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 Jfrankltn & ^ao|alI College. 
 
 PENNSYLVANIA, SS. 
 
 In the name and by the authoiity of the CommomoeaWi of Penn- 
 sylvania, William Bigler, Governor of said Commonwealth, 
 
 To ALL TO WHOM THESE PRESENTS SHALL COME SENDS GREETING: 
 
 Whereas, an Act of the General Assembly of this Common- 
 wealth entitled "An Act to unite and consolidate Marshall 
 College now at Mercersburg, with Franklin College now at 
 Lancaster under the name of " Franklin and Marshall College," 
 as a corporation, to be located in the City of Lancaster, or its 
 immediate vicinity, provides for incorporation of said College, 
 and which Act is as follows, viz : — 
 
 Section 1. — Be it enacted by the Senate and House of Repre- 
 sentatives of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, in General As- 
 sembly met, and it is hereby enacted by the authority of the same, 
 That Franklin College, which was chartered by the representa- 
 tives of the freemen of the said Commonwealth, sitting at 
 Philadelphia, the tenth of March, one thousand seven hundred 
 and eighty-seven, and Marshall College at Mercersburg, char- 
 tered by act of Assembly the thirty-first of March, one thousand 
 eight hundred and thirty-six, be and are hereby united and 
 consolidated into one institution of learning, under the corporate -^^^^ g^-jg 
 name, style, and title of "Franklin and Marshall College," and and Title, 
 thus created, the same be located in the City of Lancaster, or 
 in its immediate vicinity. Location. 
 
 Section 2.— The said Franklin and Marshall College so 
 united, consolidated and located, shall be under the direction, 
 management and government of not less than forty-five nor 
 
Trustees j^ore than sixty trustees, of whom the Governor of this State 
 num er o ^^^^^ ex-officio be one, and two -thirds of which number of trus- 
 tees at least shall be members of the German Reformed Church, 
 Quorum of and a quorum of whom competent to transact any business shall 
 consist of fifteen members, at least two-thirds of which quorum 
 shall be members of the German Reformed Church, and to that 
 &:Tf ^V^^^^*^ and purpose William Heyser, John Smith, Barnard Wolff, 
 s rus ees QgQj.gQ Besore, John Casper Bucher, and John W. Nevin, of 
 Franklin county; John Conrad Bucher, George Z. Kunkel, 
 Daniel W. Gross, Rudolph F. Kelker, John F. Mesick, and 
 Luther Reiley, of Dauphin county; David Middlekauff, of 
 Adams county ; William A. Good and Samuel Wagner, of York 
 county ; David Krause, William Schall and John R. Kooken, of 
 Montgomery county; Julius W. Mann, William Mayberry, 
 Charles Bibighaus, and John Alberger, of Philadelphia ; John 
 W. Gloninger, John W. Killinger and John Krause, of Lebanon 
 county; James Buchanan, John L. Atlee, Samuel Bowman, James 
 L. Reynolds, John Reynolds, Emanuel C. Reigart, Henry G. 
 Long, Samuel Humes, Benjamin Champneys, B. Keenan, Chris- 
 topher Hager, Daniel Heitshue, David Longenecker, Christian 
 Gast, John Bausman, William Hiester, Philip K. Brenneman, N. 
 A. Keyes, Clement B. Grubb, and Joseph Konigmacher, of Lan- 
 caster county; Thomas H. Leinbach, Philip Zieber, and P. 
 Hiester, of Berks county; Isaac Meyers, of Schuylkill; J. H. 
 A. Bomberger, J. P. Hetrich, of Northampton county ; George 
 C. Welker, of Northumberland county; and William Darlington, 
 of Chester county, Pennsylvania; Jacob Myer, of Virginia; 
 Elias Heiner, John Rodenmayer, Bernard 0. Wolff, David Zel- 
 lers, and George Shaffer, of Maryland ; and the Governor of 
 the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania, ex-offiicio, shall be and 
 hereby are created the first trustees. 
 
 Section 3. — The trustees above named and created, and their 
 successors, to be elected as hereinafter provided, are hereby 
 established and declared to be one body politic and corporate, 
 with perpetual succession in deed and in law under the said 
 name, style, and title of " Franklin and Marshall College," by 
 which name they and their successors shall be capable in law 
 and equity to take for the use of Franklin and Marshall College, 
 any estate in any messuages, lands, tenements, and heredita- 
 ments, goods, chattels, moneys, and other effects, by gift, bar- 
 gain, and sale, conveyance, assurance, devise, or bequest, as 
 well of the said Franklin College and the said Marshall College 
 at Mercersburg, both being hereby authorized and empowered 
 to alien, transfer and convey, to said Franklin and Marshall 
 College, such property as of all other persons or corporate 
 bodies, and the same to dispose of by sale or otherwise, or to 
 farm, let, and put out on interest, for the use of said Franklin 
 and Marshall College, in such manner as they or a quorum of 
 their board of trustees shall judge most beneficial to said in- 
 
stitution, and receive the proceeds and income thereof for its 
 proper support; to execute all contracts for scholarships, 
 erected by Marshall College, unless the owner or holder of any 
 scholarship residing in Mercersburg, on which a balance may 
 remain unpaid, shall object to paying the same, and by the 
 same name to sue and be sued, to prosecute and defend, im- 
 plead and be impleaded, in any court of law or equity, and 
 generally to transact all business concerning the premises or 
 incidentally necessary to ensure full success to said College ; 
 and to hold, enjoy, and exercise all such powers, authorities, 
 and jurisdictions, as are customary in other like institutions in 
 this State. 
 
 Section 4. — The said trustees shall cause a common seal to 
 be made for the use of the said corporation and college, with Of Common 
 such devices and inscriptions thereon as are suitable for the Seal, 
 same in their judgment, by which all deeds and other instru- 
 ments of writing, diplomas, certificates, and other acts of said 
 corporation and College shall pass and be authenticated, and 
 said seal to break, alter, and replace at their pleasure. 
 
 Section 5. — The first meeting of said trustees shall be con- 
 vened in the City of Lancaster, on the requisition of any seven 
 of their members, and notice of ten days to each ; and there- Annual 
 after their meeting shall be annual at each college commence- Meeting. 
 ment, on similar notice, to be given by the President or Secre- 
 tary, to transact the business of said corporation and college, to 
 enact by-laws not repugnant to the constitution and laws of the By-Laws. 
 United States or of this State, to appoint the principal and pro- 
 fessors of said college, and determine their number, duties, and anS°removal 
 compensation; to remove said functionaries for incompetency, of professors, 
 misconduct or other sufficient cause, to provide in conference 
 with its faculty proper rewards for merit, and punishments for i>resident. 
 violation of its rules, regulations and by-laws on the part of 
 students and subordinate officers ; to elect their President, Secretary. 
 Secretary, and Treasurer, and such other officers and agents as Treasurer, 
 are usual in other colleges ; to appoint committees for carrying 
 into execution their resolutions, and generally to do all other 
 matters and things which though not here enumerated may be ^™™' ^*'®- 
 necessary to secure the full success and well being of said in- 
 stitution. 
 
 Section G. — The Trustees may adjourn their meetings, and 
 also may hold special meetings whenever the President and Special meet- 
 Secretary, and on their disagreement or neglect a majority of c"necl. ^^ 
 the faculty, shall require it, for the transaction of any distinct 
 business or ordering of any distinct matter concerning said Col- ^. 
 lege, either at Lancaster or other convenient place ; but in such spedal^Busi*^ 
 case notice of the business or matter to be done, as well as the ness to be gi- 
 time and place of meeting, shall be given ten days beforehand y^^^ ^^^ ^^y« 
 to each member of the board. Deiorenana. 
 
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 vacamies SiEGTioiS'7;-^intiieroomaB^ instead -ofiTpusteej? TKbo shall 
 how filled, die^ resign, "or otherwise create vacancies,, the remaining: Trus- 
 tees shall Bisect others at the next annaial meeting,; or, at a spe- 
 cial meeting, to'be called for that purpose in "m'anner aforesaid, 
 and thus' perpetual succession in the Board of Trustees and 
 the, coa-p oration shall he kept up and preserved,' with the-pow- 
 'ers, rights, immunities, :and duties, Iprovidedfo* in'this charter; 
 and -if -any metnber of the Boar<} of "Trustees shall fail- to attend 
 -three succesive annual meetings thereof, his seat may be vacat- 
 ed by said board, if by them deemed expedient. 
 
 Section 8. — The Principal of said College and its Professors, 
 who may from time to time be multiplied to any number, for 
 the purpose of giving instrviction in any of the liberal arts and 
 sciences and other useful learning, or a majority of them, for 
 
 The Faculty the time being, shall constitute the Faculty of the same, and 
 
 anditspower gj^g^l^ as such have power to enforce the rules and regulations 
 adopted by the Trustees for its government, and that of its stu- 
 dents and subordinate officers, and to grant by order and con- 
 sent of the Board of Trustees, or a quorum thereof, such de- 
 grees in the said arts and sciences or other useful learning to 
 students of said College and others, who by their proficiency in 
 learning, or other distinction, shall be adjudged entitled to them, 
 as have been usually granted in other Colleges or Universities 
 in America or Europe, and to grant to said students entitled 
 thereto, diplomas or certificates to perpetuate the memory of 
 their graduation or other distinction, in all which cases the 
 same shall be authenticated by the common seal of said corpo- 
 ration. 
 
 German Pro- Sfction 9. — There shall be in said College one or more Ger- 
 
 fessorship. man Professorships. 
 
 Section 10. — That whenever the intent in any gift, grant, 
 device, or bequest, to or from said corporation to make the same 
 shall sufficiently appear, no misnomer shall defeat such intent, 
 nor shall any omission or neglect of the Trustees to meet at the 
 time and place appointed for business, affect this charter or 
 work its forfeiture, but in such case another meeting may be 
 called by any member of the Board giving ten days notice for 
 that purpose. 
 
 Section 11. — The charters of the Franklin College and of 
 Marshall College aforesaid, shall be and severally remain in 
 fall force and virtue until they shall severally have collected all 
 obligations due them, and have severally conveyed their pro- 
 perty, real, personal, and mixed, subject to the subsequent pro- 
 visions of this act, as far as relates to the real estate of Marshall 
 College, to Franklin and Marshall College aforesaid, for the use, 
 benefit, and behoof of the said Franklin and Marshall College, 
 and thenceforth the said charters of Franklin College and Mar- 
 shall College shall be null and void. 
 
Akd whereas, By the above recited act, the Governor of this 
 Commonwealth is authorized and required to issue his letters 
 patent, under the Seal of the State in the manner and at the 
 time therein specified. 
 
 And whereas, The stipulations, conditions and things in 
 the said act, directed to be performed, have in all respects been 
 fully complied with. ,, , 'r ^t 
 
 Now KNOW TE, That -oh pursuance Hi thepo^er, and authority 
 to me by law given, I, William Bigler, Governor of the said 
 Commonwealth, do by these presents, whieh I have caused to 
 be made patent and sealed with the Seal of the State, establish 
 and declare the above named trustees, and their successors in 
 office, to be one body politic and corporate with perpetual suc- 
 cession in deed anc^ in.kw by . tjn^ name', style and'tiftle of ' 
 «' FrankUn and Marshall Cbflege..'^^'^.,' - ;^ / ; m r^ ' v ^ '^l 
 
 And by the said name the' trustees aforesaid^ and' their s\lc-'' 
 cessors in office, shall have all the privileges and franchises 
 incident to a corporation, and the trustees aforesaid, and their 
 successors and assigns are- geheipally to.be ihWsted with all the 
 rights, powers and privileges with full force and effect, and to 
 be subject to all the duties, requisites and restrictions, specified 
 and enjoined in and by the said act of the General Assemblj'', 
 and all other laws of this Commonwealth. 
 
 Given under my hand and the great seal of the State at 
 Harrisburg, this twenty-first day of December, in the year of 
 our Lord one thousand eight hundred and fifty-two, and of the 
 Commonwealth the Seventy-Seventh. 
 
 By the Governor : 
 
 F. W. HUGHES, 
 Secretary of the Commonwealth. 
 
 Q \ J fVLA- 
 
BY-LAWS 
 
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 ADOPTED, AUGUST, 1853. 
 
 ARTICLE L^Meetings of the Board. 
 
 Sec. 1. — The annual meetings of this Board shall be at 
 the time of each College commencement ; and a semi-annu- 
 al meeting shall be held at the close of the first session of 
 each year. 
 
 Sec. 2. — Special and adjourned meetings may be held 
 whenever the President and Secretary, or on their disagree- 
 ment or neglect, a majority of the Faculty may require it, 
 but in such cases the 6th Section of the Charter shall be 
 duly observed. 
 
 Sec. 3. — If a less number than a legal quorum, (which 
 is 15,) shall be convened at any time on notice duly given, 
 the members present may appoint another time of meeting. 
 
 ARTICLE 11.-^ Officers of the Board, 
 
 The Officers of the Board shall be a President, two Vice 
 Presidents, a Recording and Corresponding Secretary, and 
 a Treasurer. There shall also be an Executive or Finance 
 Committee, consisting of nine persons who shall be elected 
 at each auuual meeting of the Board. 
 
ARTICLE llL—0/t7ie President and Vice Presidents. 
 
 Sec. 1. — The President when present at a meeting, shall 
 take the chair at the time appointed, cause the meeting to be 
 opened with prayer ; he shall decide all questions of order, 
 subject to an appeal from his decision, regularly made and 
 seconded, appoint all committees, except when otherwise or- 
 dered ; in case of an equal division on any question he shall 
 decide the same by his casting vote, unless excused by the 
 Board ; and shall attend to all other business ordinarily be- 
 longing to his office. 
 
 Sec. 2. — The Vice Presidents, when present, shall take 
 seats near the President. In the absence of the President, 
 one of the Vice Presidents shall take his place and perform 
 his duties; and in case neither President nor Vice President 
 shall be present at a meeting, the Board may call any one 
 of its members to occupy his place ^ro tern. 
 
 ARTICLE IV.— Of the Recording Secretary. 
 
 Sec. 1. — The Recording Secretary shall have charge of 
 the papers of the Board, subject to their orders ; shall file 
 and preserve them carefully; shall keep a regular and fair 
 record of all its proceedings ; shall give the required notices 
 of all meetings, notify new members of their elections, and 
 new officers of their appointment, and perform all the duties 
 usually belonging to his office. 
 
 ARTICLE V. — Of the Corresponding Secretary. 
 
 This Secretary shall conduct the Correspondence of the 
 Board, make all necessary public announcements in its behalf, 
 and aid the Recording Secretary in serving notices, when such 
 aid is needed— and requested. 
 
 ARTICLE Yl.— Of the Treasurer. 
 
 Sec. 1. — The Treasurer shall receive, and keep a regular 
 and full account of all the monies of the Board; and invest 
 or disburse the same under the general direction of the Board 
 and their Finance Committee. 
 
 Sec. 2. — No money shall at any time be paid away or 
 loaned by the Treasurer, except on an order for the purpose 
 
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 signed by the Chairman of the Finance Committee and the 
 Secretary of the Board ; and this order shall be to him, at 
 a)l times, a sufficient voucher for the will of the Board. 
 
 Sec. 3. — The Treasurer shall form a current fund, out of 
 Tuition and other Fees collected from the Students, interest 
 on investments, and such other appropriations as the Board 
 and Executive committee may see fit, from time to time, to 
 make towards this object; from this fund he shall pay the 
 regular salaries of the Professors and other current expen- 
 ses of the institution on proper order. No bill shall be ac- 
 cepted and paid by the Treasurer of the Board that has not 
 been first audited by the Finance Commttee, and ordered in 
 the proper way. 
 
 Sec. 4. — If, at any time, a surpluss shall remain of the 
 current fund after the ordinary expenses shall have been paid, 
 the Treasurer shall immediately notify the Chairman of the 
 Executive Committee thereof, and shall urge its proper in- 
 vestment. 
 
 Sec. 5. — The Treasurer shall give bond with, at least, two 
 sufficient sureties, or real security in the sum of not less than 
 Twenty Thousand Dollars for the faithful discharge of his 
 duties. 
 
 Sec. 6. — At each annual meeting of the Board, and at 
 any other time if called upon by the Board, or the Executive, 
 or Finance Committees, the Treasurer shall report in form 
 the state of the Treasury, exhibiting the amount of monies 
 received and disbursed of each distinct fund, since the date 
 of his previous report. Each report shall be accompanied 
 by the proper vouchers, and shall be with these carefully 
 inspected and compared by an auditing committee before it 
 shall be adopted by the Board and recorded on its minutes. 
 
 Sec. 7. — The Treasurer shall require the Faculty to ap- 
 point from among their number a Treasurer whose duty it 
 shall be to receive, at the opening of each session, all monies 
 paid for tuition, expenses, janitor's fees and fines, and to hand 
 over the same to the Treasurer of the Board, to be placed in 
 the current fund. 
 
 ARTICLE VII. — Of the Executive & Finance Committee. 
 Sec. 1.— This committee shall consist of nine members 
 
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 including the Eecording Secretary and the Treasurer of the 
 Board. The Chairman of the committee shall be appointed 
 by the Board j but, if a vacancy occur, the committee shall 
 appoint a temporary chairman until the next meeting of the 
 Board. The committee shall, at each meeting of the Board 
 lay the record of their proceedings upon the table for the 
 inspection of the Board. 
 
 Sec. 2. — The Executive (Committee shall be the Finance 
 Committee of the Board ; shall carry out all its orders ; 
 manage all its funds and property, and superintend all its 
 investments, disbursements and appropriations, under the 
 direction and supervision of the Board ; and shall co-operate 
 with the Faculty in maintaining good order and promoting 
 good behaviour in the institution. 
 
 Sec, 3.— Any funds donated or appropriated for the per- 
 manent endowment of the institution, shall, under no cir- 
 cumstances be devoted to any other purpose. 
 
 Sec. 4. — The committee shall, invariably audit all bills 
 before they order the Treasurer to pay to any claimant. 
 
 Sec. 5. — Wherever deemed expedient, the committee may 
 order a special meeting of the Board to be called to attend 
 to important and urgent business. 
 
 ARTICLE Ylll.— Of the Election of Officers. 
 
 Sec. 1. — The officers shall be elected annually ; and the 
 election shall be viva voce, unless otherwise ordered by two- 
 thirds of the members present. 
 
 Sec. 2. — The Officers and the Finance Committee shall be 
 always chosen from members of the Board ; but, the Treas- 
 urer may be selected from without the Board, if, at any time, 
 it be deemed expedient. 
 
 AETICLE IS..— Of the Order of Business. 
 
 Sec. 1. — Each meeting shall be opened with prayer. Then 
 the roll shall be called, and all the members present at any 
 meeting, shall be noted and recorded. 
 
 Sec. 2. — The minutes of the preceding meeting shall be 
 read, corrected and approved ; and the minutes of the last 
 session of each meeting shall be read and corrected before the 
 Board adjourns sine die. 
 
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 Sec. 3. — All letters, petitions, memorials, remonstrances 
 and accompanying documents, shall be handed in and disposed 
 of, in such a way as the case may require. 
 
 Sec. 4. — Items of unfinished business shall be considered 
 and disposed of; and reports of committees shall be received 
 and acted upon. 
 
 Sec. 5. — All adopted reports, the Secretary shall file, and 
 when ordered by the Board shall record them on the min- 
 utes. 
 
 Sec. 6. — Business relating to Rules, regulations, and or- 
 dinances of the college ; and, the punishments shall be called 
 up and attended to. 
 
 Sec. 7.- — Business referring to the organization and affairs 
 of the Faculty, and the general interests of the institution, 
 shall be deliberated upon. 
 
 Sec. 8. — Elections shall take place, whether of ofiicers, or 
 of new members of the Board to fill vacancies. 
 
 Sec. 9. — Miscellanious business shall be allowed. 
 
 Sec. 10. — The Presiding officer shall call up the business 
 according to these Lemmata. 
 
 ARTICLE X.-O/ Motions. 
 
 Sec. 1.— No motion shall be received by the President, 
 or debated, until it is seconded, and given in writing. 
 
 Sec. 2 When a question is under debate, no motion 
 
 shall be in order, except to adjourn, to amend, to lay on 
 the table, to allow the question to be withdrawn, to take 
 the previous question, to postpone or to commit; and any 
 question may be divided, if it can be formed into parts, if 
 required by any member ; in which case each part shall be 
 acted upon separately. 
 
 Sec. 3. — Motions to adjourn, to lay on the table, for 
 leave to withdraw, or for the previous question shall be 
 taken without debate. 
 
 Sec. 4. — A motion to adjourn shall always be in order. 
 
 SeC. 5. — A motion to reconsider shall be in order, if 
 made and seconded by members having the majority in the 
 previous vote at the same meeting, or not later than the 
 next following meeting. 
 
 Sec. 6. — When blanks are to be filled up, the question 
 
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 shall be taken first on the largest sum, highest number, and 
 remotest day. 
 
 Sec. 7. — At the request of any two members, the yeas, 
 and nays shall be ordered on any question, and recorded on 
 the minutes. In such case the members shall be called 
 upon in alphabetical order, and the presiding officer shall 
 vote last. 
 
 ARTICLE XL— Of Debates. 
 
 Sec. 1. — Every member about to speak, shall rise and 
 address the chair in a respectful manner; shall confine him- 
 self to the question under debate ; and shall observe all 
 proper courtesy and decorum in his remarks. 
 
 Sec. 2. — No member shall speak more than twice on the 
 same question without permission from the Board. And 
 when any one shall be called to order by the President, he 
 shall at once take his seat, unless permitted by the chair 
 to explain. A member refusing to regard the rules, shall 
 be liable to censure by the Board. 
 
 Sec. 3. — When two or more members shall rise at the 
 same time, the President shall name the one who shall 
 speak first. 
 
 Sec. 4. — On questions of appeal, no member shall be 
 allowed to speak more than once ; and with regard to points 
 of order the President shall have the preference when he 
 rises in his seat. 
 
 ARTICLE Xll.— Miscellaneous RtiUs. 
 
 Sec. 1. — Any article or rule of this code of By-Laws 
 may be suspended, altered, or amended, at any annual 
 meeting, by a vote of two-thirds of the members present. 
 
TRUSTEES 
 OF FMNKLIN AND MARSHALL COLLEGE, 
 
 His Excellency Wm. Bigler, Gov. 
 
 of Pennsylvania, Ex-Ofl&cio. 
 Rev. John W. Nevin, D D, 
 William Heyser, 
 Barnard Wolff, . 
 George Besore, . 
 Rev. John C. Bucher, 
 George Z. Kunkel, 
 Daniel W. Gross, 
 Rudolph F. Kelker, . 
 Rev. John F. Mesick, D.D, 
 Hon. Luther Reily, M. D., 
 Gen. David Middlekauf, 
 Rev. Thos. H. Leinbach, 
 Rev. William A. Good, 
 Philip Zieber, 
 John P. Hiester, M. D., 
 Samuel Wagner, , 
 
 Hon. David Krause, . 
 Gen. Wm. Schall, 
 Rev. John R. Kooken, 
 Wm. Mayburry, M. D., 
 Charles H. Bibighaus, M. D 
 John G. Alberger, 
 John W. Gloninger, M. D., 
 John W. Killinger, Esq., 
 John Krause, 
 John Heilman, . 
 Hon. Jas. Buchanan, LL. D. 
 John L. Atlee, M. D., . 
 James L. Reynolds, Esq., 
 Emanuel C. Reigart, Esq. 
 Rev. Samuel Bowman, D. D. 
 
 POST OFFICE ADDRESS. 
 
 Mercer sburg, 
 Chamhersburg. 
 
 Waynesboro' 
 
 Carlisle, 
 
 Harrisburg, 
 
 Cashtown, 
 
 Myerstown. 
 
 Reading, 
 
 York, 
 Norristown, 
 
 Franklin Co. Pa. 
 
 Cumberland 
 Dauphin 
 
 Adams 
 Berks 
 
 York 
 Montgomery 
 
 Philadelphia, 
 
 Lebanon, [Lebanon Co. 
 
 Lancaster, 
 
 Lancaster 
 
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 POST OFFICE ADDRESS. 
 
 Hon. Benj. Cbampneys, LL. D., Lancaster, \ Lancaster Co. Pa 
 
 Rev. B. Keenan, . 
 
 Christopher Hager, 
 
 Daniel Heitshu, . 
 
 David Longenecker, . 
 
 Christian Gast, . 
 
 John Bausman, . 
 
 Philip K. Breneman, . 
 
 Rev. N. A. Keyes, 
 
 Clement B. Grubb, 
 
 Hon. Henry G. Long, . 
 
 Robert McClure, 
 
 N. EUmaker, Esq., 
 
 Rev. H. Harbaugh, 
 
 Abm. W. Russel, 
 
 Hon. Jos. Konigmacher, 
 
 Hon. Wm. Hiester, 
 
 Col. Isaac Myers, 
 
 Rev. J. H. A. Bomberger, D. D., 
 
 J. P. Hetrich, . 
 
 Hon. George C. Welker, 
 
 Jacob Myers, 
 
 Rev. Elias Heiner, D. D., 
 
 Rev. Bernard C. Wolff, D. D 
 
 John Rodenmayer, 
 
 David Zellers, 
 
 George Shaffer, . 
 
 Rev. D. Zacharias, D. D. 
 
 Ephrata, 
 Nexo Holland, 
 Fort Clinton, 
 Easton, 
 
 Sunbury, 
 
 Martinshurg, 
 
 Baltimore, 
 
 \IIagersVn, 
 
 \Funkstoto7ij 
 
 [Frederick, 
 
 Schuylkill 
 Northampton 
 
 [Northumberland 
 
 Va. 
 Md. 
 
 Washington co. 
 Frederick " 
 
IlliWm °^ CONGRESS 
 
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