Statistics for occurrence #1 of “United States” in alphabetic letter pos=21, entry group 1, entry union-college of Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History:
...titution of learning in Schenectady, N. Y.; established by several Christian sects in 1795, owing to which fact it received its corporate name.
It was the first non-sectarian college founded in the United States .
In 1873 the Dudley Observatory, the Albany Medical College, and the Albany Law School were united to the college, which was then renamed Union University.
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