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PENNSYLVANIA See also:GOVERNORS . Under Dutch See also:Rule (1624-1664).' Cornelis See also:Jacobsen Mey Director . . 1624-1625 See also:William See also:van Hulst 1625-1626 See also:Peter Minuit . . . . See also:Governor . 1626-1632 See also:David Pieterzen de Vries . . . „ 1632-1633 Wouter van Twiller 1633-1638 William Kieft 1638-1647 Peter See also:Stuyvesant - 1647-1664 Under See also:Swedish Rule (1638-1655).2 Peter Minuit 1638-164r Peter Hollender 1641-1642 See also:John Printz 1642-1653 John Pappegoya 1653-1654 John See also:Claude Rysingh 1654-1655 Under the See also:Duke of See also:York (1664-1673). See also:Richard See also:Nicolls 1664-1667 See also:Robert Carr . . . See also:Deputy 1664-1667 Robert Needham . See also:Commander on the See also:Delaware 1664-1668 See also:Francis See also:Lovelace .

. 1667-1673 John Carr . . . . Commander on the Delaware 1668-1673 Under Dutch Rule (1673-1674). See also:

Anthony Colve 1673-1674 Peter Alrichs Deputy on the Delaware 1673-1674 Under the Duke of York (1674-1681). See also:Sir See also:Edmund See also:Andros 1674-1681 Under the Proprietors (1681-1693). William See also:Markham . . . . Deputy-Governor . 1681-1682 William See also:Penn . . . . 1682-1684 See also:Thomas See also:Lloyd See also:President of the See also:Council 1684-1686 Thomas Lloyd Robert See also:Turner See also:Arthur See also:Cook John Simcock John Eckley John See also:Blackwell 1 Governors of New Netherland and of the Dutch settlements on the Delaware. 3 The Swedish colonies on the Delaware conquered by the Dutch In 1655.

Thomas Lloyd .. . President of the Council 169o-1691 Thomas Lloyd . . . Deputy-Governor . 1691-1693 William Markham 3 . . 1691-1693 Under the See also:

Crown (1693-1695). See also:Benjamin See also:Fletcher . . . . . . . 1693-1695 William Markham . . .

. Deputy-Governor . 1693-1695 Under the Proprietors (1695-1776). William Markham Deputy-Governor . 1695-1699 William Penn 1699-1701 See also:

Andrew See also:Hamilton Deputy-Governor . 1701-1703 See also:Edward Shippen . . . . President of the Council 1703-1704 John See also:Evans .. . See also:Lieutenant-Governor 1704-1709 See also:Charles Gookin .. „ 1709-1717 Sir William See also:Keith . 1717-1726 See also:Patrick See also:Gordon . .. „ 1726-1736 See also:James See also:Logan President of the Council 1736-1738 See also:George Thomas Deputy-Governor 1738-1747 Anthony See also:Palmer .

President of the Council 1747-1748 James Hamilton . Lieutenant-Governor 1748-1754 Robert H. See also:

Morris Deputy-Governor . 1754-1756 William Denny . ,, 1756-1759 James Hamilton „ 1759-1763 John Penn . 1763-1771 James Hamilton . President of the Council 1771 Richard Penn . . Lieutenant-Governor 1771-1773 John Penn . 1773-1776 See also:Period of Statehood (1776- ). Benjamin See also:Franklin, Chairman of the See also:Committee of Safety 1776-1777 Thomas See also:Wharton, Jr. . President of the Council 1777-1778 George See also:Bryan " . Acting President of the Council 1777 See also:Joseph See also:Reed ..

President of the Council 1778-1781 William See also:

Moore .. 1781-1782 John See also:Dickinson . 1782-1785 Benjamin Franklin . 1785-1788 Thomas See also:Mifflin . . 1788-1790 Thomas Mifflin . . Federalist . . 1790-1799 Thomas McKean . Democratic-Republican 1799-1808 See also:Simon Snyder . 1808-1817 William Finley . 1817-182o Joseph Heister . 182o-1823 John A. Shulze .

1823-1829 George See also:

Wolf Democrat . 1829-1835 Joseph Ritner See also:Anti-Masonic 1835-1839 D. R. See also:Porter Democrat . 1839-1845 F. R. Shunk 1845-1848 W. F. See also:Johnston s Whig 1848 1852 William Bigler . Democrat 1852-1855 James See also:Pollock . 1855-1858 W. F.

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Packer 1858-1861 A. G. See also:Curtin Republican . 1861-1867 John W. Geary . I$67-1873 John F. Hartranft . 1873-1879 See also:Henry M. Hoyt 1879 1883 Robert E. See also:Pattison Democrat . 1883-1887 James A. See also:Beaver Republican 1887-1891 Robert E.

Pattison . Democrat . 1891-1895 See also:

Daniel H. See also:Hastings Republican 1$95-1899 William A. See also:Stone ,, 1899-1903 See also:Samuel W. Pennypacker 1903 1907 See also:Edwin S. See also:Stuart . . . 1907-1911 John K. Tener . . . „ 1911- For the See also:administration of the See also:state see: The Constitution of the See also:Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, adopted See also:December 16, 1873, amended See also:November 5, 1901 (See also:Harrisburg, 1902) ; S.

George et at. (editors), See also:

Laws, of Pennsylvania, 1682-1 goo, preceded by the Duke of York's Laws, 1676-1682 (Harrisburg, 1879) ; A. J. See also:Dallas (editor), Laws of Pennsylvania, 17oo-18o1 (See also:Philadelphia and See also:Lancaster, 1797-1801); Laws of the See also:General See also:Assembly of Pennsylvania 3 Lloyd was deputy-governor of the See also:province, the See also:present state of Pennsylvania; Markham of the See also:lower counties, the present state of Delaware. ' The state was governed by a supreme executive council in 1777-1i90. ' Governor Shunk resigned in See also:July 1848 and was succeeded by W. F. Johnston, president of the state See also:senate. Executive Commissioners 1686-1688 . Deputy-Governor . 1688-1690 of these buildings is the See also:law school, between See also:Chestnut and Sansom Streets, on 34th See also:Street. In a See also:great triangular See also:block bounded by Woodland See also:Avenue, Spruce Street, and 34th Street are: the university library, which had in 1009 about 275,000 See also:bound volumes and 50,000 See also:pamphlets, including the See also:Biddle Memorial law library (1886) of 40,000 volumes, the Colwell and Henry C.

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Carey collections in See also:finance and See also:economics, the Francis C. Macauley library of See also:Italian, See also:Spanish and Portuguese authors, with an excellent See also:Dante collection, the classical library of See also:Ernst von Leutsch of See also:Gottingen, the philological library of F. A. See also:Pott of See also:Halle, the Germanic library of R. Bechstein of See also:Rostock, the Semitic library of C. P. See also:Caspari of See also:Copenhagen, the (See also:Hebrew and Rabbinical) See also:Marcus Jastrow Memorial library, the ethnological library of D. G. See also:Brinton, and several See also:special medical collections; See also:College See also:Hall, with the university offices; See also:Howard See also:Houston Hall (1896) the students' See also:club; Logan Hall; the Robert See also:Hare chemical laboratory; and (across 36th Street) the Wistar See also:institute of See also:anatomy and See also:biology. Immediately See also:east of this triangular block are: See also:Bennett See also:House; the Randal See also:Morgan laboratory of physics; the See also:engineering See also:building (1906); the laboratory of See also:hygiene (1892); dental hall; and the John See also:Harrison laboratory of See also:chemistry. Farther east are the gymnasium, training quarters and Franklin (athletic) See also:field, with See also:brick See also:grand-stands. See also:South of Spruce Street are: the See also:free museum of See also:science and See also:art (1899), the See also:north-western See also:part of a projected See also:group, with particularly valuable See also:American, See also:Egyptian, Semitic and Cretan collections, the last two being the results in part of university excavations at See also:Nippur (1888-1902) and at Gournia (1901-1904); between 34th and 36th Streets the large and well-equipped university See also:hospital (1874); large dormitories, consisting in 1909, of 29 distinct but connected houses; medical laboratories; a biological hall and vivarium; and across Woodland Avenue, a veterinary hall and hospital.

The university contains various departments, including the college (giving degrees in arts, science, biology, See also:

music, See also:architecture, &c.), the See also:graduate school (1882), a See also:department of law (founded in 1790 and re-established in 185o) and a department of See also:medicine (first See also:professor, 1756; first degrees granted, 1768), the See also:oldest and probably the most famous medical school in See also:America. See also:Graduation from the school of arts in the college is dependent on the successful completion of 6o See also:units of See also:work (the unit is one See also:hour's work a See also:week for a See also:year in lectures or recitations or two See also:hours' work a week for a year in laboratory courses); this may be done in three, four or five years;of the 6o See also:counts: 22 must be required in studies (chemistry, 2 units; See also:English, 6; See also:foreign See also:languages, 6; See also:history, See also:logic and See also:ethics, See also:mathematics, and physics, 2 each); 18 must be equally distributed in two or three " See also:groups "—the 19 groups include See also:astronomy, See also:botany, chemistry, economics, English, See also:fine arts, See also:French, See also:geology, See also:German, See also:Greek, history, Latin, mathematics, See also:philosophy, physics, See also:political science, See also:psychology, See also:sociology and See also:zoology; and in the remaining 20 units the student's See also:election is practically free. Special work in the See also:senior year of the college counts 8 units for the first year's work in the department of medicine. College See also:scholar-See also:ships are largely See also:local, two being in the See also:gift of the governor of the state, fifty being for graduates of the public See also:schools of the See also:city of Philadelphia, and five being for graduates of Pennsylvania public schools outside Philadelphia; in 1909 there were twenty-eight scholarships in the college not local. In the graduate school there are five fellowships for See also:research, each with an See also:annual See also:stipend of $800, twenty-one fellowships valued at $500 each, for men only, and five fellowships for See also:women, besides special fellowships and 39 scholarships.

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