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304 and Priests on the I5th of the same month by the Bishop of London. Returning, Magaw was a missionary of the Society for the Propagation of the Gospel in Foreign Parts at Dover and its vicinity, Delaware. He became Rector of St. Paul's Church, Philadelphia, in January 1781, in which duty he con- tinued until 1804 when he was succeeded by Dr. Pilmore. He was elected Vice-Provost of the University of the State of Pennsylvania in 1782, but his functions ceased when the merger was made into the University of Pennsylvania, in 1791, Dr. Andrews then becoming Vice-Provost and Provost in 1910. Dr. Magaw took an active part in the various Assemblies of his Church in Pennsylvania, in Conventions and Societies ; and held a conspicuous place in all their deliberations ; and pub- lished some Sermons, one of which was preached at the open- ing of St. Thomas' Church for Colored People in 1794. "In the latter part of his time he became deaf and was retired. He was a man above the average, of great ability and learning." He died I December, 1812. He left behind him a memory of amiability in deportment and faithfulness in the discharge of all his duties. JOHN MORGAN, was born in Philadelphia in 1736. His father was a near neighbor of Franklin's. His early education devel- oped in him a great aptitude to study. He acquired the rudi- ments of his classical learning at the Nottingham Academy of Dr. Finley's, who was afterward President of Princeton College ; and entering as one of the first pupils of the Academy in Phila- delphia he graduated in 1757. During the last year of his attendance here, he pursued his medical studies under Dr. John Redman. Desirous of surgical practice in the field, he was commissioned lieutenant and surgeon of the Provincial Troops, and served against the French and Indians until 1760. Taking his Master's Degree at the College in this year, he went to Europe to pursue yet further his medical studies. He passed some years abroad, attending for two years the Lectures at the University of Edinburgh, taking his degree there in 1763. While in London attending the Lectures of Dr. William Hunter