THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, D. D.

The first President of King's College,
in New-York.

THE

LIFE

OF

SAMUEL JOHNSON, D. D.

The first President of King's College, in New-York.

CONTAINING

MANY INTERESTING ANECDOTES; A GENERAL VIEW OF THE
STATE OF RELIGION AND LEARNING IN CONNECTICUT
DURING THE FORMER PART OF THE LAST CENTURY;

AND AN ACCOUNT OF THE INSTITUTION AND

RISE OF YALE COLLEGE, CONNECTICUT;

AND OF KING'S (NOW COLUMBIA)

COLLEGE, NEW-YORK.

BY THOMAS BRADBURY CHANDLER, D.D.
Formerly Rector of St. John's Church, Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey.

TO WHICH IS ADDED,

AN APPENDIX,

CONTAINING

Many original Letters, never before published, from Bishop
BERKELEY, Archbishop SECKER, Bishop LoWTH,
and others, 'to Dr: JOHNSON..

Interesse etiam Reipublicæ existimo, ut exempla talium Virorum Literis
mandentur, et ad aliorum sive imitationem sive admonitionem sive
opprobium proponantur.

Dr. Bentham, de vita et moribus F. Burtoni.

New-York:

Printed by T. & F. Swords, No. 160 Pearl-street.

District of New-York, ss.

(Seal.)

BE IT REMEMBERED, That on the second day of March, in the twenty-ninth year of the Independence of the United States of America, Thomas and James Swords, of the said District, have deposited in this office the title of a book, the right whereof they claim as proprietors, in the words following, to wit:

"The Life of SAMUEL JOHNSON, D. D. the first Presi dent of King's College, in New-York. Containing many "interesting Anecdotes; a general View of the State of "Religion and Learning in Connecticut during the former "Part of the last Century; and an Account of the Institu ❝tion and Rise of Yale College, Connecticut; and of King's "(now Columbia) College, New-York. By THOMAS BRAD" BURY CHANDLER, D. D. formerly Rector of St. John's "Church, Elizabeth-Town, New-Jersey. To which is ad"ded, an Appendix, containing many original Letters, "never before published, from Bishop BERKELEY, Arch"bishop SECKER, Bishop LowтH, and others,, to Dr. "JOHNSON.

"Interesse etiam Reipublicæ existimo, ut exempla talium Virorum Literis "mandentur, et ad aliorum sive imitationem sive admonitionem sive "opprobium proponantur.

"Dr. Bentham, de vita et moribus F. Burtoni.”

In conformity to the Act of the Congress of the said United States, entitled, "An Act for the Encouragement "of Learning, by securing the Copies of Maps, Charts, ❝and Books, to the Authors and Proprietors of such Copies, "during the Times therein mentioned."