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From: "George Latta" <>
Subject: RE: [LATTA] Diploma Awarded to James Latta in 1757......College of Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania)
Date: Tue, 21 Dec 2004 13:44:33 -0800
In-Reply-To: <006401c4e780$7255eb00$88bf1018@yourxhtr8hvc4p>

Hi Connie,

I made a copy of the site text that the Diploma was on... They did the
converting.

George

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From: Connie [mailto:]
Sent: Tuesday, December 21, 2004 9:13 AM
To:
Subject: Re: [LATTA] Diploma Awarded to James Latta in 1757......College of
Philadelphia (now the University of Pennsylvania)

Are we converting the Latin Jacobum Latta to James Latta? Why isn't it
Jacob?

Connie

> If anyone is interested, I seen the scan of the Diploma at;
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> http://www.archives.upenn.edu/img/mscol/upp/lattadiploma.html
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> University Archives and Records Center
> University of Pennsylvania
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> A.B. Diploma Awarded to James Latta in 1757, one of the first diplomas
> awarded by the College of Philadelphia (now the University of
> Pennsylvania)
> and therefore one of the first diplomas awarded by the University of
> Pennsylvania School of Arts and Sciences
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> [Translation of original Latin text]
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> To all to whom these letters happen to come, greeting. We the Provost the
> Vice-Provost and Professors of the College and Academy of Philadelphia
> witness that James Latta, an honest and ingenious youth has spent his time
> happily among us [in studies of] humane letters, philosophy, and rhetoric
> and after having completed his course of study, he was summoned to
> examination within our hall in the presence of our Trustees and many other
> most worthy citizens and he proved himself abundantly well versed enough
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> all of these aforementioned studies that by command of the Trustees at a
> Public Commencement held on the 17th Day of May in the year 1757, he was
> admitted to the grade of Bachelor. In testimony whereof the greater seal
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> this College and Academy are on these letters affixed and to them we have
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> William Smith, Provost of the College and Academy; Francis Alison,
> Vice-Provost of the College and Rector of the Academy; Ebenezer
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> Professor of Rhetoric and the English Language; Theophilus Grew, Professor
> of Mathematics; Paul Jackson, Professor of Languages.
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> Calligrapher: Unknown
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> Date: 1757
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> Medium: facsimile of original ink on vellum
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> University Archives, The University of Pennsylvania
> Diploma Collection, Map Case 46-1.1
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> Digital Reference: 20030718001
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