Papers, 1800-1856 [bulk 1810-1826].

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Papers, 1800-1856 [bulk 1810-1826].

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The papers include correspondence and other writings relating to Dartmouth University and the Dartmouth College case, manuscripts of three unpublished books, addresses, and personal correspondence and financial papers. Allen was an honorary member of the class of 1812, a Dartmouth College trustee, president of the short-lived Dartmouth University, 1818-1819, and president of Bowdoin College, 1820-1838. The papers document his tenure as minister in Pittsfield, Mass., his college presidencies, his executorship of his father-in-law's estate, and his retirement to Northampton, Mass. Book manuscripts cover geometry, Samson Occom, and American personages. Correspondents include his father-in-law John Wheelock, wife Maria Wheelock Allen, N.H. Governor William Plumer, and various Dartmouth College officials and alumni.

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Plumer, William, 1759-1850

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U.S. senator from New Hampshire, governor and state legislator of New Hampshire, essayist, and historian. From the description of William Plumer papers, 1774-1845 (bulk 1802-1825). (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 78482836 United States senator, governor of New Hampshire, and author. From the description of Papers, 1794-1856. (New Hampshire Historical Society Library). WorldCat record id: 70963861 Governor of and U.S. senator from New Hampshire, historian,...

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...

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Occom, Samson, 1723-1792

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Indian clergyman and missionary. From the description of Samson Occom diary and herbal recipe book, undated. (New London County Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 74986215 Clergyman and educator. From the description of Letter of Samson Occom, 1770. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 79454772 Indian clergyman and missionary. Formerly a pupil and protegeĢ of Eleazar Wheelock, Occum, together with David Fowler and Joseph Johnson,...

Allen, William, 1784-1868

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Clergyman, educator, and author. From the guide to the William Allen letters, 1847-1852, (The New York Public Library. Manuscripts and Archives Division.) Allen was a Congregational minister, educator, and author. He was minister in Pittsfield, Mass. (1810-1817) and served as president of Bowdoin College (1819-1831, 1833-1838). From the description of Papers, 1763-1877 (inclusive). (Harvard University). WorldCat record id: 612366860 From the guide to the...

Allen, Maria Wheelock, 1788-1828

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Dartmouth College

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The celebration of the 150th anniversary of the decision of the U.S. Supreme Court in the Dartmouth College Case was held on April 9, 1969, in the Court of Claims, Washington, D.C.; the celebration also commemorated the career of Daniel Webster, the advocate who defended the case before the Supreme Court. During the ceremony Justice Earl Warren, Senator Thomas J. MacIntyre, and Dartmouth College President John Sloan Dickey spoke before an audience of legislators, jurists, historians, and alumni....

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