ed by the Rt. Rev. James Kemp, D.D.]

[Footnote 17: Acts of 1813, ch. 125; 1814, ch. 78.]

[Footnote 18: Act of 1821, ch. 88.]

[Footnote 19: Act of 1825, ch. 190.]

[Footnote 20: Act of 1803, ch. 74.]

[Footnote 21: Scharf, _Chron. of Baltimore_, p. 294.]

[Footnote 22: Act of 1830, ch. 50.]

[Footnote 23: Lucas, _Picture of Baltimore_, p. 170.]

[Footnote 24: Act of 1882, ch. 88.]

[Footnote 25: Stevens' _History of Methodism_, II, 253.]

[Footnote 26: Some account of Cokesbury. MSS. of Rev. Wm. Hamilton.]

[Footnote 27: _Early Schools of Methodism_, p. 21.]

[Footnote 28: MSS. of Rev. I.P. Cook.]

[Footnote 29: Strickland's _Asbury_, p. 163.]

[Footnote 30: Methodist Discipline, 1789, p. 40.]

[Footnote 31: _Asbury's Journal_, Vol. I, p. 523.]

[Footnote 32: II Kings, 4: 40.]

[Footnote 33: _Journal_, December 5, 1791.]

[Footnote 34: _Early Schools of Methodism_, p. 31.]

[Footnote 35: _Journal_, November 21, 1794.]

[Footnote 36: Act of 1794, ch. 21.]

[Footnote 37: Rev. Mr. Hamilton's MSS.]

[Footnote 38: _Journal_, January 5, 1796.]

[Footnote 39: _Journal_, 1796.]

[Footnote 40: Act of 1817, ch. 144.]

[Footnote 41: Sprague, _Annals of American Pulpit_, VII, 279.]

[Footnote 42: _History of the M.E. Church_, Vol. III.]

[Footnote 43: _Niles' Register_, February 20, 1819.]

[Footnote 44: Act of 1832, ch. 199.]

[Footnote 45: _Life of Bishop Kerfoot_, by Rev. Hall Harrison.]

[Footnote 46: Act of 1844, ch. 272.]

[Footnote 47: MSS. of Fr. G.E. Viger.]

[Footnote 48: Act of 1830, ch. 50.]

[Footnote 49: MSS. of Rev. G.E. Viger.]

[Footnote 50: Act of 1865, ch. 10.]

[Footnote 51: Lewis, _Outline of Western Maryland College_.]

[Footnote 52: MSS. of Pres. W.H. Hopkins.]

THE JOHNS HOPKINS UNIVERSITY

(1876-1891).

BY DANIEL C. GILMAN.

FOUNDATION.

The year 1876 is commonly taken as the date of the foundation of the
Johns Hopkins University, as in that year its doors were opened for the
reception of students. On the twenty-second of February the plans of the
University were publicly made known, and consequently "Washington's
Birthday" has since been observed as an anniversary or commemoration
day. But in reality the Trustees were organized nine years before. The
founder, Johns Hopkins, as he saw the end of life approaching (although
he continued in active business for several years afterwards),
determined to bestow a large part of his fortune upon two inst