A TRUE AND CONCISE NARRATIVE, OF THE ORIGIN AND PROGRESS OF THE CHURCH DIFFICULTIES, IN THE VICINITY OF DARTMOUTH COLLEGE, IN HANOVER. THE SAME BEING THE ORIGIN OF PRESIDENT WHEELOCK'S DISAFFECTION TO THE TRUSTEES AND PROFESSORS OF THE COLLEGE, WITH DOCUMENTS RELATIVE THERETO. BY...A COMMITTEE OF THE CONGREGATIONAL CHURCH THERE, APPOINTED FOR THE PURPOSE.
Hanover, N.H. Charles Spear, 1815. Stitched in contemporary plain wrappers [front wrap detached], 68pp, untrimmed with wide margins. Light tan, Very Good.
This pamphlet details the prelude to the Dartmouth College Case-- the struggle between President John Wheelock and the College's Trustees. Amid prolonged and noisy public clamour, the Trustees removed Wheelock after he wrote 'Sketches of the History of Dartmouth College,' an attack on the Trustees and Wheelock's other adversaries. With Democrats favoring Wheelock and Federalists opposing him, the Democratic Legislature then changed Dartmouth's Charter, setting the stage for the Supreme Court's landmark decision forbidding legislative impairment of contracts.
FIRST EDITION. AI 34569 [5]. Sabin 18632. Not in Eberstadt, Decker, Marke, Marvin, Harv. Law Cat., BEAL. Item #26127
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