Ripley, Sylvanus, 1749-1787
Biography
Sylvanus Ripley was a charity scholar at Moor’s Indian Charity School who became one of Dartmouth College’s first professors and Eleazar Wheelock’s son-in-law. After a brief stint at Moor’s proper, Ripley entered Yale in 1768. He undertook several short missions to the Canadian tribes in the early 1770s to seek out a new source of Native American students for Wheelock. His longest mission, from May to September of 1772, garnered 10 students from Kahnawake, the Catholic Canadian settlement. Ripley was an important figure in Dartmouth’s early history: in addition to serving as preceptor of Moor’s from 1775 until 1779, he was a tutor at Dartmouth from 1772 until 1782, a trustee of Dartmouth from 1775 until 1787, and the College’s professor of divinity from 1782 until 1787 (sources differ as to whether Ripley was ever formally ordained). He was also very involved in the political conflicts that characterized the town’s early history. Ripley died in 1787, at age 37, after being thrown from a sleigh.
Found in 13 Collections and/or Records:
John Wheelock letter
In English.
John Willard letter
In English.
Letter to Sylvanus Ripley
In English.
Mary (Brinsmead) Wheelock deed
In English.
Mr. Ripley memorandum
In English.
Robert Hunter letter
In English.
Silvanus Ripley letter
In English.
Silvanus Ripley narrative
In English.
Sylvanus Ripley deed
Sylvanus Ripley deed of land to Jabez Bingham.
Sylvanus Ripley extract of a narrative
In English.
Sylvanus Ripley letter
In a three page letter to Rev. Stehphen Williams of Longmeadow, MA, Sylvanus Ripley of Dresden writes about the state of the College, how the danger from the war has lessened, Scout has returned from Canada with news, and Mrs. Ripley has been ill.
[Sylvanus Ripley] memorandum
Memorandum from [Sylvanus Ripley] of accounts with the Trustees and E. Wheelock; Jonathan Freeman; tuition for J.P. Ripley.
Sylvanus Ripley narrative
In English.
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