ment of goods for the supply of the necessities of the Indians and others here. I hope Mr. Henderson will find it in his way to let me have goods reasonably for the £40 sterling draft, I committed to him two years ago, which he is lately advised is accepted by the Society in Scotland. And a mission to Canada, and the support of boys from thence, being now recommended to that Society, by the board in the Jersies, (which was the condition they required) I trust there will be no objection against my future and necessary drafts for that purpose. And I hope that, upon the credit of such a bill, Mr. H. will be willing to advance as many goods as I shall want. And when Mr. S. comes, I hope it will be in your power to exercise your usual benevolence in affording him such advice and assistance, as shall be necessary for one, no more acquainted with such affairs. The state of the College, at present, is very agreeable; but of this part of the province, it is quite otherwise. There appears to be at and about Coos, a large combination, who, under pretence of defending the cause of liberty, are furiously acting in direct opposition to those who are soberly contending for it. They seem not to be contending for those constitutional rights, which we have quietly enjoyed heretofore; but to break up the very constitution itself, and all the invaluable privileges we have had, and enjoyed under it. Some of them appear to be inspired to a great degree, but not from on high, nor with a spirit that disposes them to an imitation of the meek, patient, and humble Immanuel. Yesterday, I received letters from London. My friends re joice in a prospect that overtures are making and will be made from that side, which will restore the peace between us and them. The Lord grant they may be successful! Give my love to Mr. Frisbie, when you see him. Accept warmest affection, my dear man, from Yours most cordially, ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. Rev. and Dear Sir, To the same. Dartmouth College, Aug. 24, 1775. Mr. Sherburne writes me, that he cannot attend the approaching commencement, on account of the present state of public affairs; and also, that he thinks Mr. Jeffrey will not attend; and I hear that Brigadier Gilman and Col. Phillips, likely will not come; and if so, we shall have no board, and the consequences, in too many instances to mention, will be sad and trying indeed. Mr. Swetland is gone down to Hebron, on purpose to supply Dr. Pomeroy's pulpit, that he may come without offence to his people. I believe there never was an opportunity here for Trustees to do more good than now. An excellent class to receive the honors of College, who must be sadly disappointed; but that is not all, nor half, nor can I represent the necessity in a just light. Pray be so good as to be an importunate intercessor in the case. I long to see our dear Governor. I never pitied him as I do now. His trials are very many and great. I am, yours, &c. ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. P. S. Just as I had folded this letter, Mr. Dean returned from the Continental Congress; but with nothing very interesting that he may yet publish. I have the pleasure to receive the fullest assurance of their approbation and well pleasedness with the plan I have been and am still pursuing, and their apprehensions of its great utility to the public cause; which abundantly compensates the slander and virulent threats of all our savage herd.* I am, yours, &c. E. W. Doctor Wheelock was an able and zealous advocate for the liberties of the Colonies; and consequently opposed to the arbitrary and ty rannical acts of the British government. He was equally opposed to the ungovernable fury of mobs. At the commencement of the contention, he had no idea of a separation of the Colonies from Britain; byt The following letter, certifying a gentleman in New Hampshire, of his election to the office of Trustee of the College, is among the last of the writings of Doctor Wheelock. My Dear Sir, Dartmouth College, Sept. 11, 1777. I wrote you a few days ago; but the affair is so important and conveyance so uncertain, that it seems proper that you should be served with a duplicate. After long deliberation (by the board) you was unanimously chosen to the place and office of Trustee of this College, of which this line is to inform you, and notify you that the board found it necessary to adjourn, and accordingly did adjourn their meeting to the third Wednesday of October next, to meet here, and to pray you not to fail of your attendance thereon. I am yet in a low state, and many ways tried; but God is my helper. Pray for me. Your constant and cordial Friend, And humble servant, ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. expected, that when the British government should be rightly informed of the disposition of the Colonists, a reconciliation, on liberal and constitutional principles, would take place. As the breach widened, by reiterated acts of oppression on the side of the British, and the bold and persevering spirit of resistance on the side of the Colonies, he saw, with anxiety and grief the approach of the horrors of civil war, and of a total and perpetual separation. Like a generous patriot, he advocated the cause of his country, by letters addressed to influential gentlemen in England, by which he lost the friendship of some, who had been benefactors of his School. A.. MR. TIMOTHY ALLYN, East Windsor, Connecticut. William Ainsworth, Dartmouth College. Jacob Allen, Dartmouth College. Lemuel H. Arnold, Dartmouth College. Daniel Austin, Dartmouth College. Zachariah Atwood, Newburyport, Massachusetts. Benjamin Allen, L. L. D. Preceptor of Duinmer Academy, Byfieft. B. Rev. Eden Burroughs, D. D. Hanover, New Hampshire, Rev. Asa Burton, D. D. Thetford, Vermont. Rev. Jonathan Brown, Londonderry, New Hampshire. Samuel A. Bradley, Esq. Fryeburgh, District Maine. Titus L. Bissell, Deputy sheriff, Hartford, Connecticut. Jonathan Barnes, State's Attorney for Tolland, Connecticut. Eleazar Blanchard, Dartmouth College. Rev. Abram Burnham, Pembroke, New Hampshire. C. Philip Carrigain, Esq. Concord, New Hampshire. Gideon Cushman, jun. Hebron, District Maine. Thomas Chester, Clerk of the Supreme Court, Connecticut Samuel Cowls, Esq. Farmington, Connecticut Mason F. Cogswell, M. D. Hartford, Connecticut. Sheldon W. Candee, Esq. Hartford, Connecticut. Stephen Chester, Sheriff, Weathersfield, Connecticut. Aaron M. Church, Esq. Hartford, Connecticut. Elisha Colt, Comptroller of public accounts, Hartford, Connecticut. Mr. Oliver D. Cooke, Hartford, Connecticut. Jabez Clark, State's Attorney for Windham, Connecticut: David Chassels, Dartmouth College. Henry Crosby, Dartmouth College. Stephen Caldwell, Dartmouth College. Alexander S. Campbell, Dartmouth College. Alexander Chadbourn, Dartmouth College. Caleb Chase, Dartmouth College. Nomlass Cobb, Dartmouth College. Carloss Coolidge, Dartmouth College. The following letter, certifying a gentleman in New Hampshire, of his election to the office of Trustee of the College, is among the last of the writings of Doctor Wheelock. My Dear Sir, Dartmouth College, Sept. 11, 1777. I wrote you a few days ago; but the affair is so important and conveyance so uncertain, that it seems proper that you should be served with a duplicate. After long deliberation (by the board) you was unanimously chosen to the place and office of Trustee of this College, of which this line is to inform you, and notify you that the board found it necessary to adjourn, and accordingly did adjourn their meeting to the third Wednesday of October next, to meet here, and to pray you not to fail of your attendance thereon. I am yet in a low state, and many ways tried; but God is my helper. Pray for me. Your constant and cordial Friend, And humble servant, |