he said Mr.
Smith) one hundred pounds L. My. annually as a salary to be paid one
half in money and the other half in money or in such necessary
articles for a family as wheat, Indian corn, rye, beef, pork, mutton,
butter, cheese, hay, pasturing, etc., as long as he shall continue
professor as aforesaid, and that he shall have these articles
delivered to him at the same price for which they were usually sold
before the commencement of the present war in America, viz.: that he
shall have wheat at 5s. per bushel, rye at 3s., Indian corn at 2s.
6d., fresh beef at 3d. per lb., salt beef at 4-1/2d., fresh pork at
4-1/2d., salt do. at 7d., fresh beef at 18s. per ct., do. pork at
25s., mutton at 3d. per lb., butter at 3d., cheese at 3d., bread at
2d., hay at 30s. per ton, pasturing per season for horse 30s., for cow
20s., and also to give him one acre of land near the College for a
building spot, a deed of which he promises to give him whenever he
shall request the same. Doctor Wheelock also agrees that Mr. Smith's
salary, viz.: one hundred pounds annually, shall not be diminished
when his business as professor shall be so great that it will render
it impracticable for him to serve as a tutor to a class in College;
and that Mr. Smith shall not be removed from his professorship except
the Trustees of Dartmouth College shall judge him incapacitated
therefor, and also that Mr. Smith's salary shall begin with the date
hereof. Doctor Wheelock also promises to lay this agreement before the
Trustees of Dartmouth College to be confirmed by them at their next
meeting. Mr. Smith also promises that whenever he shall have a
sufficient support from any fund established for the maintenance of a
professor of languages, he will give up the salary to which the
agreement entitles him.

"In testimony whereof, we have hereunto interchangeably affixed our
hands and seals this 9th day of November, 1777.

"Eleazar Wheelock. [L. S.]
"John Smith. [L. S.]

"In presence of:
"Sylvanus Ripley.
"Joseph Mottey."

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"July 3, 1816. The Governor and Council appointed Hon. Josiah
Bartlett, of Stratham, Hon. Joshua Darling, of Henniker, Hon. Wm. H.
Woodward, of Hanover, Matthew Harvey, Esq., of Hopkinton, and Levi
Woodbury, Esq., of Francestown, Trustees of Dartmouth University, and
on the following day added Henry Hubbard, Esq., of Charlestown, Dr.
Cyrus Perkins, of Hanover, Aaron Hutchinson, E