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PJ.783.061
16 Jul 1783:11, 12 (1608)
Baltimore, (Maryland) July 4. By some delay or mistake in
the water conveyance, the following did not come to our
hands till two days ago, viz.
Chester, in the state of Maryland, May 16, 1783.
On Wednesday last, the 14th instant, was held the first
commencement in Washington College, for degrees in the arts
and sciences; which presented a scene not only new and
interesting to the inhabitants of this shore, but of the
state in general. [4 paragraphs]
In the evening of the same day, Dr. Young's Tragedy of the
Brothers, notwithstanding the difficulty of the composition,
was acted with the great applause before a vastly crouded
and discerning audience, by the graduates and some other of
the students. Messrs. Charles Smith and John Scott, who had
before distinguished themselves in Tamerlane and Bajazet, as
well as in some principal characters in other performances,
during the last year of their education, concluded their
scholastic labours in this way, by shining the characters of
the two brothers!
The day following (viz. on Thursday, May 15th) . . . The
performances being too long, perhaps, to insert at large, we
give a few lines from the beginning and conclusion.-------
When Athens flourished with the Grecian reign,
And chiefs and heros liv'd--a Godlike train!
When by her arms each neighbouring state was sway'd,
And Kings an homage to her warriors paid
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