Apr 07, 2022 - Sale 2600

Sale 2600 - Lot 173

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(NEW HAMPSHIRE--DARTMOUTH.) Large group of early books and pamphlets relating to Dartmouth College. 15 volumes, various sizes, bindings, and conditions. Various places, 1806-1874
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John Smith. "The Newhampshire Latin Grammar." 204 pages. 12mo, contemporary calf. Written by a Dartmouth professor. Boston, 1806.

"Eulogium of the Rev. John Smith, D.D., Professor of the Learned Languages at Dartmouth College." 15 pages, disbound. Hanover, NH, 1809.

"Memoirs of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D., Founder and President of Dartmouth College." Frontispiece plate, 336 pages; contemporary calf. Newburyport, MA, 1811.

"Life of the Late Gen. William Eaton." 448 pages. 8vo, modern buckram; corners trimmed. Life of the hero of Tripoli, a Dartmouth alum. Brookfield, MA, 1813.

Reuben Emerson. "An Oration on Music Pronounced before the Handel Society, Dartmouth University." 24 pages, disbound. Andover, MA, 1814.

"Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College and Moors' Charity School." 88 pages; disbound. No place, [1815].

"A Candid, Analytical Review of the 'Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College.'" 32 pages; disbound. No place, [1815].

"A Vindication of the Official Conduct of the Trustees of Dartmouth College," a response to the preceding pamphlets. 104 pages; original wrappers. Concord, MA, 1815.

"A Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dartmouth College." 8vo, disbound; 13, 6 pages. Hanover, NH, October 1822.

Jared Sparks. The Life of John Ledyard, the American Traveller. [8], xii, 325 pages; modreate wear and foxing. Life of a famous adventurer and (briefly) Dartmouth student. Cambridge, MA, 1828.

Sammelband volume of 3 related Dartmouth pamphlets: [Benjamin Hale], "Valedictory Letter to the Trustees," 24 pages, [1835]; "To the Patrons and Friends of the College," by "Alumnus," on the same case, 23 pages, undated; "Remarks on a Pamphlet Entitled Prof. Hale and Dartmouth College," by "Investigator," 34 pages, undated.

Single issue of the student publication "The Dartmouth," in printed wrappers. Windsor, VT, May 1841

Bound volume of the student publication "The Dartmouth," 8 issues from September 1841 to July 1842. 326 pages. 8vo, contemporary 1/2 calf. Hanover, NH, 1841-1842.

Charles March, "Daniel Webster and his Contemporaries." viii, 295 pages. Biographical work on a star Dartmouth alumnus. 12mo, publisher's cloth. New York, 1852.

"Catalogue of the Officers and Students of Dartmouth College." 71, [1] pages. 8vo, original printed wrappers. Hanover, NH, 1874.