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This exhibit was researched, written and created by Mary D. McConaghy, Michael Silberman, and Irina Kalashnikova in 2004 as part of the celebration of Benjamin Franklin's 300th birthday.
DEGREES CONFERRED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF THE STATE OF PENNSYLVANIA
Students are listed alphabetically for each class from 1780 to 1789:
Class of 1780
The University of the State of Pennsylvania conferred these degrees which were originally supposed to be granted by the College of Philadelphia, where they were examined in 1779 (except Mr. Sitgreaves)
| John Bleakley |
A.B. |
| John Caldwell |
A.B. |
| Peter Renaude Chevalier |
A.B. |
| James Coultas Gray |
A.B. |
| Samuel Powel Griffitts |
A.B. |
| Benjamin Morris |
A.B. |
| Joseph Rush |
A.B. |
| Samuel Sitgreaves |
A.B. |
|
| William Allston |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Dorsey |
Non-graduate |
| George Fox |
Non-graduate |
| William Temple Franklin |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Gray |
Non-graduate |
| Mathias Harrison |
Non-graduate |
| Paxton Hatch |
Non-graduate |
| James Hopewell |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Lisle |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Mayo |
Non-graduate |
| Henry White Physick |
Non-graduate |
| George Simpson |
Non-graduate |
| John Smith |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas Waties |
Non-graduate |
| James Yard |
Non-graduate |
|
| James Davidson |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Justus Christian Henry Helmuth |
A.M. (hon.) |
| John Christopher Kunze |
A.M. (hon.) |
| William Marshall |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Henry Ernst Muhlenberg |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Thomas Paine |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Caspar Dietrich Weiberg |
A.M. (hon.) |
Class of 1781
| William Clarkson |
A.B. |
| William Ewing |
A.B. |
| Francis William Murray |
A.B. |
| Andrew Robert Proudfit |
A.B. |
| George Swift |
A.B. |
| James Wade |
A.B. |
|
| James Carson |
Non-graduate |
| James Hanson |
Non-graduate |
| William Moore Wharton |
Non-graduate |
|
| William Barton |
A.M. (hon.) |
| William Bradford, Jr. |
A.M. (hon.) |
Class of 1782
| Moses Bartram |
A.B. |
| Michael Byrnes |
A.B. |
| John Catlett |
A.B. |
| Joseph Clarkson |
A.B. |
| John Johnson |
A.B. |
| James Kelly |
A.B. |
| William Kennedy |
A.B. |
| Joseph Borden McKean |
A.B. |
| Thomas Memminger |
A.B. |
| Thomas Nelson |
A.B. |
| William Nelson |
A.B. |
| John Proudfit |
A.B. |
| Thomas Stewart |
A.B. |
| Robert Brooke Voss |
A.B. |
| John Wade |
A.B. |
| Thomas Parr Wharton |
A.B. |
|
| George Alberti |
Non-graduate |
| Pitt Buchanan |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas Chamberlain |
Non-graduate |
| David Harding |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas Hockley |
Non-graduate |
| William Prestman (Priestman) |
Non-graduate |
| John Rumsey |
Non-graduate |
| John Shee |
Non-graduate |
| Gilbert [Tennent] Snowden |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Swift |
Non-graduate |
|
| Peter Stephen DuPonceau |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Andrew Gregg |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Fiacre Maximilien Robilliard |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Samuel Sterrett |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| François Barbé-Marbois |
LL.D. (hon.) |
| François Jean de Beauvoir Chevalier de Chastellux |
LL.D. (hon.) |
|
| Elihu Spencer |
D.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1783
| George Bartram |
A.B. |
| Issac Briggs |
A.B. |
| Richard Samuel Footman |
A.B. |
| Nathan Grier |
A.B. |
| Anthony Morris |
A.B. |
| Ephraim Ramsay |
A.B. |
| James Snodgrass |
A.B. |
| William Stewart |
A.B. |
| Stephen Sykes |
A.B. |
| John Chew Thomas |
A.B. |
| Joseph Thomas |
A.B. |
|
| John Bannister |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Blaine |
Non-graduate |
| Arthur Davison (Davidson) |
Non-graduate |
| William Gordon Forman |
Non-graduate |
| William Hemsley (Hemsley) |
Non-graduate |
| Henry Izard |
Non-graduate |
| Reynold Keen (or Kein) |
Non-graduate |
| Archibald McCall |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Ramsay |
Non-graduate |
| John Ridgeley |
Non-graduate |
| John Schuyler (or Skuyler) |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Sewel (or Sewell) |
Non-graduate |
| Conrad Shultz |
Non-graduate |
| John Stockholm |
Non-graduate |
| William West |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas (Mayne) Willing |
Non-graduate |
| Samuel Young |
Non-graduate |
|
| George Washington |
LL.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1784
| Thomas Willing Francis |
A.B. |
| Charles Goldsborough |
A.B. |
| Robert Marion |
A.B. |
| Samuel Theodore Marion |
A.B. |
| Joseph Miller |
A.B. |
| William Miller |
A.B. |
| William Parker |
A.B. |
| Henry Stuber |
A.B. |
|
| Thomas Armstrong |
Non-graduate |
| Daniel Bell |
Non-graduate |
| Jacob Clarkson |
Non-graduate |
| Lefferts Carmick |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Clay |
Non-graduate |
| Jeremiah Condy |
Non-graduate |
| William Donaldson |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Dunkin (Duntzin) |
Non-graduate |
| David Francis |
Non-graduate |
| John Hallowell |
Non-graduate |
| Enoch Hobart |
Non-graduate |
| Peter Keen (or Kein) |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Kershaw |
Non-graduate |
| William Lux |
Non-graduate |
| Archibald McSparran |
Non-graduate |
| John Mease |
Non-graduate |
| Robert Mease |
Non-graduate |
| Luke Morris |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas P. Pennell (possibly 1782-1810) |
Non-graduate |
| Abraham Pryor |
Non-graduate |
|
| Henry Melchior Muhlenberg |
D.D. (hon.) |
|
| Charles Thomson |
LL.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1785
| Robert Clerk |
A.B. |
| John Gemmill |
A.B. |
| William Griffitts |
A.B. |
| Philip Syng Physick |
A.B. |
| Samuel Prioleau |
A.B. |
|
| David Caldwell |
Non-graduate |
| George Clarkson |
Non-graduate |
| William Davidson (Davison) |
Non-graduate |
| James Gibson |
Non-graduate |
| Dominick A. (Augustin) Hall |
Non-graduate |
| Thomas Haslen (Hazlen) |
Non-graduate |
| John Mason |
Non-graduate |
| Peter Wikoff |
Non-graduate |
| Joseph Wynkoop |
Non-graduate |
|
| James Madison |
D.D. (hon.) |
| James Manning |
D.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1786
| Jonathan Williams Condy |
A.B. |
| William Bryant Duffield |
A.B. |
| Henry Keppele Helmuth |
A.B. |
| Hugh Holmes |
A.B. |
| Joseph Hopkinson |
A.B. |
| Robert Porter |
A.B. |
| Campbell Smith |
A.B. |
| Samuel Swift |
A.B. |
| Issac Telfair |
A.B. |
|
| John Gantt |
Non-graduate |
| John Griffin |
Non-graduate |
| Peter Hagner |
Non-graduate |
| Jacob Hoffner (Hofner) |
Non-graduate |
| John Leib |
Non-graduate |
| John McKinley |
Non-graduate |
| William [Davis] Robertson |
Non-graduate |
| John Wilcocks |
Non-graduate |
|
| David Griffith |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Samuel Provost |
D.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1787
| Benjamin Franklin Bache |
A.B. |
| George Duffield |
A.B. |
| James Sergeant Ewing |
A.B. |
| James Mease |
A.B. |
| Samuel Harrison Smith |
A.B. |
| Evan William Thomas |
A.B. |
| Henry Wikoff |
A.B. |
| James Woodhouse |
A.B. |
|
| James Carson |
Non-graduate |
| Daniel Delaney (Delany) |
Non-graduate |
| David Holmes |
Non-graduate |
| William Sitgreaves |
Non-graduate |
|
| Benjamin Smith Barton |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| Marie Jean Paul Roch Yves Gilberti Motier, Marquis de Lafayette |
LL.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1788
| Abijah Davis |
A.B. |
| Nathaniel Harris |
A.B. |
| William Hewson |
A.B. |
| Michael Keppele |
A.B. |
| William White Morris |
A.B. |
| James Bowdoin Robins |
A.B. |
| James Patriot Wilson |
A.B. |
|
| Christopher Heydrick |
Non-graduate |
| James (or John) Kidd |
Non-graduate |
| George Pfeiffer (Pliffer) |
Non-graduate |
| [Frederick?] Shubart |
Non-graduate |
| ______ Young |
Non-graduate |
|
| Robert Patterson |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| Robert Blackwell |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Nicholas Collin |
D.D. (hon.) |
Class of 1789
| Josiah Bailey |
A.B. |
| George Morgan Baynton |
A.B. |
| William Boys[e] |
A.B. |
| John Davidson |
A.B. |
| Robert Gamble Waiters Davidson |
A.B. |
| Robert Frazer |
A.B. |
| Samuel Hazlehurst |
A.B. |
| Thomas Tickell Hewson |
A.B. |
| Marcus Hillegas Kuhl |
A.B. |
| George Lochman |
A.B. |
| Samuel McCulloch |
A.B. |
| Samuel Miller |
A.B. |
| Richard Renshaw |
A.B. |
| Andrew Rhea |
A.B. |
| Caeser Augustus Rodney |
A.B. |
| Benjamin Fuller West |
A.B. |
| George Williamson |
A.B. |
|
| [Samuel] Collings |
Non-graduate |
| _____ Davidson (or Davison) |
Non-graduate |
| Richard Duffield |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Forrest |
Non-graduate |
| _______ Halliday |
Non-graduate |
| ____[James or Procepio] Pollock |
Non-graduate |
| John Christian Reidiger (Radiger, Rediger, Ridiger) |
Non-graduate |
| _____ Wilson |
Non-graduate |
|
| David Johnson |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Samuel Kerr |
A.M. (hon.) |
| Philip Reinhold Pauli |
A.M. (hon.) |
|
| Edward Bass |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Samuel Parker |
D.D. (hon.) |
| Robert Smith |
D.D. (hon.) |
