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STATE

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OF THE SAY

UNIVERSITIES

AND OF

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The Five adjacent COUNTIES,
of Cambridge, Huntington, Bedford,
Buckingham and Oxford.

By Mr. SALMON, Author of Modern Hiftory,

VOLUME I. Contains,

I. A Defcription of the County
and City of Oxford, and of the
Seats of the Nobility and Gentry.
II. A Description of the Colleges,
and other Publick Buildings in
Oxford.

III. An Abstract of the History of
that Univerfity continued down
to the present Times.

"V. An Account of the Magif-I

trates and Officers in the Uni-
verfity, and the Method of ob-
taining Degrees.

V. An Abftraft of the Royal

Grants, Charters and Acts of
Parliament made in Favour of
the University.

VI. Remarks on University Edu-
cation, and a College Life, with
the Expences attending it.

LONDON:

Printed for the fole Benefit of the AUTHOR, and fold
by J. ROBERTS in Warwick-Lane. 1744.

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VOLUME Į.

HE Introduction.

CHAP. I. Contains a Defcription of the
County of Oxford, the Noblemen and

Gentlemens Seats, Rivers, &c.

Page 5

CHAP. II, Contains a Defcription of the City

of Oxford, and the publick Buildings 25

CHAP. III. Contains a Defcription of the fe-

veral Colleges and Halls at Oxford 45

CHAP. IV. Contains an Abstract of the Hif-

tory of the University of Oxford, brought

down to the Reign of King George I. 104

CHAP. V. Treats of the Oxford Terms; the

Manner of obtaining Degrees, and of the

Magiftrates and Officers of the Univer-

fity

268

CHAP. VI. Treats of the Privileges, Royal

Grants and Acts of Parliament relating

to this Univerfity

297

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