A NEWS ITEM OF HISTORICAL INTEREST

The following extract from the EssexGazette, Salem, June 2, 1772, has been sent to the ALUMNI MAGAZINE:

[COPY] Dartmouth College, 21st May, 1772.

Yesterday the Rev'd Messieurs David Maccluer and Levi Frisbie (both educated by Dr. Wheelock) were ordained here to the work of the ministry, with a special view to a mission among the Indians at Muskingham beyond the Ohio, about 800 miles from hence, where a remarkable door is opened for the propagation of the gospel.

The mission is in response to a request, and to be carried out with the hon. board of correspondents in New Jersey, who propose sending a missionary in company with Messrs. Maccleur and Frisbie.

The solemnity which was performed with decency and propriety, was concluded with an anthem sung by the students, suitable to the occasion.