244 = =Trumbull Gallery of Paintings in Yale College. 
No. 38.—Porrrair or ALexanpeR Hamiiton, copied in 1832, 
from an original, painted at Washington in 1792, now in posses- 
sion of the family of the late Gov. Wolcott. 
No. 39.—Hory Famity,—composed in London, 1802,—finish- 
ed in America, 1806. ; 
No. 40.—Presipent Dwient. 
Timothy Dwight, D. D., LL. D., was born at Northampton, in 
Massachusetts, on the Ath of May, A. D. 1752. His parents 
were Timothy and Mary Dwight. The first ancestor of his fa- 
ther’s family, in this country, John Dwight, came from England, 
and settled in Dedham, in Massachusetts, in 1637.. His mother 
was the third daughter of Jonathan Edwards, President of Prince- 
ton College, New Jersey. Dr. Dwight entered Yale College in 
1765, and graduated in 1769, with a high reputation for scholar- 
ship. 'I'wo years afterwards, he was chosen a tutor of Yale Col- 
lege, and for the six succeeding years discharged the duties of this 
office with distinguished success. In March, 1777, he was mar~ 
ried to Miss Mary Woolsey, daughter of Benjamin Woolsey, Esq., 
of Long Island. In September of the same year, he was chap- 
lain to Gen. Parsons’ brigade, which was a part of the division of 
General Putnam, in the army of the United States, and served 
one year. After this, he resided several years at Northampton, 
and was twice a member of the legislature of Massachusetts. 
In 1783, he was ordained as minister of the church and congre- 
gation of the parish of Greenfield, in the town of Fairfield 1 
Connecticut, and for the succeeding twelve years continued their 
pastor. While at Greenfield, he established an academy, which 
enjoyed a high reputation. 5 oe 
In May, 1795, on the death of the Rev. Dr. Stiles, he was vk 
ted to the presidency of Yale College. Much was expected from 
Dr. Dwight in this situation, and public expectation was in no fe 
spect disappointed. By his exertions as an instructor, and by 
judicious system of discipline, the reputation of the College was 
greatly increased and extended. Dr. Dwight, through the whole 
time of his presidency, discharged, also, the duties of a Professor 
of divinity. In the midst of his usefulness, he was attacked by 
@ painful and incurable disorder, which terminated his life on the 
llth of January, 1817, in the 65th year of his age. Hi th 
