| On September 30, 1798, a group of
men were meeting at Samuel Miller’s home in Middlebury.
Miller was a prominent lawyer, a representative to the General
Assembly, and had recently received an honorary degree from Yale.
The assembly had gathered to discuss education in Middlebury.
Timothy Dwight, the president of Yale, was in town visiting a friend
who had called upon the trustees of the Addison County Grammar School
to meet with Dwight.
With Dwight’s encouragement, the men decided to ask for a
charter for Middlebury College. Samuel Miller’s home in Middlebury
is commonly referred to as the Charter House.
House and plaque images are Vermont Book of Days
photos
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The Samuel Miller house in Middlebury
is where the idea for a Middlebury College charter
was first entertained. The structure is sometimes called ‘the
charter house.’
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