"These constitutions drawn up by Franklin and Attorney General Tench Francis at the request of the first Board of Trustees formed the government for operating the newly established academy and charity school in Philadelphia, proposed and nurtured by B[enjamin] F[ranklin], and finally opened to students on Jan. 7, 1751."--Miller.

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Dated: Nov. 13, 1749.

Signatures: [A]².

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