The following is the draught of a proposed act, submitted to public consideration, for founding a college on the western shore of this state, and for constituting the same, together with Washington college on the eastern shore, into one university, by the name of the University of Maryland.
Contributors: Maryland. General Assembly.
Series: Early American imprints -- no. 44791.
Publisher: Printed by Frederick Green
Published: 1785
Place of publication: [Annapolis
Language: eng
Format: Microform
Subjects: Washington College (Chestertown, Md.); Universities and colleges -- Maryland.
Notes: Draft of the act to incorporate St. John's College, followed by a form for subscriptions, to be submitted to the General Assembly. The order to publish the draft resulted from a meeting at Annapolis on December 3, 1784. Cf. Fell, Thomas. Some historical accounts of the founding of King William's School and its subsequent establishment as St. John's College ... p. 38-39. The proposed union with Washington College was never accomplished.

Wheeler ascribes to the press of Frederick Green of Annapolis but supplies date of [1785]

Bristol B6168.

Shipton & Mooney 44791.

Wheeler, J.T.  Maryland, 387.

Microfiche. [New York : Readex Microprint, 1985] 11 x 15 cm. (Early American imprints. First series ; no. 44791)