374? Nations lately become Literary. 



to render any particular details on the subject ne- 

 cessary here. 



In 1769, a College was founded in the town of 

 Hanover, in New-Hampshire. Of this Institution, 

 the Rev. Dr. Eleazer Wheelock was the foun- 

 der; and the Earl of Dartmouth being one of its 

 most liberal benefactors, it was called after him, 

 Dartmouth College. Dr. Wheelock had been, for 

 some years previous to that above-mentioned, the 

 conductor of a Charity School, at Lebanon, in 

 Connecticut, which was principally intended for 

 the instruction of Indian youth/ About that time, 

 it being found that the School, on its original nar- 

 row establishment, was not sufficient to answer 

 the purposes which its friends had in view, a royal 

 Charter was obtained, constituting a College, and 

 naming Dr. Wheelock as the first President, with 

 the privilege of nominating his successor in his last 

 will. The Charity School, together with the newly 

 constituted College, was removed to Hanover, in 

 New-Hampshire, where both have been ever since 

 fixed. And though neither of them flourished dur- 

 ing the revolutionary war, which soon succeeded, 

 yet, since the restoration of peace, they have 

 grown considerably ; the College, in particular, 

 having become, at the close of the century, a large, 

 respectable, and thriving seminary/ 



k The first Charity School erected in America for the instruction of the 

 Indians, was at Stockbridge, in Massachusetts, by the Rev. John Ser- 

 geant, between the years 1740 and 1750. He had scarcely gotten his 

 plan into operation, before he was removed by death. The design was 

 revived by the Rev. Eleazer Wheelock, who solicited and obtained 

 donations for the purpose, both in Europe and America ; and opened a 

 School at Lebanon, which was called after the name of Mr. Joshua 

 Moor, who was the largest benefactor to the institution. When Dart- 

 mouth College was founded at Hanover, this School was removed thither, 

 •where it has ever since continued, connected with the College, but dis- 

 tinct as to its property, design, and government. Dr. E. Wheelock died 

 in 1779, in the sixty-seventh year of his age, and was succeeded by his son, 

 John Wheelock, LL. D.whohasever since presided over the institution. 



/ Among the benefactors to this institution, besides King George III. 

 Lord Dartmouth, the Countess of Huntingdon and several other pes- 



