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■The^ funds of this institution are small, amounting to little 

 jjaore than 8000 dollars, chiefly raised by subscription. . , ,. 

 f.^rThe philosophical apparatus is tolerably complete. It h^s 

 lately received considerable accessions by the liberality of 

 JSamuelElam, esq., of New Port. The libr^ry^eontajifts ahpiit 

 _ 3000 volumes. ..;''' r .JiiiTnritf-^ 



-3,-{tThe number of students in 1801 was 107. They.,^re 

 chiefly boarded in the college; and the necessary aai^jial^^- 

 ^peijise of each is about 100 dollars. , ,« ^' ■'., 



|)-jeThejri^ ,i^ by no means a general taste for literature in this 

 state. Of the 107 students above mentioned only 12 belonged 

 ^o the state. The greater part of the rest were from Massa- 

 chusetts, and a number from the southward, especially from 

 South Carolina. 



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'\,. ,Jft Connecticut there is one college, viz. 



Yale college, at New Haven. Tliis institution was incor- 



..porated in I70I, and was the third college established in the 

 Jun^rican colonies. It received this name in honour of Tho- 

 mas Yale, esq., who had been governor of Fort St. George, in 

 jindia, and who was one of its liberal benefactors. . ^ 



The oflicers of this college are, a president (now the rey. 

 Dr. Timothy Dwight) ; a professor of divinity j professor of 

 mathematics and natural philosophy; professor of Oriental 

 languages ; and three tutors. 



The number of students ia this college is believed to be 

 greater than in any other in the United States. In IS'Jl they 

 a^nountcd to 217; and the number since that time has pro- 



^>ba^ly increased. The students are chiefly boarded in the 

 college, and the annual expense attending the accommodation 



- of each is from 120 to 150 dollars. 



The college buildings ar^ spacious and elegajit. The. li- 



• ,brary consists of between 3000 and 4000 volumes. The phi- 



. losopl^ical apparatus is considered an^ong the best in Ame- 



j, j^ca^,£|The iivnd^ ,are large, but the aniouat of them is not 

 known to the writer. 



