Difference between revisions of "1774"

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*A group visits Parliament with a petition to make [[King's College]] the center of an American university along the lines of [[Oxford]] or [[Cambridge]], encompassing all existing North American colleges
 
*A group visits Parliament with a petition to make [[King's College]] the center of an American university along the lines of [[Oxford]] or [[Cambridge]], encompassing all existing North American colleges
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*[[George Washington]]'s stepson, [[John Parke Custis]], spends a semester at King's College before being forced to leave, having burned through his annual allowance
 
*[[Isaac Abrahams]] is the first known Jewish student to graduate from King's College
 
*[[Isaac Abrahams]] is the first known Jewish student to graduate from King's College
  

Revision as of 16:39, 8 April 2007

1774 in Columbia history:

  • A group visits Parliament with a petition to make King's College the center of an American university along the lines of Oxford or Cambridge, encompassing all existing North American colleges
  • George Washington's stepson, John Parke Custis, spends a semester at King's College before being forced to leave, having burned through his annual allowance
  • Isaac Abrahams is the first known Jewish student to graduate from King's College
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History of Columbia University 
1774
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