(1754), was founded in New Hampshire by Reverend Eleazar Wheelock by a charter granted by George III. Its alumni included Daniel Webster, who defended the College’s Charter before the U.S. Supreme Court, 1819.1444 The Charter of Dartmouth College, 1754, stated:
Whereas … the Reverend Eleazar Wheelock … educated a number of the children on the Indian natives with a view to their carrying the Gospel in their own language and spreading the knowledge of the great Redeemer among their savage tribes. And … the design became reputable among the Indians insomuch that a larger number desired the education of their children in said school. … Dartmouth-College [has been founded] for the education and instruction of youths … in reading, writing and all parts of learning which shall appear necessary and expedient for civilizing and Christianizing the children.1445