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Lot No. 93 (con.) (8)

During the summer of 1954, the College replaced
the broken tablestone of Mary Brinsmead Wheelock.
When the table stone and supporting stones were
removed, a slate slab of similar size as the
tablestone above was found at ground level. A
companion stone was found, also, under the tablestone
of Eleazar Wheelock. Both stones bore inscriptions.
They follow;

MADAM MARY WHEELOCK
Formerly Miss Brinsmead
From Milford in Connecticut
The consort of the reverend
ELEAZAR WHEELOCK. DD.
President of DARTMOUTH
COLLEGE,
having faithfully, honorably,
and acceptably acted
an important part
on the theatre of life,
quitted the stage,
to receive the plaudi (t?)
of the omnicient judge.
February 25th AD. 1783
Anno AEtatis 69.

In Memoriam
ELEAZARI WHEELOCK
Divinitatis Doctoris.
Academiae Morensis
et Collegii Dartmuthensis
Fundatoris et Praesidis primi.
___________
Evandelium inter Aborigines Americanes.
Promulgavit et lucem inter Christianes
fudit. MDCCXnatus. MDCCLXXIX(o-?)
____________
Sacred to the memory
of Eleazar Wheelock
Doctor in Divinity
Founder and first President
of Moor's School and Dartmouth
College
He published the Gospel among the Heat-
then, and spread light among Christians.
He was born in the year 1710, and died 1779.