09/15/1764 AD founded
Three residents of Newport, RI, drafted a petition to the General Assembly of the colony:
Your Petitioners propose to open a literary institution or School for instructing young Gentlemen in the Languages, Mathematics, Geography & History, & such other branches of Knowledge as shall be desired. That for this End ... it will be necessary ... to erect a public Building or Buildings for the boarding of the youth & the Residence of the Professors.
The three petitioners were Ezra Stiles, pastor of Newport's Second Congregational Church and future president of Yale; William Ellery, Jr., future signer of the United States Declaration of Independence; and Josias Lyndon, future governor of the colony
Providence, RI
Lattitude: 41.8236° N
Longitude: 71.4222° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
Lattitude: 41.8236° N
Longitude: 71.4222° W
Region: North America
Modern Day United States
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