Excerpt from Early History of the University of Pennsylvania: From Its Origin to the Year 1827 Smith, D.D., Provost of the College, Academy, and Charitable School of Phila delphia, by Charles J. Stille, in 1869; and, in the same year, a History of the Med ical Department of the University of Penn sylvania, from its foundation to 1865, by Joseph Carson, M.D. The information contained in Dr. Stille's excellent memoir was afterwards used, with additions, in a Life of Dr. Smith by his great-grandson, Horace W. Smith, two volumes, octavo, 1879 - 1880. Some of these works have been long out of print, and the remnants of the editions of others have been virtually withdrawn from the channels of trade. In 1893, a bulky pamphlet, containing the history of the University and of its several departments, written by many hands and edited by Dr. Francis Newton Thorpe. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.