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Darthmouth's First Winter Camper

December 1992
Article
Darthmouth's First Winter Camper
December 1992

IN THE MIDWINTER of 1772-73, John Ledyard obtained President Eleazar Wheelock's permission to spend the night sleeping with a few friends amid ever-green boughs at Velvet Rocks. Wheelock granted leave on the basis that the night would toughen them up. Ledyard also asked to dance the minuet with his friends. Permission was denied.