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Excerpt from Celebration of the One Hundredth Anniversary of the Founding of Brown University, September 6th, 1864 The Diaries, Letters, and other manuscript papers left by Dr. Stiles were not seen by the writer, till after the discourse was pronounced, when, by the courtesy of the President and the Librarian of Yale College, they were thrown open to his inspection, and those parts of them relating to Brown University kindly pointed out. The effect of. The perusal of this rich col lection of manuscript volumes has been to modify some of the statements in the discourse relating to a certain passage in the Life of Dr. Stiles, by the late Professor kingsley. Justice to the memory of that excellent man, required such modification. For the Copious extracts made in the Appendix from the Correspondence of President manning, from the Records of the Corporation, and from other early documents, no apology will be required by the lovers of history. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.