[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 institutions which he proposed to establish, a University and a Hospital. These establishments were to be managed by separate Boards of Trustees, citizens of Baltimore, whom he selected for their integrity, wisdom, and public spirit. In order that the two Boards might be closely allied, the founder was careful that a majority of the Trustees of one corporation should also be a majority of the Trustees of the other corporation, and in a letter which he left as the final expression of his wishes, he declared it to be his "constant wish and purpose that the Hospital should ultimately form a part of the Medical School of the University." The Hospital was opened for the reception of patients in May, 1889; and a volume which was prepared in the following year by Dr. J.S. Billings, gives a full description of the buildings, with other papers illustrative of the history and purposes of that great charity. But as the Medical School, which is to form the bond of union between the two establishments has not yet been organized, the following statements will only refer to those opportunities which are here provided for the study of science and literature, in the faculty commonly known as the faculty of philosophy and the liberal arts.