Letter, 1798 Jul. 24.

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Letter, 1798 Jul. 24.

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Letter to unknown member of the Dartmouth College board of trustees noting the death of Jeremy Belknap and recollecting a favorite aunt.

1 sheet ; 30 x 19 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Belknap, Jeremy, 1744-1798

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Jeremy Belknap was born in Boston on June 4, 1744. He received an AB from Harvard in 1762 and an AM in 1765. He became the minister of the First Congregational Church of Dover, New Hampshire in 1767, and later served as the minister of the Church in Long Lane, Boston. As a historian, Belknap published the History of New Hampshire and American Biography. His work on American Biography encouraged an interest in Harvard's history, and he explained in a letter two months before his de...

Wheelock, John, 1754-1817

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John Wheelock was born in Lebanon, Conn. in 1754. He attended Yale University for three years, then transferred to Dartmouth College and graduated in 1771 with the first class. He succeeded his father, Eleazar Wheelock, as president of the Dartmouth College in 1779. He died in 1817. From the description of Papers, 1772-1829. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296584 Educator. President, Dartmouth College, 1779-1815. From the description of Letter...

Dartmouth College. Trustees

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