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From: Debbie <>
Subject: [NewCastle] St.Mary's College, Wilmington, DE 1850's
Date: Tue, 1 Jul 2003 15:20:55 -0400
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Well, you didn't tell us when he was born. That would help put this
into perspective. And he would have had to get his medical degree,
after college, from a Medical School. I've never heard of a St. Mary's
College in Wilmington but I did a google.com search for: "st mary's
college" +wilmington
and found, among others:

http://www.msmary.edu/

Mount St. Mary's College. This is a Catholic College and Seminary in
Baltimore, MD. Founded in 1808.

http://www.smcm.edu/

St. Mary's College of Maryland. Non-sectarian. Founded 1840 as a
women's seminary and "the occasional male day-student."

http://www.famousamericans.net/williamhypolituskeating/

"William Valentine, physician, born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, 4
April, 1823, was graduated at St. Mary's college, Baltimore, in 1840,
and, after receiving his medical degree at the University of
Pennsylvania in 1844, began to practice in Philadelphia."

http://www.virtualology.com/allanmclane/

"born in Wilmington, Delaware, 23 June, 1815, after attending a private
school in his native city (Wilmington) and St. Mary's college,
Baltimore..."

I again searched google.com and for: "seton hall" and there were a lot
of hits, including these:

The web page for Seton Hall University in Newark, NJ is:
http://law.shu.edu/

Seems to have been created in 1856. There is a "School of Graduate
Medical Education, whatever that is at: http://gradmeded.shu.edu/

There is a Seton Hall Prep in West Orange, NJ:
"Founded in 1856, Seton Hall is the oldest Catholic college preparatory
school in New Jersey. The Prep provides an academically demanding
environment to approximately 900 young men from a diverse spectrum of
over 105 towns in the northern part of New Jersey."

So it seems both colleges are still in existence, one in MD, the other
in NJ.
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On Tuesday, July 1, 2003, at 12:58 PM, Linda McDowell wrote:

> Hi Listers,
>
> I'm new to the list. I have copies of several pages from the DE
> Genealogical Society Journal (October 1986). One appears to be a
> reproduction of the cover of the 1850 commencement program of 1st
> Mary's College, Wilmington, Delaware.
>
> The next page has a catalogue of students, 1857-8 which was prepared
> for a 1961 thesis, from the schools records. A Henry FIRTH is among
> the names.
>
> The Henry FIRTH that I am researching was a doctor in New York. Henry
> has not been found in the New York Census of 1850 but he is there in
> 1860.
>
> My question is:
>
> Did St. Mary's College teach medicine?
>
> There is a hand written note that says: St Mary's evolved into Seton
> Hall University (Catholic). Does Seton Hall still exist?
>
> Thank you for your time.
>
> Linda McDowell in California
>

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