l supervision of the college, but most of his Sabbaths were
spent in preaching to destitute congregations in the neighborhood;
and, during his vacations, he was generally traveling with a view to
increase the college funds. Soon after the Commencement in 1818, he
began to show some symptoms of pulmonary disease, and these symptoms
continued, and assumed a more aggravated form, under the best medical
prescriptions. His last effort in the pulpit was at Thetford, Vt.,
October 6, 1818. In the hope of recovering from his disease, he
traveled into the western part of New York, but no substantial relief
was obtained. In the fall of 1819, with a view to try the effect of a
milder climate, he journeyed as far south as South Carolina and
Georgia, where he spent the following winter and spring. He returned
in the month of June, and, though he was greeted by his friends and
pupils with the most affectionate welcome, they all saw, from his
pallid countenance and emaciated form, that he had only come home to
die. As he was unable to appear in public, he invited the Senior
class, who were about to leave college at the commencement of their
last vacation, to visit him in his chamber; and there he addressed to
them, with the solemnity of a spirit just ready to take its flight,
the most pertinent and affectionate farewell counsels, which they
received with every expression of gratitude, veneration, and love. In
his last days and hours he evinced the most humble, trusting,
child-like spirit, willing to live as long as God was pleased to
detain him, but evidently considering it far better to depart and be
with Christ. His last words were, "Glorious Redeemer, take my spirit."
He died July 27, 1820.

His wife Elisabeth, daughter of the Rev. Tristram Gilman, a lady whose
fine intellectual, moral, and Christian qualities adorned every
station in which she was placed, survived him many years, and died on
the 5th of September, 1851. They had three children, one of whom,
Samuel Gilman [now President Brown], is a professor in Dartmouth
College.

The degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon President Brown by
both Hamilton and Williams Colleges, in 1819.

The following is a list of President Brown's published works: "An
Address on Music," delivered before the Handel Society of Dartmouth
College, 1809. "The Faithful Steward:" A Sermon delivered at the
ordination of Allen Greeley, 1810. "A Sermon delivered before the
Maine Missionary Socie