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passed, with high reputation, through the usual course of aca- 

 demic instruction, he received the degrees of bachelor and 

 master of arts, and remained in the college for the purpose of 

 prosecuting his studies preparatory to his application for or- 

 ders in the episcopal church. 



In the year 1773 he was elected fellow of the college and 

 professor of natural law ; and, toward the conclusion of that 

 year, went to England for ordination, where he has since re- 

 mained. In early youth he discovered a very considerable 

 poetical genius ; and several of his publications in this way, 

 at different periods of his life, have been received with much 

 applause. He bore a conspicuous part as a writer at the com- 

 mencement of the contest between the United States and 

 Great Britain, and in the dispute relative to the introduc- 

 tion and establishment of bishops of the episcopal church. 



Note (0),p. 255. — The following list of American colleges 

 has been made out with considerable care. It may perhaps 

 be regarded as a record of some value, not only for gi-^tifying 

 present curiosity, but also for future reference. 



In Massachusetts there are three colleges, viz. 



I. Harvard college, or the university of Cambridge. This is 

 the oldest institution of the kind in North America. It wa? 

 founded in 1638. 



In 1636 the general court of Massachusetts gave 400/. to- 

 ward the support of a public school at Cambridge, then 

 called Newtown. Mr. John Harvard, an eminent clergy- 

 man, dying in 1638, left near 800/., being the greater part of 

 his estate, to the same object. In consequence of this dona- 

 tion, the general court the same year enlarge ^ the plan, and 

 extended the powers of the institution, and gave it the name 

 of Harvard college. Degrees were first conferred in the year 

 164-2. 



This institution has to acknowledge the munificence of 

 many liberal individuals. In 169P the hon. William Stough- 

 ton, lieutenant-governor of the province, erected a hall for 



