Kirkland, Samuel, 1741-1808
Dates
- Existence: 1741 - 1808
Samuel Kirkland was born in Norwich, Connecticut in 1741. After preparation at Eleazar Wheelock's school in Lebanon, Connecticut, he entered the College of New Jersey in 1762. He received his degree in 1765 in absentia, having left to serve as a missionary to the native peoples of New York. Kirkland was ordained in 1766 in Connecticut and returned to the Oneida peoples that year to serve for the next four decades as a missionary. In 1769, he married Jerusha Bingham, and niece of Eleazar Wheelock. The following year, after a disagreement with Wheelock, Kirkland placed himself under the auspices of the Society in Scotland for Propagating Christian Knowledge, receiving his salary from that organization and from Harvard College. Kirkland is credited with preventing several conflicts between the native peoples and British and American colonists. He also founded Hamilton Oneida Academy, later Hamilton College, in 1793. Kirland died in 1808.
Found in 35 Collections and/or Records:
Sam Kirkland letter
Mss 796430
Collection
Identifier: Mss 796430
Scope and Contents
Sam Kirkland of Paris, N.Y. to Whom It May Concern letter of introduction for Mr. Tilton Eastman, speaking of him as being a very worthy man.
Samuel Kirkland extracts
Mss 794900
Collection
Identifier: Mss 794900
Scope and Contents
Three pages of extracts from Samuel Kirkland's journal.
Samuel Kirkland letter
Mss 779470
Collection
Identifier: Mss 779470
Scope and Contents
Four-page letter from Samuel Kirkland to Mrs. Jerusha (Bingham) Kirkland, describing the army's march between Wyoming and Teago (Tioga).
Samuel Kirkland letter
Mss 791562
Collection
Identifier: Mss 791562
Scope and Contents
Two page folio from Samuel Kirkland of Stockbridge to John Wheelock, the honor shown by the Indians to the memory of Eleazar Wheelock. Thanks him for his kindness to his son George. Is moving his family to Oneida.
(Samuel Kirkland) letter
Mss 792900.3
Collection
Identifier: Mss 792900.3
Scope and Contents
Two page letter from (Samuel Kirkland) plan to incorporate the Indian school at Oneida, with list of Trustee, headed with the name of Alexander Hamilton.