Magistracy in the general government of the United States.
" Revolving upon the vicissitudes and eventful history of the late war, every page of
which bears ample and honorable testimony to the services which you have rendered to
your country, and the exertion of those virtues and talents which have exalted your name
to the first rank among the heroes and benefactors of mankind; we cannot but recall to
mind tho occasion of our former address to you, and your benevolent answer to the same_
"The General Assembly of Maryland, upon the establishment of the Seminary,
having dignified the same with the auspicious name of Washington College, in honorable
and perpetual memory of the services of the illustrious and virtuous commander-in-chief
of the armies of the United States, we expressed our confidence,' that amidst all the public
monuments which your country sought to erect to you, even when living, none would
1 Cokesbury College, in Abingdon, Harford Owings, Isaac Burneston, James McCannon,
County, was incorporated in 1784, with William Emanuel Kent, John Chalmers, Henry Willis,
Wilkins, Edward White, Henry Ennalls, John Nelson Reed, Richard Whatcoat and Joseph
Carnan, James Anderson, Philip Rogers, Samuel Everett, as trustees.
| Title | History of Maryland - 2 |
| Creator | Scharf, J. Thomas (John Thomas) |
| Publisher | J. B. Piet |
| Place of Publication | Baltimore |
| Date | 1879 |
| Language | eng |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Title | 00000558 |
| Type | Books/Pamphlets |
| Transcript |
WASHINGTON COLLEGE. 515
i
town," to be called Washington College, " in honorable and perpetual memory
of his Excellency General Washington, the illustrious and virtuous commander-in-chief of the armies of the United States."
In a short time the entire Eastern Shore was enthusiastic over the enterprise, and in less than three months after the Act of incorporation Avas passed
over $14,000 was subscribed by private individuals for the support of the
college. In compliance with a provision of its charter, the following
distinguished Marylanders were appointed visitors in addition to those of the
Kent County school: William Paca, John Page, Robert Goldsborough, Wm.
Perry, Peter Chaille, James Lloyd, Joshua Seney, Thomas Smyth, Samuel
Keene and William Thompson. Rev. William Smith, one of the visitors of
Kent County school, was chosen president. On July 8th, 1782, he addressed
a letter to Washington, asking permission to place his name at the head of the
visitors and governors, but as it was out of the poAver of the commander-in-
chief to give his attendance which the law required, he was compelled to
decline. In May, 1784, hoAvever, he visited the college and subscribed his
name as one of its visitors and governors. On the 11th of July, 1789, Rev.
William Smith, D.D., the Hon. John Henry, of the United States Senate, and
the Hon. Joshua Seney, of the House of Representatives, being a committee
of the visitors and governors of the college, waited upon Washington upon his
first election to the presidency, and on behalf of the corporation of visitors
and governors, and the principal and faculty of professors of Washington
College in the State of Maryland, and presented him with an address and the
degree of Doctor of Laws.*
The following correspondence passed between the committee and Washington upon this occasion :
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