We are or were all members of the Dartmouth community of Hanover, New Hampshire. But for a time, the address was known as Hanover, Vermont. In 1776 11 towns met in Hanover to voice their grievances against the royal governors at Exeter. All 11 towns voted to secede from New Hampshire and join the new Republic of Vermont. And so it was that Dartmouth became a Vermont college and town of Hanover was called Dresden. It wasn’t until 1780 that President George Washington changed it all back. At that time Dartmouth had 40 students, three of whom were Native American students. During the last 10 years of the 18th century, Dartmouth graduated 362 students, Harvard 394, and Princeton 240. A notable landmark in the same decade was the establishment of what was the fourth medical school in the United States.

This will be my last writing for DAM, so if anyone would like to continue, let me know. Hope to see you in September.

We are saddened to hear of the death of Dr. Hardy Hendren this past winter. He lived in Duxbury, Massachusetts.

—Joe Hayes, P.O. Box 57, Rye Beach, NH 03871; (603) 964-6503; jhayes697@yahoo.com