1854 Meyer print GIRARD COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA, #3

Description: Universum16_03 1854 Meyer print GIRARD COLLEGE, PHILADELPHIA, #3 Nice print titled Girard-College in Philadelphia, from steel engraving with fine detail and clear impression, approx. page size is 23 x 15 cm, approx. image size is 15.5 x 10.5 cm. Print was published in Germany in Meyer's Universum by Bibliographic Institute Hildburghausen. Girard College Girard College is a private philanthropic boarding school on a 43 acre (170,000 m2) campus in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania in the United States. The school is for academically capable students, grades 1 through 12, and grants full scholarships to eligible students from families with limited financial resources, headed by a single parent or guardian. History Girard College was founded in 1833 and opened on January 1, 1848 under provisions of the will of financier Stephen Girard, who acquired his wealth as a sea captain and was possibly the wealthiest man in America at the time of his death in 1831. Originally instituted for the education of poor white orphan boys, the school now welcomes girls and boys of all races. The term "orphan" does appear in the Will. However, in 1831, a mother who became a widow did not have rights and resources, and guardians were often appointed. In reality, Girard operated as a school for boys who were fatherless as a result of death of the father, and were not children with no living parents or guardians, such as may become the wards of orphanages. Therefore, the use of the term "orphans" as the 20th century progressed and women achieved full and equal rights and status including the right to vote, became erroneous as a term of reference for Girard students, who, up to the 1960s changes, were fatherless by means of death. Girard, Stephen born May 20, 1750, Bordeaux, France died December 26, 1831, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S. American financier and philanthropist whose purchase of government bonds during the War of 1812 provided economic support for continuation of U.S. military campaigns. Girard shipped out to sea at the age of 14 and by 1774 was captain of a ship involved in U.S. coastal trade with the West Indies. Stymied by British blockades of U.S. seaports during the Revolutionary War (1775–83), he settled in Philadelphia but resumed maritime trading after the war. He developed a worldwide trading fleet and scrupulously efficient business methods that laid the foundation of his fortune. In 1812 he bought out the first Bank of the United States, after its charter had expired. He renamed it the Bank of Stephen Girard, which became known as the “sheet anchor” of government credit during the War of 1812. Toward the end of the war, when U.S. credit was at its lowest ebb, his subscription for 95 percent of the government war loan issue enabled the United States to carry on the war. Subsequently he was one of Philadelphia's most noted civic leaders. Girard bequeathed nearly his entire fortune to social welfare institutions, including an endowment for a Philadelphia college for male orphans, founded as the Stephen Girard College in 1833.

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