. The story of a pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, Rev. John Alden in his 83rd year . ty. Whilea resident of Boston, he was appointed librarian of theMassachusetts Historical Society, and prepared a catalogueof its books, which was printed in 1811. He removed in1815 to Meadville, Pa., and immediately entered upon anundertaking to establish a college in that place. A publicmeeting was called June 20, 1815, Major Roger Alden pre- 387 388 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALDEN. siding. At this meeting w
. The story of a pilgrim family from the Mayflower to the present time : with autobiography, recollections, letters, incidents, and genealogy of the author, Rev. John Alden in his 83rd year . ty. Whilea resident of Boston, he was appointed librarian of theMassachusetts Historical Society, and prepared a catalogueof its books, which was printed in 1811. He removed in1815 to Meadville, Pa., and immediately entered upon anundertaking to establish a college in that place. A publicmeeting was called June 20, 1815, Major Roger Alden pre- 387 388 AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF JOHN ALDEN. siding. At this meeting was laid the foundation of Alle-ghany College by the appointment of Rev. Timothy Alden,president and professor of Oriental languages and of eccle-siastical history. Mr. Alden then undertook to raise thenecessary funds to carry on the enterprise. Among thosewho honored him by their contributions, were John Adams,Ex-President of the United States, Hon. James Winthrop,of Cambridge, Mass., Major Roger Alden, aiid many othernoted men of that time. At the laying of the corner-stoneof the college building, Mr. Alden took a prominent part asa master mason. His son, Timothy Fox Alden, delivered. TIMOTHY ALDEN. a Hebrew oration, and another son, Robert W., one inLatin. While residing in Meadville, he became interested in thecondition of the Indian tribes located in Western NewYork and Pennsylvania, the Senecas and the Mansees, andwas appointed in 1787 by the Boston Society for the Prop-agating the gospel among the Indians, as missionary inthat region. A volume published by him, in 1827, givesvery entertaining details of his work in the mission field,and contains much of interest regarding the manners andcustoms of the Indians of these tribes. His anecdotes ofthe Indian chiefs Complanter, Red Jacket and Black REV. TIMOTHY ALDEN. 389 Snake, and of Mary Jamieson, the white woman of theGenesee Valley, are extremely interesting. He closed hismissionary labors in 1820. In 1831, resigned his con
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