Author: Franklin Bowditch Dexter

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Published: 2015-07-08

Total Pages: 740

ISBN-13: 9781330985694

Excerpt from Biographical Sketches of the Graduates of Yale College, Vol. 3: With Annals of the College History; May, 1763 July, 1778 The identity of the plan of the present volume and of its predecessors makes an extended preface unnecessary. The author is fully conscious of the imperfect nature of many of the sketches, but under the pressing limitations of time and opportunity he has judged it wiser to commit his material to print, with all its shortcomings, than to delay for doubtful leisure. He is indebted to his friend Mr. John M. Gaines (Yale College 1896), of the New York Life Insurance Company, for interesting vital statistics which are given in the Appendix. Another volume of like extent would end with the Act of May, 1792, by which the State of Connecticut was admitted to a share in the government of the College; some preparation has been made for such a volume, but the possibilities of the future must be left uncertain. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.