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Table of Contents

1.	In Brief

2.	History of Franklin College (18th Century)

3.	History of Marshall College (19th Century)

4.	The Merger (1853)

5.	The Civil War Era

6.	The 20th Century

7.	The 21st Century

8.	History of F&M Sports

9.	F&M Presidents

10.	Famous Alumni

11.	External links

	In Brief

	Franklin and Marshall College is a four-year private co-educational liberal arts college in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. It is the 25th oldest college or university in the United States. Since its founding in 1787, Franklin & Marshall has evolved into one of the most celebrated liberal arts colleges in the United States. It employs 175 full-time faculty members and has a student body of approximately 1,850 full-time students. The school is often referred to in the shorthand as F&M; its students are sometimes called "Fummers" [for F&Mers].

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