CONTENTS OF VOL. I. 



PART I. 



FROM HIS BIRTH TO HIS APPOINTMENT AS PROFESSOR IN YALE 

 COLLEGE. 



1779-1802. 

 CHAPTER I. 



HIS CHILDHOOD AND EARLY HOME. 



His Birth. Origin of the Family. His Father. His Mother. 

 His Father's Capture by the British. An Early Journey to Ston- 

 ington. Anecdote of Dr. Franklin. Manners and Society in 

 New England. Death of his Father. His Early Religious Train- 

 ing. The Assembly's Catechism. His First School. Slavery 

 in New England. His Preparation for College. Society in Fair- 

 field: Mr. Eliot; Mr. Burr; Dr. Dwight; Judge Sturges. His 

 Love of Natural Scenerv 1 



CHAPTER II. 



A STUDENT IN YALE COLLEGE. ' 



His Admission to College. President, Stiles. President Dwight. 

 His Studies. College Diary: His Anxiety to be cured of Faults; 

 Inauguration of Dr. Dwight; Recitations under Dr. Dwight; Situ- 

 ation of College under the New President; His Reading; Dinner at 

 Dr. Dana's; His Desire of Knowledge; Thoughts about a Profes- 

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CHAPTER III. 



A TEACHER: A STUDENT OF LAW, AND TUTOR IN COLLEGE. 

 His Labors on the Farm at Home. Teaches School in Wethersfield. 

 Becomes a Law-Student in New Haven, and Tutor in Yule Col- 

 lege. Letters of Rev. Dr. Marsh and Rev. Dr. Porter. His 





