Caleb Alexander

Caleb Alexander, D.D. (1755 – April 1828), a native of Northfield, Massachusetts, and a graduate of Yale University in 1777, was ordained at New Marlborough, Massachusetts, in 1781, and dismissed in 1782. He was again settled at Mendon, Massachusetts, and dismissed in 1803.

After an ineffectual attempt to establish a college at Fairfield, New York, erecting buildings, which later became part of the medical school, he took the charge of the academy at Onondaga Hollow, where he died in April 1828.

He published ''An Essay on the Real Deity of Jesus Christ: To which are Added Strictures on Extracts from Mr. Emlyn's Humble Inquiry Concerning the Deity of Jesus Christ'', 1791; a Latin grammar, 1794; an English grammar, and grammatical elements, the ''Columbian Dictionary of the English Language'' (1800), and ''Young Ladies and Gentleman's Instructor.''

Scholar Peter Martin named the ''Columbian Dictionary of the English Language'' the second US-published dictionary in English. His 550-page dictionary contained many words unique to the United States. Despite advertising "many new words peculiar to the United States", Martin writes that it was largely taken from Samuel Johnson Jr.'s American dictionary that had been published two to three years prior. While it was more commercially successful than Johnson and Noah Webster's contemporary dictionaries, it faced similar critical criticism; one reviewer described the dictionary as "disgusting collection" of words from "the boors of each local jurisdiction in the United States." Provided by Wikipedia
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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston: : Printed for Thomas & Andrews, proprietors of the work. Sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury-Street. J.T. Buckingham, printer., 1811
Tenth edition--corrected by the author.

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A new and complete system of arithmetic: intended for the use of schools and academies.
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Albany, Thomas, Andrews, & Penniman, 1802

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A sermon occasioned by the death of His Excellency George Washington, lieutenant general of the American army, and late president of the United States : who departed this life, December 14, 1799, æt. 68 ... /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston : Printed by Samuel Hall, no. 53, Cornhill, 1800

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The young gentlemen and ladies instructor: being a selection of new pieces; designed as a reading book for the use of schools and academies ... /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston: : Printed [by Samuel Etheridge] for E. Larkin, and W.P. & L. Blake, (proprietors of the work.) Sold, wholesale and retail, at their respective bookstores., 1797

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston: : Printed for Thomas & Andrews, proprietors of the work.Sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury-Street. J.T. Buckingham--printer., 1807
Ninth edition--corrected by the author.

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A grammatical system of the English language comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Troy [N.Y.] : Printed by Parker and Bliss, 1810
1st Troy ed.

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The young ladies and gentlemen's spelling book: containing a criterion of rightly spelling and pronouncing the English language; interspersed with many easy lessons in reading, entertaining fables, and collections of moral sentences; intended for the use of common schools. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Printed at Providence (Rhode-Island) : by Carter and Wilkinson, and sold, wholesale and retail, at their book store, opposite the Market House.--Sold also by the author, at Mendon (Massachusetts) and by the principal booksellers in the United States., 1797

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The young ladies and gentlemen's spelling book containing a criterion of rightly spelling and pronouncing the English language : interspersed with many easy lessons in reading, entertaining tables, and collections of moral sentences : intended for the use of common schools /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Hudson [N.Y.] : Printed at the Balance office, by Sampson, Chittenden & Croswell, 1802

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. : With an appendix. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Salem, N.Y. : Printed by J.P. Reynolds, and for sale, by the dozen or single, at his book-store, two doors north of the hotel., 1814

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Rutland, Vt. : Printed and published by Fay & Burt:, 1819

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Grammatical elements, or, Comprehensive theory of English grammar; intended for the use of children of both sexes. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Printed at Boston, : By I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, proprietors of the copyright, at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street., 1793

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A new and complete system of arithmetic: intended for the use of schools and academies. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Albany: : Published by E.F. Backus, bookseller, no. 45, State-Street. E. & E. Hosford--printers., 1813
Third edition, revised and corrected.

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Walpole, N.H. : Printed and published by Cheever Felch: sold, wholesale and retail, at his book and stationary store, where are constantly for sale, large supplies of all the school books in use in the country, on the lowest terms., 1810
Tenth edition.

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme, of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Printed at Boston, : By I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, (proprietors of the work.) Sold, wholesale and retail, by them at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street; by said Thomas, in Worcester; by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore; and by Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, in Albany., 1799
The fifth edition, corrected by the author.

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A new and complete system of arithmetic; intended for the use of schools and academies. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Albany: : Printed and published by Backus and Whiting., 1806
Second edition, revised and corrected. Published according to act of Congress.

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A grammatical system of the Grecian language.
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts, : at the press of, and for Isaiah Thomas: sold at the Worcester bookstore, and by the booksellers in the United States., 1796

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A grammatical system of the English language: comprehending a plain and familiar scheme of teaching young gentlemen and ladies the art of speaking and writing correctly their native tongue. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston: : Printed for Thomas & Andrews, proprietors of the work. Sold, wholesale and retail, at their bookstore, no. 45, Newbury-Street. J.T. Buckingham--printer., 1805
Eighth edition--corrected by the author.

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A grammatical system of the Grecian language. By Caleb Alexander, A.M. author of "A grammatical system of the Latin language," and "A grammatical system of the English language," &c. &c.
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Printed at Worcester, Massachusetts : at the press of, and for Isaiah Thomas: sold at the Worcester bookstore, and by the booksellers in the United States, 1796

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A new introuduction to the Latin language: being an attempt to exemplify the Latin syntax, and render familiar to the mind the grammatical construction of this useful language: containing critical and explanatory notes on all the rules of government and agreement. /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Worcester, (Massachusetts) : Printed by Isaiah Thomas, jun. for Isaiah Thomas: sold at the Worcester bookstore, and by the booksellers in Boston, 1795

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A sermon delivered at the Meeting House, in Fairfield, December 27, 1806, in presence of Amicable and Aurora lodges of Free and Accepted Masons at the celebration of St. John the Evangelist.
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Herkimer, Benjamin Cory, 1807

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