Excerpt from Connecticut as a Colony and as a State, or One of the Original Thirteen, Vol. 4
Burr and Edwards at Princeton - Christian work for Indians founded Dartmouth and Hamilton Colleges - Pioneer la bors In the establishment of W'estern Colleges - Doctor Sam uel Johnson at King's college-william Samuel Johnson first President of Columbia College - Abraham Baldwin's plan for a State University adopted by the Georgia Legisla ture - tt and Hickok at Union College - Owen, Vice Pres ident of the Free College of the City of New York - Hum phrey and Seelye at Amherst - Laurens Clarke Seelye at Smith College - Three Presidents of Williams College Of Connecticut birth - Holley President of Transylvania Uni versity, Finney of Oberlin College and Northrop of the Uni versity of Minnesota - Daniel C. Gilman, President of three colleges-william Adams, President of the Union Theo logical Seminary - Yale's Presidency.
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