. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. s history, when, betweenthe hostility aroused by the religious test act of 1753, the general want of confidencein the management of the college e.\istiug among the leading men in the State and llonp^-wood, a youns gentleman of ingenious talent, who was for many yeai-s an inmate of the Presidentsfamily. The third (silhouette), is reduced from a life-size cuttinj;, bearing Pres. Stiles autojrraph endorse-ment, • Prolile of Ezra Stiles, a;t. 40. bareheaded. Taken t)y Uenry Alarcliant, Esq., Jany 2, 1707. Theseare selected from a cons
. The history and genealogies of ancient Windsor, Connecticut:. s history, when, betweenthe hostility aroused by the religious test act of 1753, the general want of confidencein the management of the college e.\istiug among the leading men in the State and llonp^-wood, a youns gentleman of ingenious talent, who was for many yeai-s an inmate of the Presidentsfamily. The third (silhouette), is reduced from a life-size cuttinj;, bearing Pres. Stiles autojrraph endorse-ment, • Prolile of Ezra Stiles, a;t. 40. bareheaded. Taken t)y Uenry Alarcliant, Esq., Jany 2, 1707. Theseare selected from a considerable number of Honeywoods slietches of the raembera of the (Pres.) Stiles familynow In possession of Mrs. Kate Gannett Wells of Boston, Mass. • Though Pies. Stiles literary MS. are very voluminous and form a treasury of greal value for subse-quent historians and students, his published works were comparatively few, consisting of nine sermons andaddresses in pamphlet form, and one vol. of ii7 pp. Vinw The HUlonjof Ihf Three Juili/ef of Kinij ChuiieK 710 GENEALOGIES AND BIOGRAPHIES OP ANCIENT WINDSOR. legislature, and the jealousies which even then threatened the establishment of arival institution, the usefulness and even the existence of Yale was seriously men-aced. And in the words of Yales historian,the special claim of President Stiles onthe gratitude of its alumui, is his successin bringing the college liack into the line ofits traditions, and to its historic- place in har-mony with the legislature and with all classesof people in the State. His character as ascholar gave the college reputation and dig-nity at home and abroad. He was an ardentpatriot and devotedly attached to the was. a truly academic man, thoroughlyimbued with the spirit of the place, and dis-posed to maintain all its traditions. Noofficer of the institution ever labored withmore zeal for its prosperity. He died inolliee, 13 May, 179.). Pres. Stiles m. (1) 10Feb,, IToT, Elizabeth (da
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