Letter, 1773 Aug. 18, Portsmouth, N.H., to Eleazar Wheelock.

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Letter, 1773 Aug. 18, Portsmouth, N.H., to Eleazar Wheelock.

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Introduces himself and requests that Dartmouth College award him an honorary degree.

1 p. 23 cm.

Dartmouth College Library

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Wheelock, Eleazar, 1711-1779

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Eleazar Wheelock was born in Windham, Conn. in 1711. A Congregational minster, he was the founder and first president of Dartmouth College. He died in Hanover, N.H. in 1779. From the description of Records, 1882-1965. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 237296583 American congregational divine. First president of Dartmouth College. From the description of Autograph letter signed : Dartmouth College, 1773 Nov. 8. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 2705874...

Whipple, Oliver, 1743-1813.

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Dartmouth College awarded Whipple the honorary Master of Arts degree in 1773. From the description of Letter, 1773 Aug. 18, Portsmouth, N.H., to Eleazar Wheelock. (Dartmouth College Library). WorldCat record id: 6956406 ...