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��THE GRANITE MONTHLY.

��Presented by Hon. Theodore Lyman and Mrs. Cora H. Shaw, of Boston — son and daughter.

George Bancroft, ll. d. x'Vn origi- nal by Schaus, of Berhn, Prussia. Presented by Mr. Bancroft while U. S. minister to Berlin.

Richard Hildreth. A copy in oil by U. D. Tenney, from a crayon. Presented by Charles H. Hildreth, M. D., of Gloucester, Mass. — a brother.

WooDBRiDGE Odlin. An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented by Mr. Odlin.

John Langdon Sibley. An original by F. P. Vinton, of Boston. Presented by the trustees of the academy.

Henry Winklev. An original. Pre- sented by Mr. Winkley.

Joshua W. Peirce. An original by LT. D. Tenney. Presented by his chil- dren.

James Walker, d. d. A crayon. Presented by his family.

Benjamin F. Prescott. An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented to the academy by Mr. Prescott.

Joseph Green Cogswell, ll. d. Plaster cast. Presented by David G. Haskings, of Cambridge, Mass.*

NEW HAMPSHIRE IIISTOKICAL SOCIETY.

Nathaniel Bouton, d. d. An origi- nal by Adna Tenney. Presented by Dr. Bouton's family.

Willia:\i Prescoit, m. d. An origi- nal by Adna Tenney. Presented by Nathan B. Prescott, Esq., of Derry.

Jeremy Belknap, d. d. A copy of the portrait in the state house in Concord, by Nathaniel Nelson, of Concord. Presented to the society by contributions for the purpose. state normal school.

S. H. Pearl (first principal). An original by U. D. Tenney. Presented to the school by its alumni.

PEMBROKE ACADEMY.

Abraham Burnham, d. d. A copy after Adna Tenney by U. D. Tenney.

  • Note. — The aoadeinj- has also in its

collection, portraits of IJenjamin Abbot. LL. 1)., and of Gid(!on Lane Soule, ll. d., former i)riiK'ii)als. The lirst by Cliester Ilardiuy-, and the last \>y Porter.

��Presented by John A. Burnham, Esq., of Boston, Mass. He was president of the board of trustees from the founding of the academy till his death, in 1852.

Benjamin F. Prescott. An origi- nal, crayon by J. Bailey Moore, of Manchester.

Natt Head. An original crayon by J. Bailey Moore, of Manchester.

DARTMOUTH COLLEGE.

Samson OccoM(Rev.). A copy by A. Tenney from a mezzotint taken in England in 1766. Occom was an In- dian of the Mohegan tribe, a pupil under Eleazer Wheelock, in his Indian school in Connecticut. He was the first ordained Indian preacher who ever went abroad. This portrait is three-fourths length, in a sitting posture, with hishandpointing to an open bible. The mezzotint was found in England, by the late Sam'l G. Drake, of Boston, nearly twenty-five years ago. It was presented to the college by B. F. Pres- cott and others.

Prof. George Bush, d. d., class of 1S18. Painted by LT. D. Tenney from an excellent steel engraving. Presented by Hon. Edward Spalding, of Nashua.

Major-Gen. Eleazer Wheelock Ripley, class of 1800. An original painting in military costume. Artist unknown. Gen. Ripley was a grand- son of the founder ; was a distinguished officer in the war of 181 2 ; was also a representative in congress from 1835 to 1839. Presented to the college by Mrs. A. W. Roberts, of New Orleans, La. — a step-daughter.

Rev. Laban Ainsworth, d. d., class of 1 7 78. Presented by Mrs. M. M. Greene, of Amherst, Mass. — a grand- daughter. Mr. Ainsworth was pastor of tlie Congregational church in Jaf- frey, N. H., for more than seventy-five years, and died at the extreme age of 100 years, 7 months, and 28 days.

Hon. Fr.4ncis Cogswell, class of 1822. An original. Presented by his sons, John F. and Thomas M. Cogs- well.

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