18th century thumb|Waidner-Spahr Library The Carlisle Grammar School was founded in 1773 as a frontier Latin school for young men in Western Pennsylvania. Within years Carlisle's elite, such as James Wilson and John Montgomery, were pushing for the development of the school as a college. In 1782, Benjamin Rush, a physician who was a prominent leader during and after the American Revolution, met in Philadelphia with Montgomery and William Bingham, a prominent businessman and politician. As their conversation about founding a frontier college in Carlisle took place on his porch, "Bingham's Porch" was long a rallying cry at Dickinson.
18th century thumb|Waidner-Spahr Library The Carlisle Grammar School was founded in 17.73 as a frontier Latin school for young men in Western Pennsylvania Within years Carlisle's elite, such as James, Wilson and John Montgomery, were pushing for the development of the school as a college. In 1782 Benjamin Rush, a physician who was a prominent leader during and after the American Revolution, met in Philadelphia, with Montgomery and William Bingham a prominent businessman and politician. As their conversation about founding a frontier college in Carlisle took place on his porch, "Bingham's Porch" was long a rallying cry at Dickinson.