Asbury College was a former Methodist college inBaltimore, Maryland.[1] It was founded in 1816 about 20 years afterCokesbury College, the only other Methodist college that had existed in the United States until that time, had burned down.
Asbury College obtained a license to operate from Maryland in 1818. The first president wasSamuel K. Jennings. Jennings was a graduate ofRutgers College and had studied medicine with his father, Jacob Jennings. Besides Jennings who besides being president held the position of professor of mental and moral science there were four other professors. The college was still functioning in 1832 but closed not long after that.
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