Timothy Dwight Dies – Today in History: January 11
January 11, 2019
On January 11, 1817, Timothy Dwight (theologian, educator, poet, and eighth president of Yale) died in New Haven, Connecticut. A... Read more » …[more]
Timothy Dwight
Hidden Nearby: The Morris Academy
November 29, 2018
Rare for his time, educator James Morris accepted both boys and girls as students. …[more]
Categories: Education, Goshen, Morris, Timothy Dwight
An Experiment in Evangelization: Cornwall’s Foreign Mission School
November 10, 2015
The story of the Foreign Mission School connects the town of Cornwall, Connecticut, to a larger, national religious fervor that... Read more » …[more]
Categories: Belief, Connecticut History Day 2017, Cornwall, Education, Timothy Dwight
Timothy Dwight Provides Religious, Military, and Educational Services for a Young Country
October 11, 2015
Timothy Dwight was an influential preacher, poet, and educator who served as a chaplain during the Revolutionary War and later as the president of Yale College. …[more]
Categories: Cornwall, Education, Fairfield, Jonathan Edwards, Literature, New Haven, Redding, Timothy Dwight, Watertown
The Hartford Wits
July 24, 2015
Eventually taking the name the "Hartford Wits," some of the most influential figures of the 18th century got together to write poetry that documented the state of the times. …[more]
Categories: Derby, Hartford, Literature, Middletown, New Haven, Redding, Revolution and the New Nation, Revolutionary War, Timothy Dwight, Waterbury, Watertown
Early Anti-slavery Advocates in 18th-century Connecticut
February 8, 2015
Ideals advanced during the American Revolution inspired many of the state’s religious and political leaders to question and oppose slavery in the late 1700s. …[more]
Categories: Connecticut History Day 2017, Law, Politics and Government, Revolution and the New Nation, Slavery and Abolition, Social Movements, Surprise, Timothy Dwight
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