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==Founding and early leadership==
[[File:John McMillan portrait 1820s.jpg|thumb|right|140px|One of the three college founders, John McMillan]]
Washington & Jefferson College originates from three log cabin colleges established by John McMillan, Thaddeus Dod, and Joseph Smith, Presbyterian missionaries to the [[American frontier]] in the 1780s.<ref name=banners>Coleman 1956 pp. 4–7</ref> John McMillan came to present-day Washington County in 1775 and built his college in 1780 near his church in [[Chartiers Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania|Chartiers]], where he taught a mixture of college-level students and elementary students.<ref name=banners /> Thaddeus Dod built his college in [[Amwell Township, Washington County, Pennsylvania|Lower Ten Mile]] in 1781, teaching mathematics and the [[classics]].<ref name=wickersham>{{Cite book| last = Wickersham| first = James| title = A History of Education in Pennsylvania, Private and Public, Elementary and Higher| publisher = Inquirer Publishing Company| year = 1886| location = Lancaster, Pennsylvania| pages =
In 1787, Washington Academy was officially chartered, and Thaddeus Dod was named the first principal on January 20, 1789, a position he held until July 1790.<ref>Coleman 1956 p. 21</ref><ref>Coleman 1956 pp. 28–29</ref> He was succeeded by David Johnson, who left for Canonsburg in July 1791.<ref name=banners32>Coleman 1956 p. 32</ref> While the Washington Academy Board of Trustees still met during the period of unrest following the [[Whiskey Act]] and the subsequent [[Whiskey Rebellion]], educational activities at the academy were essentially at a standstill.<ref>Coleman 1956 pp. 34–35</ref> James Dobbins took control of the school between 1796 and 1801.<ref name=banners43>Coleman 1956 p. 43</ref> Benjamin Mills followed, serving as principal from 1801 to 1805.<ref name=banners32 /> In 1806, [[Matthew Brown (college president)|Matthew Brown]] began his term that would end later that year with the chartering of Washington College.<ref name=banners43 />
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==References==
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*{{Cite book| last =Coleman | first =Helen Turnbull Waite| title = Banners in the Wilderness: The Early Years of Washington and Jefferson College| publisher = University of Pittsburgh Press| year= 1956| url = https://archive.org/details/bannersinthewild012852mbp| oclc = 2191890|pages=
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