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Dartmouth College

LC control no.n 79078132
Descriptive conventionsrda
Corporate name headingDartmouth College
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Variant(s)Collegium Dartmuthense
See alsoDartmouth University
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Moor's Indian Charity School
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Other standard no.Q49116
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Biography/History noteThe Dartmouth College charter was confirmed on Dec. 18, 1769.
Beginning date1769-12-18
Associated countryUnited States
LocatedHanover (N.H.)
Field of activityEducation, Higher
Found inIts Dartmouth College war bulletin, 1941-43.
NUCMC data from U. of Mo.-Col. Lib., West. Hist. Mss. Coll. and St. Hist. Soc. of Mo. for Curtis, T.B. Papers, 1950-1969 (Dartmouth College)
LC manual auth. cd. (hdg.: Moor's Indian Charity School; founded in 1754 by Eleazar Wheelock to Christianize and educate the Indians; its legal existence ended in 1915 when by court decree it was consolidated with Dartmouth College)
NUCMC data from Portsmouth Athenaeum for Plumer, W. List of officials, 1816-1819 (Dartmouth University)
Dartmouth College WWW Home page, July 2, 2001 (In 1815, Dartmouth became the stage for a constitutional drama that had far-reaching effects; claiming its 1769 charter invalid, the New Hampshire legis. est. a separate governing body for the College and changed its name to Dartmouth University; the existing Trustees, under the leadership of President Francis Brown, challenged the action and insisted on the validity of the charter and Dartmouth's continuance as a private institution free of interference from the state; case was argued in the United States Supreme Court by Daniel Webster; landmark decision handed down by Chief Justice John Marshall in February, 1819, affirmed the validity of the original charter; [located in Hanover, N.H.])
Associated languageeng