Founding Documents of Hampden-Sydney College

Founding Documents of Hampden-Sydney College

Hampden-Sydney College

This file examines several of the College's founding documents, compiled by Dr. William Porterfield for a lecture series on the history of Hampden-Sydney College. The lectures were given throughout the fall semester of 2024. The documents included here are the Hanover Presbytery Minutes, 1774-1775; a Hampden-Sydney advertisement from the Virginia Gazette, 1775; a Petition of Dissenters to Virginia House of Delegates, 1776; Hanover Presbytery Memorial to Virginia General Assembly, 1776; Charter of Hampden-Sydney College, 1783; Virginia Statue for Religious Liberty, 1786; Curricula in Early American Colleges (Yale, Princeton, Penn, William and Mary); HSC Curriculum, 1784; HSC Curriculum, 1812; and HSC CUrriculum, 1824.

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Hampden-Sydney College Archives & Special Collections

1774-1824

compiled by Dr. William Porterfield

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