Dartmouth College (1754) was founded in New Hampshire by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock by a charter granted by George III. Its alumni included Daniel Webster, who defended the College's Charter before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1819. The Charter of Dartmouth College, 1754, stated:
<Whereas...the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock...educated a number of the children on the Indian natives with a view to their carrying the Gospel in their own language and spreading the knowledge of the great Redeemer among their savage tribes.
And...the design became reputable among the Indians insomuch that a larger number desired the education of their children in said school....Dartmouth-College [has been founded] for the education and instruction of youths...in reading, writing and all parts of learning which shall appear necessary and expedient for civilizing and Christianizing the children.> 1754DC001
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1754DC001. William J. Federer, American Quotations (2014). Dartmouth College. 1754, charter granted to the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock in New Hampshire. The Charter of Dartmouth College (Dresden: Isaiah Thomas, 1779), pp. 1, 4; charter defended before the U.S. Supreme Court by alumni Daniel Webster, Dartmouth College v. Woodward, 17 U.S. 518 (1819), "established the inviolability of the charter of Dartmouth College." Rufus Choate, A Discourse Delivered Before the Faculty, Students, and Alumni of Dartmouth College (Boston: James Monroe and Company, 1853), p. 33. The New American Desk Encyclopedia (New York, NY: Signet, The Penguin Group, 1989), p. 1360.