Letter, Oct. 26, 1777, Dartmouth College, [Hanover, NH], to Reverend David Hall.

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Letter, Oct. 26, 1777, Dartmouth College, [Hanover, NH], to Reverend David Hall.

Confers honorary doctor of divinity degree on Hall and comments briefly on state of the college.

1 leaf ; 21 x 35 cm., folded to 21 x 17cm.

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