Excerpt from 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 My original Letters, never before published, from Bidmp aszv, Archbishop Szcnn, Bishop Low'rn. And others, to Dr. Johnson.' About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.