Memoirs of Eleazar Wheelock – M’Clure & Parish – 1811 | Native American Missions

Memoirs of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D., Founder and President of Dartmouth College and Moor’s Charity School was compiled by David M’Clure and Elijah Parish and published in Newburyport by Edward Little & Co. in 1811. This early biography tracks Wheelock’s founding of Moor’s Indian Charity School and Dartmouth College. The book includes a portrait frontispiece and covers missionary activity, Native American schooling, and religious revivals in Connecticut.

Bibliographic Details

• Title: Memoirs of the Rev. Eleazar Wheelock, D.D., Founder and President of Dartmouth College and Moor’s Charity School
• Author(s): Eleazar Wheelock
• Contributor(s): David McClure; Elijah Parish
• Publisher: Newburyport: Edward Little & Co.
• Edition: First edition, 1811
• Format: Octavo (8vo), single volume
• Binding: Full leather
• Size:  8.75in x 5.5in (22 cm x 13.5 cm)
• Collation: viii, [9]-336 pp
• Illustrations: One portrait frontispiece
• Contents Include:
  • Founding of Dartmouth College
  • Education of Native American Youth
  • Moor’s Indian Charity School
  • Mission Records
  • Revivals in Connecticut
• Reference(s): Shaw & Shoemaker 26263; Sabin 43066; Howes M 51; Field 978

Condition:

Good. Worn full leather binding with surface rubbing. Joints cracked but holding secure. Text block tight with moderate foxing and toning throughout. No missing pages. Frontispiece present.

Why Collect This?

• Early source on Dartmouth’s origin
• Native American schooling and missionary content
• Includes portrait frontispiece
• First edition
• Appeals to Americana collectors

Item Number: # 28842