[Rarebooks] F/S Two19th century Dartmouth College pieces signed by the Presidents

[Garry R Austin]

We offer for your consideration the following, net to all & postpaid @ $95.
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Laws Of Dartmouth College.  Hanover N.H.: Printed by Thomas Mann, 1837.
Octavo; pp; 28; original beige printed wrappers lettered in black, 
"L.D.C."; edgewear, toned else very good; the first leaf is partially 
printed and finished in manuscript, certifying that M. C. Richardson is 
admitted as a member of Dartmouth College, September, 1837 and signed by 
the controversial College President Nathan Lord.

Nathan Lord (November 28, 1793 -- September 9, 1870) was a U.S. 
Congregational clergyman and educator.
He graduated from Bowdoin College in 1809, attended Andover Theological 
Seminary and served as president of Dartmouth College from 1828 to 1863. 
Lord was able to bring the college out of debt, improve the overall 
curriculum, and raise admission levels.
Ultimately, his views on slavery brought a storm of controversy as the 
nation entered the Civil War, earning him the enmity of several members 
of the Board of Trustees, including Amos Tuck (1835), a founding member 
of the Republican Party, and close friend of Abraham Lincoln. Matters 
came to a head in 1863 when Lord prevented the granting of an honorary 
degree to President Lincoln. Ultimately, this resulted in actions by the 
Trustees that essentially warranted his removal from office. However, 
Lord tendered his resignation.
He continued to live in as an active member of the Dartmouth College 
community, in Hanover, New Hampshire, until his death in 1870.

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Laws Of Dartmouth College.  Hanover N.H.: Printed by The Dartmouth 
Press, 1866.
Octavo; pp; 16; original black pebbled wrappers; wrappers are detached 
but the pamphlet is complete with all preliminaries; the first leaf is 
partially printed and finished in manuscript, certifying that Charles 
Francis Richardson is admitted as a member of Dartmouth College, August 
28, 1867 and signed by the College President Asa D. Smith.

We believe that M. C. Richardson was the father of Charles. C. F. 
Richardson would later teach at Dartmouth and was an author and poet.

The Rev. Asa Dodge Smith D.D., L.L.D. (September 21, 1804 -- August 16, 
1877) served as the 7th president of Dartmouth College from 1863 until 
his death in 1877.
After the forced resignation of Nathan Lord in 1863 over his support for 
slavery, the Trustees wanted a more conservative president to take his 
place. As a preacher for 29 years at the 14th Street Presbyterian Church 
in New York City, Asa Dodge had developed a reputation as a religious 
man with abolitionist beliefs. Smith's presidency was a period of great 
growth for the College, including the establishment of two new schools 
within Dartmouth. The New Hampshire College of Agriculture and the 
Mechanic Arts, later moved to Durham, New Hampshire and renamed the 
University of New Hampshire, was originally founded in Hanover in 1866. 
One year later, the Thayer School of Engineering was founded. Over the 
course of his presidency, enrollment at the College was more than 
doubled, the number of scholarships increased from 42 to 103, and 
Dartmouth benefited from several important bequests.

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