A curriculum was drawn up, and Hamlin insisted that English should be the language of instruction. Robert agreed to carry the greates part of the financial burden while Hamlin was to raise funds in the United States and take over the responsibilty of founding the college. Subsequent meetings of these two men, oddly enough both of Huguenot descent, brought about the founding of the oldest American College outside of the United States. His curiousity aroused, he found out that this bread had been baked by Cyrus Hamlin for the wounded British soldiers hospitalized at the Selimiye Barracks near Uskudar. As Robert's steamer was pulling into the Port of Istanbul, he noticed a boat full of delicious looking white bread. He met Mr.Robert in 1856 during the Crimean War. Cyrus Hamlin, an ingenious New Englander of versatile talents, came to Turkey in 1839 to start a seminary for boys where he taught until 1860.
