Excerpt from Manual for the Directors and Teachers of Common Schools in Pennsylvania: With Forms of Reports, Plans of Buildings, Etc; Etc July 30, 1753. - A charter was granted by the Proprietaries to the Academy and charitable School, in the province of Pennsylvania. May 14, l755.-this charter was extended and enlarged; and the title of the corporation changed to that of the Trustees of the College, Academy, and charitable School of the City of Philadelphia. 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.