Citation - Boston Evening Post (Fleet): 1771.09.09

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Index Entry Anthem, sung in Dartmouth College, composed by students for commencement 
Location Dartmouth 
Citation
BEP(F.771.092
9 Sep 1771:31 (1876)
On Wednesday the 28th of August, was held the first
commencement at Dartmouth College, in the province of New-
Hampshire. . . [11 more lines giving names of those
attending] The exercises consisted of an elegant English
oration upon the virtues, succeeded by an anthem; a
philosophic oration in Latin; a sylogistic disputation, and
valedictory oration in Latin, followed by an anthem,
composed and set to music by the young gentlemen candidates
for a degree. . . [3 more lines]


Generic Title Boston Evening Post (Fleet) 
Date 1771.09.09 
Publisher Fleet, T. and J. 
City, State Boston, MA 
Year 1771 
Bibliography B0003671
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