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ardor, and some of his printed verses are full of anima- 

 tion. He held a ready pen, and saw the humorous side 

 of things. 



FREDERICK A. ELDREDGE, DUNSTABLE, N. H. 



The following communications will explain themselves. 

 Mr. Wright, the author of the note to me, was born at South 

 Canaan, Connecticut, on February 12, 1804, graduated at 

 Yale College in the class of 1826, and died at Medford, 

 on November 22, 1885. Mr. Dickson, the writer of the 

 letter to Mr. Wright, was born at Groton, on August 8, 

 1809, graduated at Yale College in the class of 1832, and 

 died at Ouenemo, Osage County, Kansas, on July 5, 1882. 

 The allusion in the letter is to Frederick Augustus El- 

 dredge, of Dunstable, New Hampshire, a member of Mr. 

 Dickson's class, who, after the trouble at New Haven, en- 

 tered Dartmouth College, where he graduated in the cor- 

 responding class. He was a son of Dr. Micah and Sally 

 (Buttrick) Eldredge, and born at Dunstable, Massachusetts, 

 on March 25, 1810. He was fitted for college at Groton 

 Academy by Mr. Wright, at that time the head-master of 

 the school, which will account for his interest in the matter. 

 After leaving New Haven Eldredge was engaged in teaching, 

 and intended to enter the ministry. He died at Dunstable 

 (now Nashua), New Hampshire, on January 13, 1836, less 

 than four years after his graduation. It is needless to add 

 that he belonged to an old New. England family of excellent 

 stock; and the little tempest was caused by his swarthy com- 

 plexion. While at college Eldredge roomed with Dickson 

 in Mrs. Mills's house. 



His father. Dr. Micah Eldredge, practised his profession for 

 many years at Dunstable, living first on one side of the State 

 line and then on the other. It may be noted here that the 

 running of the Provincial boundary between Massachusetts 

 and New Hampshire in the year 1741 nearly bisected the 



