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ship of land in the province of Maine, worth, perhaps, from 

 7,000 to 10,000 dollars. The income, from tuition, room- 

 rent, &c. is about 2,000 dollars annually. The institution 

 has been hitherto supported by Col. Williams's donation, 

 by subscriptions among the inhabitants of Williamstown and 

 its vicinity, by the product of a lottery, and by a grant of two 

 townships of land in the province of Maine by the Legislature 

 of the Stare. 



The Officers of this College are, a President (who is at pre- 

 sent the Rev. Dr. Ebenezer Fitch) and four Tutors. The 

 institution is governed by sixteen gentlemen, of whom the 

 President for the. time being is one, and always presides at 

 their meetings. 



The number of Students at the close of the year 1800 was 

 S3. They are boarded in the College, and in private houses 

 in the vicinity. The price of board, tuition, washing, wood, 

 &c. amounts annually to about 100 dollars. 



The Library consists of about 600 volumes. Two literary- 

 societies belonging to the College have a library in common, 

 consisting of 300 volumes more. The Philosophical Appa- 

 ratus is small; but well selected and good, so far as it goes. 

 A good Telescope, and some other articles are much wanted 

 to render the collection tolerably complete. 



The Course of Instruction is nearly similar to that which 

 was detailed as taking place in Harvard College. The 

 principal points of difference are the following — There ap- 

 pears to be rather less attention paid to Classic literature here 

 than at Harvard. Priestley's Lectures on History are 

 studied, by the Junior class, instead of Millot's Elements; 

 Edwards on the Will, by the Senior class, in addition to 

 Locke ; and in some instances the Senior class has recited 

 Dr. Hopkins's System of Theology; in others Dodd- 

 ridge's Lectures. 



The annual Commencement is on the first Wednesday of 

 September; and at the close of the year 1800 about 80 

 students had received the honours of the College. 



3. Bcwdoin College. This College was instituted in 

 1794. It is situated at Brunswick, in the Province of Maine; 

 3nd was so called in honour of the late Governor Bowdoin. 



This institution is yet in its infancy. There are a Presi- 

 dent (who is the Rev. Joseph M'Kean), lately appointed, 

 and a Professor of Languages. With respect to the state of 

 the funds, the number of the students, the course of instruc- 

 tion, &c. no information has been obtained. But as the 



