The life of Samuel Johnson, D.D., the first president of King's College, in New York. Containing many interesting anecdotes; a general view of the state of religion and learning in Connecticut during the former part of the last century; and an account of the institution and rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's (now Columbia) College, New York

Thomas Bradbury Chandler

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• Columbia University
• Yale University
• Johnson

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• Langue: English
• Poids de l'ouvrage: 13 Mo

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LIFE
D.D.SAMUEL JOHNSON,
THE FIRST PRESIDENTOF KING'S INNEWYORK.COLLEGE,
CONTAININU
MANY INTERESTING A GENERAL VIEW OF THE STATE OF RELIGIONANDANECDOTES;
LEARNING IN CONNECTICUT DURING THE FORMER PART OF THE LAST
ANDANACCOUNTOF THE INSTITUTIONAND RISE OF YALSCENTURY;
COLLEGE* AND OF KING'S (NOW COLUMBIA)CONNECTICUT;
NEW YORK.COLLEGE,
BY
D.D.THOMAS BRADBURY CHANDLER,
NewRector St. John's Elizabeth Jersey.Formerly of Church, Town,
TO WHICH IS ADDED AN APPENDIX,
CONTAINING MANY ORIGINAL NEVER BEFORE PUBLISHED,LETTERS,
FROM
BISHOP I ARCHBISHOPBERKELEY, SECKER,
| andLOWTH, OTHERS,
to DR. JOHNSON.
Intcresse etiain ut talium VirorumRcipublicaz cxistimo, Litcris etcxempla mandentur,
ad aliorum sive imitationem sivc admonitionem sivc opprobium proponantur.
Dr. Vita ct Moribus J. Burtoni.J3c?itham,de
YORK:
PRINTED BY T. & J. PEARL STREET.SWORDS,
Honlrott :
RE-l'RINTED TOR C. AND J. RIV1NGTON,
ST. PAUL'S CHURCH- AND PALL-MALL,YARD, WATERLOO-PLACE,
1824.>NDON:
PRINTED BY R. GILBERT,
ST. JOHN'S-SQUARE.ADVERTISEMENT
TO THE
ENGLISH EDITION.
THE American Edition of this Volume
under thewas superintendancepublished
Hobartof the Rev. of NewRight Bishop
as into whose fromYork, Editor, hands,
with thehis connexion of Dr.family
the hadChandler, original manuscript
fallen. It is now inrepublished England
at the of severalsuggestion individuals,
who conceive that it affords an
interesting
account of the rise and of theprogress
Church in a of theEpiscopal portion
United and at theStates, exhibits, same
the interest which wastime, takenlively
in its Prelates ofwelfare, by distinguished
the Church ofEngland.
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