Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . reatmental ability and force of character. During theboys earlier years she devoted herself to his edu-cation. At twelve he was sent to the Rev. EnochHuntingdons school in Middletown, where he wasfitted for college, matriculating at Yale in 1765. He was gradu-ated in 1769, hav-ing but one rivalin scholarship,Nathan leaving col-lege he was prin-cipal of the Hop-kins grammar-school in NewHaven for twoyears. In the au-tumn of 1771 hewas given thepost of tutor inhis alma mater,and in the sameyear began hisambitious epic, The Conquestof Can
Appletons' cyclopædia of American biography . reatmental ability and force of character. During theboys earlier years she devoted herself to his edu-cation. At twelve he was sent to the Rev. EnochHuntingdons school in Middletown, where he wasfitted for college, matriculating at Yale in 1765. He was gradu-ated in 1769, hav-ing but one rivalin scholarship,Nathan leaving col-lege he was prin-cipal of the Hop-kins grammar-school in NewHaven for twoyears. In the au-tumn of 1771 hewas given thepost of tutor inhis alma mater,and in the sameyear began hisambitious epic, The Conquestof Canaan. Hewas made M. A. in 1772, and on taking his degreedelivered a dissertation on the History, Elo-quence, and Poetry of the Bible, which attractedmuch attention. While a tutor, he studied law,with the intention of adopting it as a profession;but in 1777, there being a great dearth of chaplainsin the Continental army, he was licensed to preach,and soon afterward became chaplain in Parsonssbrigade, of the Connecticut line. While holding this. ^^^C^xZ^^<^ office he wrote several stirring patriotic songs, oneof which, Columbia, became a general favorite. His fathers sudden death in 1778 recalled him tothe care of his widowed mother and her family,with whom he remained at Northampton, Mass,,five years, tilling the Earm and preaching occa-sionally in the neighboring churches. He alsokept a day-school for both sexes, in which JoelBarlow, the poet, was a teacher; and after thecapture of New Haven by the British fie had un-der his care several of the students of Yale. In1782 he was a member of the Massachusetts legis-lature, but refused a nomination to congress. Re-ceiving a call from the church at Greenfield Hill, abeautiful rural parish in Fairfield, Conn., he re-moved thither in 1783; and shortly afterward heestablished an academy, which soon acquired a na-tional reputation, students being attracted from allparts of the country and from the West this school Dr. Dwight
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