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The College was now attracting students from the country and other provinces. Indeed, each of the graduating classes thus far had members not natives of Philadelphia, viz : William- son of Chester County, Alison of Lancaster County, Pennsyl- vania ; Keene, Paca, Goldsborough, and Tilghman, of Maryland ; Ogden of New Jersey ; and Hill of North Carolina ; to which might be added Latta and Magaw of Ireland. And concern filled their minds as to the influence upon their prospects should they be unable to assure their friends at a distance of comfort- able quarters for their sons. The subject took form at the Trus- tee's meeting of 10 March, 1761, the same at which the new Rules and Ordinances were affirmed. Some of the Trustees mentioned the Inconveniences arising from the Scholars being boarded at such great Distances and in such different parts of the City as well as the great Expence that Strangers were put to by the late high demands that was made for their Board on account of the rise of Provisions, etc., whereupon it was considered whether it might not be better to have some additional Buildings erected on the Ground belonging to the Academy that might hold a number of the Scholars that came from other Provinces and the West Indies, and put them upon a Collegiate way of living, as is done in the Jersey and New York Colleges. But on inquiring of the Treasurer what might be the state of the Academy Funds and find- ing that they had not beforehand above ^3000. a great part of which was in the hands of the several Managers of the Lotteries, it was dropt for the Present as being utterly inconsistent with our capital. At the meeting of 14 April, only Messrs. Inglis, Stedman, and Duche attending with the President, the subject was the topic of discussion. Dr. Peters regretted the smallness of attendance as it was desirable to make publick the Substance of what passed at the last meeting with respect to a Sett of Buildings for the Lodging and Dieting a Number of Students, as he found it was most heartily desired by a very great Number of respectable People in the City, and as the Town was now full of Officers and Strangers many gave it as their opinion that a Lottery to raise ^2000. for such a use- ful Purpose would soon fill, and the other gentlemen likewise saying that they had heard the same observations made by many People of Credit as well Strangers as Citizens, they had mentioned it occasionally to several of