er
in company with his preceptor and Governor Wentworth, and so new and
unsettled was a portion of the country through which they passed, that
they were obliged to encamp one night in the woods. Their arrival at
Hanover excited great interest, and was celebrated by the roasting of
an ox whole, at the Governor's expense, on a small cleared spot, near
where the college now stands.

"He was admitted to the degree of Bachelor of Arts in 1773; and
immediately after, was appointed preceptor of Moor's school at
Hanover. This appointment he accepted; and, while discharging his duty
as a teacher, was also engaged in the study of Theology under the
direction of President Wheelock. In 1774 he was appointed tutor in
the college, and continued in the office until 1778. About this time
he received an invitation to settle in the ministry in West Hartford
Conn., and, in the course of the same year, was elected professor of
Languages in the college where he had been educated. His strong
predilection for classical studies led him to accept the latter
appointment; and until 1787 he joined to the duties of a professor
those of a tutor, receiving for all his services one hundred pounds,
lawful money, annually. His professorship he retained till the close
of his life. He was college librarian for thirty years,--from 1779 to
1809. For two years he delivered lectures on Systematic Theology, in
college, in connection with the public prayers on Saturday evening. He
was a Trustee of the college from 1788 to the time of his death. He
also officiated for many years as stated preacher in the village of
Hanover. In 1803, the degree of Doctor of Divinity was conferred upon
him by Brown University.

"Dr. Smith's abundant and unceasing labors as a professor, a minister,
and an author, proved too much for his constitution, and are supposed
to have hastened him out of life. He died in the exercise of a most
serene and humble faith, on the 30th of April, 1809, in the
fifty-seventh year of his age. His funeral sermon was preached by the
Rev. Dr. Burroughs of Hanover.

"Dr. Smith was enthusiastically devoted to the study of languages
through life. He prepared a Hebrew Grammar in his Junior year in
college, which is dated May 14, 1772; and a revised preparation is
dated February 11, 1774. About this time he also prepared a Chaldee
Grammar. The original manuscript of these grammars, as also the
greater part of his lectures on Theology, is deposited in the