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rev. Dr. Chandler*, of New Jersey. In the be- 

 ginning of the year 1 753, an act of assembly was 

 passed for the establishment of the college, and 

 making some provision, by a succession of lot- 

 teries, for its support. In October 1754 a regu- 

 lar charter of incorporation was obtained, and 

 the rev. Dr. Johnson named therein as the first 



the church with which he was connected, and went to England, 

 where he took orders in the episcopal church in the month of 

 March 1723. From this time till the year 1754, Dr. Johnson 

 resided at Stratford, in Connecticut, where he had the pastoral 

 care of an episcopal church. In the last mentioned year he re- 

 moved to New Yorkj and entered on the duties of his office as 

 president of King's college. In this station he continued till Fe- 

 bruary 1763, when he resigned, returned to Stratford, and there 

 again exercised his ministry till his death, which happened in 

 January 1772. Dr. Johnson Avas a man of distinguished talents 

 and learning. He was intimately acquainted with dean Berkeley, 

 during his residence in Rhode island ; long maintained a frieni;lly 

 correspondence with him ; and became a convert to the pecujiar 

 metaphysical opinions of that great man. Beside other smaller 

 work?, he published a Compendium of Logic, and another of 

 JEthic&, which were printed together in an octavo volume in 

 1752, by Dr. Franklin, then residing in Philadelphia. He also 

 published aHcbrezv Gramtnar in 1107, which evinced an accurate 

 acquaintance with that language. — For this account of Dr. John- 

 son, as well as for some other facts and names in the history of 

 American literature, the author is indebted to a manuscript Life 

 of Dr. Johnson, drawn up by the rev. Dr. Chandler, mentioned 

 in the following note. 



■^' The rev. Dr. Thomas Bradbury Chandler was a native of 

 Connecticut, and received his education in Yale college, where 

 he graduated master of arts in the year 1745. He soon after- 

 ward went to England, took orders in the episcopal church, 

 and settled in the ministry at Elizabeth Town, New Jersey, 

 ■where lie long maintained a high character both for talents and 

 erudition. He was honoured with the degree of doctor of divi- 

 nity by the university of Oxford. His respectable and useful life 

 terminated in the year 1790. 



