<table><thead><tr><th>Year</th><th>Description</th><th>Author</th><th>Recipient</th><th>Additional subject, description, info</th><th>Yale Significance</th></tr></thead><tbody><tr><td>1719</td><td>Joseph Willard, 1696-1723, Yale B.A. 1714. The alumni of Yale's first decades, who were primarily clergymen, appear to have led lives of quiet dedication in small New England settlements. But perhaps things were not as gently bucolic as they now seem. Consider the fate that befell Joseph Willard. His career got off to a modest start. Appointed pastor of the church in Swampfield (later Sunderland), Massachusetts, Willard was dismissed after three years, in 1721, for reasons not recorded. He began preaching in the newly settled township of Rutland, in the western part of the colony, where he was related to most of the landholders. Rutland, still considered vulnerable to Indian attack, chose Willard as its pastor but did not name a date for the installation ceremony until 1723. While awaiting this event, the minister joined a few citizens on a turkey-hunting expedition. In the woods they were caught in a surprise attack in which Willard and two others were killed and scalped. Two members of the party were carried off by the attackers. The 27-year-old clergyman was eulogized in two ceremonies in Rutland, and these sermons were published in Boston the following year. Survived by his widow and one child (a second was born after his death), Joseph Willard left a tidy estate valued at nearly 500 pounds. (Yale Alumni Magazine 300th profile)</td><td>Joseph Willard (1714)</td><td>"Reverend &amp; Dear Sir"</td><td>1 page, dated April 20, 1719 from Sunderland. The Letter is on laid paper and has some old glassine repairs but it is intact. See translation.</td><td>Joseph Willard (Class of 1714), was named one of Yale's 30 most prominent graduates at the Tercentennial (Yale Alumni Magazine 2001), when Yale chose 1 person per decade for the 300th Anniversary.<br>Only known signature by Willard that I've found. Yale library catalog has no entries for Joseph Willard.<br>Please see Willard Biographical sketch, Yale Alumni Magazine (pdf files)</td></tr><tr><td>1734</td><td>Oliver Partridge, 1730. Early deed for land, estate and contents of a Hatfield Massachusetts home being left from a Samuel Cowles to his son Samuel Cowles that is dated 1734. This deed was likely written by Oliver Partridge for Samuel Cowles. It is signed Samuel Cowles in a handwriting that obviously doesn't match the rest of the document and then on the lower left it says "Signed, sealed and Dated, Oliver Partridge + Moses Grence" and when comparing the signatures of the three men it is obvious that the document matches the signature of Oliver Partridge (his d's are particularly unusual). Partridge was a fairly important figure. For the most part the deed is easily legible but as should be obvious in photos, paper is rough with losses around borders and the ink has bled through front and back. Much of the wax seal is missing. A nice early document though with interesting signs of the times like the fact that Mass is referred to as the "Province of Massachusetts Bay" and the date at the end of the deed is listed as being "in the eighth year of the reign of George the Second, King of Brittain".<br>Oliver Partridge (1730), was a "member of the Colonial congress, born in Hatfield, Massachusetts, 13 June, 1712; died in Hadley, Massachusetts, 21 July, 1792. He was graduated at Yale in 1730, studied law, and became a successful practitioner at Hatfield. He was a delegate to the congress that was called by the British government to meet in Albany, New York, in June, 1754. In 1765 he was a delegate from Massachusetts to the congress that assembled in New York city to take action with regard to the stamp-act, and voted for the petition to the king, the memorial to parliament, and the bill of rights. In 1769-'74 he was judge of common pleas for Hampshire county. When hostilities with the mother country were impending he was at first opposed to revolution, but soon he embraced the American cause." See famous americans. net.</td><td>Oliver Partridge (1730)</td><td></td><td>Paper measures 11 x 7 1/2". (Please see jpeg images which are more detailed than photocopy).</td><td>Oliver Partridge (1730), part of 1765 Stamp Act. See Partridge's Yale Biographical Sketches entry (pdf)</td></tr><tr><td>1736</td><td>President Timothy Cutler. October 8, 1736. Timothy Cutler has written a letter to Cambridge University colleague (?President) regarding his son and which college he will chose to go to; Christopher Bridge a recent graduate of Harvard, enjoying some Madeira wine, the comments of Sir Isaac Newton and procurement of books from a fellow at Eton College. A treasure which mentions Harvard, Cambridge, Oxford, London, Eton College, many Cambridge professors and religious struggles in New England. Laments Languishing State of Religion in the Old and lack of Resident Bishop. Timothy Cutler graduated Harvard in 1701 at 17 years (year of Yale's Founding), became Yale's 3rd Rector (President) from 1719-22.<br>Yale has minimal letters by Timothy Cutler (1722 and 1727 letters to Sir Francis Nicholson). Harvard does not appear to have an original letter by Cutler. Cutler was the son-in-law of Yale's 2nd President Samuel Andrew. (See "Resources on Yale's History" for Timothy Cutler's biography attached)</td><td>Timothy Cutler</td><td>Sir Gellow Cambridge</td><td>8" x 12" single page with writing on both sides. (See also 1725 Timothy Cutler document found online for comparison)</td><td>3rd Yale President Timothy Cutler, removed from office by vote of Yale Trustees 1722 after Cutler gave an Anglican blessing. This 1736 document (14 years later) Cutler struggles with religion in the New England versus the Old World. "On many accounts we in New England should lament the Languishing State of Religion in Old." A transformational letter for Yale.</td></tr></tbody></table>

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    <td>1744Trumble</td>
    <td>December 31, 1744 indenture of Mary Welch, an 8 year old poor female whose father, Jonathan Welch of Lebanon, is deceased. Mary is to be a Maid Servant or Apprentice to David Lee (1674, 1759) and his wife of Coventry, Connecticut, until she reached the age of 18. Document stipulates Mary's duties and the moral behavior by which she must abide. The document further stipulates the obligations of the Lee family to provide well for Mary, to teach her to read, sew, and to perform the tasks of a Maid Servant, which consisted of standard housekeeping tasks of the day.</td>
    <td>David Lee, Ebenezer Gray (Gray signed twice), Teh--<br/>Robinson</td>
    <td>Signed by David Lee, Ebenezer Gray (Revolutionary War veteran same regimen as Benedict Arnold). Mentions "Joseph Fowler, Gerthom Clark, and Jonathan Trumble". 7 1/2 "x 12 1/2 inches with raised wax red seal next to David Lee signature</td>
    <td>Jonathan Trumble (Trumbull), Jonathan Lee (Class 1742, See Biographical Sketch pdf) is ordained priest and son of David Lee in document. Ebenezer Gray (Rev war hero) signed</td>
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    <td>1746JacobHeminway1704</td>
    <td>Yale was chartered in October 1701, and in March 1702 Jacob Heminway entered under the tutorship of Abraham Pierson. Many years later, Heminway told Ezra Stiles, Yale's seventh president, that he "solus was all the College the first half-year." Heminway is known as the First Student of Yale College & this is a 1746 Quit Claim signed by Heminway and his second wife Sarah. Heminway and his wife quit claim to Sarah's first husband's estate.<br/><br/>Jacob Heminway's elder brother is the direct ancestor of Ernest Hemingway. I have been able to locate only one Heminway document held at Yale, a December 1732 "Deed, manuscript, signed by Jacob Heminway, Joseph Whiting and Samuel Bishop, at New Haven." (See Jpeg images of 1732 document)<br/><br/>This 1746 signature is only the 2nd known signature of Yale's First Son.</td>
    <td>Jacob Heminway<br/>(Yale's First Student, Class 1704)<br/>and Sarah Heminway</td>
    <td>Single page, writing crisp and clear, document fragile with a natural separation along the top 2 inch fold.</td>
    <td>This is a transformational letter for the Yale archives.<br/><br/>Only the 2nd known signature of Yale's First Son, Jacob Heminway (Class 1704).</td>
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    <td>1765JabezHuntington1741</td>
    <td>To Joseph Talcott (Talcott) of Hartford Esqr's Treasurer of ye Colony of Connecticut", seeking reimbursement for the Constable of Norwich, Connecticut for the expense of boarding a lame poor man (VAGRANT) for 14 days and then transporting him to the Constable at New London for his eventual return to New York.<br/><br/>See Biographical sketch (pdf)</td>
    <td>Jabez Huntington<br/>(1741), Member of Connecticut House of Assistants</td>
    <td>Joseph Talent<br/>(Hartford)</td>
    <td>Huntington one of 12 Yale grads to be General in Revolutionary War (1 of 2 Major Generals, Connecticut Militia)</td>
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    <td>1770Hutchinson1747</td>
    <td>April 17, 1770 Grafton, MA church-going citizens have filed a complaint against the way and manner in which the Reverend Aaron Hutchinson (Yale 1747) treats the children and the elite members of the congregation; being negligent, improper and impro profitable ..."</td>
    <td>Aaron Hutchinson<br/>(Yale 1747)</td>
    <td>8" x 10"</td>
    <td>Aaron Hutchinson (Yale 1747)</td>
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    <td>1773BackusHuntington1761</td>
    <td>May 22, 1773, Isaac Backus of Middleborough, Massachusetts Bay Colony has sold to Elijah Backus of New London, Connecticut; two pieces of land by the Cranberry ponds in nearby Norwich, CT. Signed by Isaac Backus (leading Baptist Preacher of the day), Isaac Tracy, Richard Hide and Benjamin Huntington as registrar.</td>
    <td>Isaac Backus<br/>(ratified 1788 Constitution)<br/>Isaac Tracy, Richard Hale (Justice Peace ? Nathan Hale father), Benjamin Huntington Jr. Registrar (1736-1800)</td>
    <td>8" x 12", double sided, splits along folds, paper faults, else in overall good condition.</td>
    <td>Benjamin Huntington (Yale 1761), Continental Congress, represented Connecticut at 1789 First Congress of US. "Richard Hale Justice of Peace" (This MAY be Nathan Hale's father Deacon Richard Hale (1718-1802))</td>
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    <td>BenjaminStiles1740</td>
    <td>January 25, 1775, Woodbury, Litchfield County, Ct. by Benjamin Stiles (1720-97) legislator, lawyer, Militia Officer, and owner of a slave who fought in the Revolutionary War, winning a merit badge. Also docketed and signed by Jonathan Mitchel, Constable of Woodbury. The document is a writ requesting the Sheriff, Deputy or any constable of Litchfield County to summon Israel Curtiss, Jr. of Woodbury to appear before Stiles at his dwelling house in Woodbury on Jan. 30, at 1 p.m. to answer to William Kenedy of Woodbury for nonpayment of a debt of five shillings. Stiles graduated Yale in 1740 and practiced law in Southbury. His sister, Mary, was married to Revolutionary War Colonel Benjamin Hinman. Stiles was appointed by the crown as the surveyor for Fairfield County in 1749, and later Litchfield County (after its formation) in 1752. From 1754-71 he served as Deputy to the Connecticut Assembly. In 1764 he was appointed a Captain of Militia. In 1775, the same year as this document, he was suspected of being too conservative in his views and was cited before the General Assembly for "Contempt of Government" the complaint charging him with having said that the "Three Colony Representatives in the Continental Congress were three good-for-nothing dogs, and no more fit for the place than his sick negro Jeff." No specific action was taken against him because his brother-in-law was Colonel Hinman, and he was also a friend of Ethan Allen (of Green Mountain Boys fame) and other patriots. Further, his son, Benjamin Stiles, Jr., (1756-1817) fought in the war as did his wife's slave, Jeffrey Brace. This was the "sick" Jeff mentioned above. Brace, captured in Africa at age 16 and shipped to America, had a few cruel masters before he was purchased by Benjamin's wife, Mary, in 1768. Prior to Mary's purchase, Brace, who was 6'3" and extremely strong, fought as an "enslaved sailor" in the French and Indian War, fighting mostly in Cuba. Mary taught Brace to read and write, and treated him as part of the family. He fought with the Continental Army for over 5 years, winning the Badge of Merit, which was rarely presented to blacks at the time. After the war he was honorably discharged and freed from slavery. He then returned to Woodbury where he lived with Benjamin Stiles Jr. A year later Brace left and moved to Vermont, where slavery was illegal, got married, raised a family, changed his name back to its original African and eventually went blind. Brace's biography is recounted in a book first published in 1810 (and recently republished) entitled "The Blind African Slave, or memoirs of Boyrereau Brinch, nicknamed Jeffrey Brace." After the war Benjamin Stiles Sr. represented Southbury at a meeting held at Hartford, Jan. 3, 1788, for the ratification of the U.S. Constitution and he was later a State Auditor. Timely piece. Two weeks after this was written the British Parliament declared the colony of Massachusetts to be in a state of rebellion and 3 months later, the Revolutionary War began.</td>
    <td>Benjamin Stiles (1740)</td>
    <td>1 pg. autograph document signed</td>
    <td>Benjamin Stiles 1740, Merit Badge Revolutionary War. Benjamin Stiles' brother is the great Yale President Ezra Stiles (1746). Benjamin Stiles part of 1788 ratification US Constitution</td>
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    <td>1778</td>
    <td>AbrahamDavenport</td>
    <td>1778 Abraham Davenport, Selectman of Stamford, clothing for soldiers paid by Stamford and reimbursed by State of Connecticut. Wikipedia, "Abraham Davenport (1715 - November 20, 1789) was an American politician who served in the Connecticut Governor's Council during the American Revolution, and as a colonel in the Connecticut state militia. He is famous for his response to New England's Dark Day, which many feared was a sign that the Last Judgment was approaching."</td>
    <td>Abraham Davenport</td>
    <td>State of Connecticut</td>
    <td>7 1/8" x 4 3/8"</td>
    <td>Abraham Davenport, Connecticut colonial history, Timothy Dwight wrote about Davenport and the Dark Day affairs</td>
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    <td>1779</td>
    <td>HenryDaggett1775</td>
    <td>1779 American Revolutionary War Document, signed by Continental Army Quartermaster and Yale President's son Henry Daggett (1775)</td>
    <td>Henry Daggett (1775)</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>7 3/4" x 3"</td>
    <td>Henry Daggett (1775), son of Yale President Naphtali Daggett (1748)</td>
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    <td>1783</td>
    <td>OliverWolcottJr1773</td>
    <td>1783 Connecticut Revolutionary War pay voucher for Captain Roger Alden for 238 pounds signed by Oliver Wolcott Jr (1773), son of Wolcott Sr. (Signer US Declaration)</td>
    <td>Oliver Wolcott Jr (1773)</td>
    <td>Roger Alden and Pay-Table Office</td>
    <td>6.5" x 8.5"</td>
    <td>Oliver Wolcott Jr (1773, Nathan Hale classmate), son of US Signer Declaration</td>
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<table><tr><td>1799HoraceHolley1803</td><td>December 26, 1799 Yale student Horace Holley accounting of expenses to father.</td><td>Horace Holley (1803), future President Transylvania University</td><td>Luther Holley</td><td>Cover has a straight line postmark and a manuscript rate marking. Cover has a straight line red PAID. Text of letter uses 2 pages of the 4 page piece. Paper has numerous tears and cuts, and is missing a piece of the second sheet, which doesn't affect the letter. Paper has staining and age yellowing. Paper has some second sheet dirtiness.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1800HoraceHolley1803</td><td>December 3, 1800 Horace Holley to Father. Shares happiness and anxiety with father. dad is worried a Miss Mc will be a roadblock on his son's path to getting a solid education, and Horace does his best to put those fears to rest. "I never encouraged a thought ... than that refined, chaste and delicate friendship, which sometimes subsists to be between those, not united in the silken bonds of Hymn."</td><td>Horace Holley (1803), future President Transylvania University</td><td>Luther Holley</td><td>Cover has a straight line postmark and manuscript rate marking. Text of letter uses 2 pages of the 4 page piece. Paper has numerous tears and cuts, has staining and age yellowing.</td><td></td></tr><tr><td>1800HoraceHolley1803</td><td>Letter was written by Horace Holley, a student at Yale College. Letter is dateline Yale College Feb. 9, 1800. Horace writes about how he has settled in back at school, how happy he is to be able to get an education that he can put to use later, whereever he may be, how appreciative he is for his parents giving him this opportunity. He talks about his class having gone through Virgil in Latin, the four Evangelists, with the acts of the apostles in Greek, and they were getting ready for an examination. Horace also writes that....On the 22nd of February is to be the following attention paid to the memory of General George Washington. The committee of the town of New Haven (and others). If I have an opportunity, I will send up the funeral oration of the President, as it will undoubtedly be printed.</td><td>Horace Holley (1803), future President Transylvania University</td><td>Luther Holley</td><td>Vintage folded stampless cover and letter combination, that was written in and mailed from New Haven, Connecticut. Cover has a straight line postmark, of which one letter is weak but visible. Has a manuscript rate marking of 10. Text of letter uses 2 pages of the 4 page piece. Paper has a first sheet tear which impacts the letter. That the only tear I see. Paper has some staining and has yellowed from age.</td><td>Yale Student writes about February 22, 1800 New Haven memorial to US President Washington (2/22/1732 - 12/14/1799).</td></tr><tr><td>1802HoraceHolley1803</td><td>February 14, 1802 from Horace Holley (1803) to Father. Needs a coat, heard the blue birds sing. "I observe in the last papers that a majority of one in the Senate has passed the resolution to do away the Judiciary Act." Concern with Judicial Independence being compromised, "But surely they ought to have some very strong reasons, known at least to themselves, before they effect a complete destruction of Judicial Independence; and still more before they go directly in the very teeth of the Constitution, to one half the United States." Wow. Great discourse on the unconstitutionality of the bill. Mentions Philadelphia Congress, United States Gazette, "mouming for the death of our constitution."</td><td>Horace Holley (1803), future President Transylvania University</td><td>Luther Holley</td><td>folded stampless 15 "x 8 3/4". fragile folds. Cover has a straight line N.Haven Feb. 19 postmark. The picture brought some of the letters that are hard to see with the naked eye. In other words, the postmark looks better in picture than it actually is. Cover has a manuscript rate marking of 6. Text of letter uses 3 pages of the 4 page piece. Paper has some rough edges, serious middle foldline tears and edge tears. Paper has staining and has yellowed from age.</td><td>Yale Student writes passionately about the Judiciary Act, Constitution, and future of the young United States.</td></tr></table>

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    <td>1825WilliamSullivant1823</td>
    <td>William Starling Sullivant (1803-1873) was a US bryologist. He was the son of Lucas Sullivan - founder of Columbus, Ohio - and Sarah Starling. Yale Class 1823. Became the leading expert on mosses and liverworts of his time. Many bryophyte species he discovered carry the abbreviation Sulliv. after their Latin name. The document is an agreement for the sale of land - a portion of a tract patented by his father, Lucas - to a William W. Haines. Size 8" by 12" on wove, watermanked, rag-content paper; age toned, many small holes along folds, overall fair to good condition.</td>
    <td>William Sullivant (1823) and William W Haines</td>
    <td>7 3/4" x 12 1/2", wove, watermanked, rag-content paper; age toned, many small holes along folds, overall fair to good condition.</td>
    <td>By 1870s, Sullivant the foremost bryologist in the United States. His peers honored Sullivant by electing him to the National Academy of Sciences in 1872. They also named a newly discovered moss, Sullivantia Ohioensis, in his honor.</td>
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    <td>1827SutherlandDouglas1822</td>
    <td>1827 by Sutherland Douglas (Yale 1822, 1804-1831) to "my dear parents." Letter is 1-month before his wedding (fiance "meets my feelings perfectly"), offered full Rector in Georgetown, "satisfied with my preaching." Great content on ministry, getting elected, friends in the District. Footnotes on being offered Rectorship of St. John's Church. Sutherland attended Andover Seminary, married daughter of Seth P Staples (one of the founders of Yale Law School). Preached temporarily in Georgetown, D.C; then about one year in Rochester, NY, which he left Aug, 1829. Lost his only child, a son in 1830; visited Europe on account of declining health in 1830; died in London May 6, 1831, aged 26. Scarce letter as Sutherland Douglas died very young.</td>
    <td>Sutherland Douglas (1822)</td>
    <td>Alanson Douglas</td>
    <td>16" x 10" folded</td>
    <td>Connection to Mrs Samuel Miller who made a contribution of $10,000 to Yale, in 1872, to found the Douglas Fellowship, as a memorial to her brothers, Sutherland Douglas (1822) and George H Douglas (1828).</td>
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    <td>1827ThomasHubbard1799</td>
    <td>1827 letter from Thomas Hubbard (1799), Clerk of Supreme Court, Utica, NY. Hubbard a Congressman, one of founders Hamilton College and Utica Academy.</td>
    <td>D Buel, Jr.</td>
    <td>Thomas H Hubbard (1799), Utica, NY</td>
    <td>16" x 9 3/4" folded, stampless</td>
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    <td>1828JoshuaTEaton1830</td>
    <td>November 1828 Yale student letter about 20 dollars, trunk shipped via Lady Washington to Long Wharf. Respects to family and friends</td>
    <td>Joshua T Eaton (1830)</td>
    <td>Lawson Buckminster, Framingham MA</td>
    <td>16" x 10" folded, writing on 2 pages (7 3/4" x 9 3/4")</td>
    <td>Minister for 25 years. In 1880, reported to class notes that he still had visions in the night of being unprepared for a Yale exam!</td>
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    <td>1829ThomasCoit1821</td>
    <td>Letter from Thomas W. Coit (1821) to St Peters Church, Salem, March 16. 1829. Coit resigns from St. Peters Church and accepts the Rectorship of Christ Church, Cambridge. Extraordinary 1-page letter.</td>
    <td>Thomas W. Coit (1821)</td>
    <td></td>
    <td>8" x 9 7/8". See also 1885 NY Times obit, "among the foremost scholars of the Episcopal Church and was the author of several able works in defense of its doctrines and position." Left his library to Berkeley Divinity School where he was also lecturer on ecclesiastical history.</td>
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    <td>1831BennettBronson1797</td>
    <td>Bennett Bronson (1797) writes to Rev Leonard Bacon in New Haven. "The Church & Society in this place have given the Rev'd Joel R. Arnold a call to settle with them in the Gospel Ministry. Mr. Arnold has accepted the call and the fourth Wednesday of instant January is appointed for the Installation."</td>
    <td>Bennett Bronson (1797)</td>
    <td>Leonard Bacon</td>
    <td>This folded lettersheet / stampless letter has a circular date stamp for WATERBURY CT, a matching PAID and a 6 cent rate, and is addressed to Rev'd Leonard Bacon, New Haven, and is a one page letter written by Bennet Bronson. The headline is Waterbury, January 10th, 1831.</td>
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    <td>1867HoraceBushnell1827</td>
    <td>Horace Bushnell (Yale 1827, 1802-1876) was an American Congregational clergyman and theologian. He attended Yale College where he roomed with future magazinist Nathaniel Parker Willis.[1] Willis credited Bushnell with teaching him the proper technique for sharpening a razor.[2] After graduating in 1827, he was literary editor of the New York Journal of Commerce from 1828-1829, and in 1829 became a tutor at Yale. Here he initially studied law, but in 1831 he entered the theology department of Yale College. In May, 1833 Bushnell was ordained pastor of the North Congregational church in Hartford, Connecticut. He married Mary Apthorp in 1833 and the couple had three children. Bushnell remained in Hartford until 1859 when, due to extended poor health he resigned his pastorate. While in California in 1856, for the restoration of his health, he took an active interest in the organization, at Oakland, of the College of California (chartered in 1855 and merged with the University of California in 1869), the presidency of which he declined. As a preacher, Dr. Bushnell was very effective. Though not a dramatic orator, he was original, thoughtful and impressive in the pulpit. His theological position may be said to have been one of qualified revolt against the Calvinistic orthodoxy of his day.<br/>This 1867 letter Bushnell thanks GB Bacon for sending his sermon for the Psalms and church plan. "What is worship but the fire and flame of hearts burning in the sense of God? ... Let us have a guard here and not sell out the pulpit too cheaply." The church order plan "meets my ideal better than anything I have seen." Super religious content and viewpoints,</td>
    <td>Horace<br/>Bushnell</td>
    <td>GB Bacon</td>
    <td>10 1/2" x 8" folded</td>
    <td>Superb theological content by an eminent Yale grad & theologian. The 1st public park in the US is named Bushnell Park for Hartford's most loved citizen and theologian (Also Horace Bushnell Memorial Hall in Hartford). Bushnell earned 4 Yale degrees over 10 years.</td>
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    <td>1869ARMerriam1872</td>
    <td>1869 (4 page) and 1870 (11 page) Yale College student letters by Alexander Ross Merriam (1872). Merriam mentioned in July 1870 NY Times articles on best speakers in class. Clergyman later with Hartford Theological Seminary. "A congenial charm is a great aid."</td>
    <td>Alexander<br/>Ross<br/>Merriam<br/>(1872)</td>
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    <td>Multiple Student letters, "hardest term of the whole year." Greek Tragedy under Prof. Packard, Cicero with Tutor Peck "A fine man in every sense of the word." (Tracy Peck letters in Goel Collection at Yale). Prof. Newton, "extremely hard and blind ... great difficulty expressing himself." Misfortune in the Prize debates, course at Scientific school, Beethoven Society concert.</td>
    <td>Yale student letters, Beethoven Society</td>
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    <td>1870PresidentTheodoreWoolsey1820</td>
    <td>October 1870 Handwritten note on Yale College stationery. Yale President Woolsey to author Rev. Dr. Lawrence, "the price is incorrect - why take it. I'm all submission, what you'd have it make it. ... I will hand the letter to Dr. Porter." Yale President Woolsey references next Yale President Noah Porter in responding to Dr. Rev. Lawrence.</td>
    <td>Yale<br/>President<br/>Theodore<br/>Woolsey<br/>(1820)</td>
    <td>Rev. Dr.<br/>Lawrence</td>
    <td>5" x 8"</td>
    <td>October 1870 letter by Yale President Theodore Woolsey 1846-1871, mentions next Yale President Noah Porter 1871-1886</td>
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    <td>1871BenjaminSillimanJr1837</td>
    <td>Professor Benjamin Silliman the chemist worked closely with his father Benjamin Silliman at Yale and himself was instrument in developing the oil industry. This 1871 letter to US Congressman Potter mentions a conversation with former US Congressman & Attorney General Caleb Cushing (Harvard 1817) in Washington and praises his recent remarks on Judicial Independence and the Limitations of Legislative Power. "The grandest, finest and most conclusive speech ever delivered on the subject." "I think my dear Sir, that you and John Quincy Adams have taught legislatures the limit of their power - each case with a boldness, dignity, learning + logic which were irresistible."</td>
    <td>Benjamin<br/>Silliman Jr<br/>(1837)</td>
    <td>US<br/>Congressman Platt<br/>Potter</td>
    <td>10" x 8" folded, writing on 4 sides, beautiful black ink. very good.</td>
    <td>Silliman Family is synonymous with Yale (Silliman College). This would join a Silliman poem which I donated to Yale in 2008.</td>
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    <td>1873NoahPorter1831</td>
    <td>Concerning an article he is writing. In part: "The main part of my article is done. I had hoped to send it to you & get it off my hand before going to Boston. But I have been --- & perplexed to get together my authorities & now must go to Boston or Andover for some of them..."</td>
    <td>Noah Porter</td>
    <td>Noah<br/>Porter's<br/>brother</td>
    <td>No date listed, but mentions Saturday June 7 (so 1851, 1856, 1862, 1873)</td>
    <td>Noah Porter, Yale President 1861-1876.</td>
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