his new office in August following, and so acceptable were his
services, and so well adapted was he found to be to such a field of
labor, that in January, 1832, he was elected secretary and director of
the Society. His duties now became exceedingly arduous, and his
situation one of vast responsibility. In addition to all the other
labors incident to his situation, he had an important agency in
conducting the 'Quarterly Journal and Register of the American
Education Society,'--a work that required great research, and that has
preserved much for the benefit of posterity which would otherwise have
been irrecoverably lost.

"In 1833, he was honored with the degree of Doctor of Divinity, by
Williams College.

"It became manifest, after a few years, that Dr. Cogswell's physical
constitution was gradually yielding to the immense pressure to which
it was subjected. He accordingly signified to the Board of Directors
of the Education Society his intention to resign his office as
secretary, as soon as a successor could be found. He was induced,
however, by their urgent solicitation, to withhold his resignation for
a short time; though in April, 1841, his purpose was carried out, and
his resignation accepted. The Board with which he had been connected,
rendered, on his taking leave of them, the most honorable testimony to
the ability and fidelity with which he had discharged the duties of
his office.

"On the same month that he determined on resigning his place in the
Education Society, he was appointed by the Trustees of Dartmouth
College, professor of History and National Education. Here again his
labors were very oppressive, as he was obliged not only to prepare a
course of lectures on a subject comparatively new, but to perform much
other service, especially in the way of collecting funds to endow his
professorship. He was chiefly instrumental, at this time, in
establishing the Northern Academy of Arts and Sciences, and of
gathering for it a library of about two thousand volumes.

"But while he was thus actively and usefully engaged, he was invited
to the presidency of the Theological Seminary at Gilmanton, in
connection also with the professorship of Theology, and a general
agency in collecting funds. There were many circumstances that led
him to think favorably of the proposal, and finally to accept it. He
accordingly removed his family to Gilmanton, in January, 1844.

"His expectations in this last field of labor seem