“I think the deans are getting a kick outta this… America didn’t have enough scholars or people of high society at that time period to make a college larger than a small schoolhouse. They barely made ends meet because of the high taxes from Britain. They were still just colonies. The war later that century didn’t help matters.”

With a grumble, Rebecca put the history book back, annoyed that she wasted valuable study time on something that was clearly fictional.