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| | America, historical, statistic, and descriptive. By J. S. Buckingham. : a machine-readable transcription. |
 | | The Girard College, now in the course of erection in the neighbourhood of Philadelphia, will be one of the finest edifices of modern times, as a work of art alone; and a monument of private munificence to the cause of education, such as few countries in the world possess. |
 | | Stephen Girard, the rich banker of Philadelphia, recently deceased, to build this college, for the education of such orphans as were without the means of otherwise obtaining it. |
 | | The Girard College is situated about one and a half miles north-west of the centre of the city, on a tract of land containing forty-five acres; the whole of which was appropriated by Mr. |
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