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 : I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, 1803
7th ed. /

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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
Keene, N.H. : John Prentiss, 1814

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An introduction to the speaking and writing of the English language : according to grammatical rules intended to assist learners in acquiring a thorough knowledge of syntax /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Boston : Thomas & Andrews, 1794

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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 : I. Thomas & E.T. Andrews, 1801
6th ed., cor. 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
Keene, N.H. : Printed by and for John Prentiss, sold wholesale and retail at his bookstore, 1814
From the 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
Walpole, N.H. : Published and sold by Cheever Felch, 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
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
Boston : Printed and sold by Thomas & Andrews, 1805
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
Troy [N.Y.] : Printed by Parker and Bliss, 1810
First Troy 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
Boston : Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold, wholesale and retail by them, 1803
Seventh 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 by them at Faust's Statue, no. 45, Newbury Street, and by said Thomas, in Worcester., 1793
The second 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
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; and by Thomas, Andrews, & Butler, in Baltimore., 1803
The seventh 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
Boston : Printed by I. Thomas and E.T. Andrews, sold by them, 1801
Sixth edition /

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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 new and complete system of arithmetic : intended for the use of schools and academies /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Albany [N.Y.] : E.F. Backus, 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
Rutland, Vt. : Fay & Burt, 1819

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A new and complete system of arithmetic /
by Alexander, Caleb, 1755-1828
Albany [N.Y.] : Backus and Whiting, 1806
Second 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
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 & Penniman, in Albany; and by Thomas, Andrews & Butler, in Baltimore., 1801
The sixth 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 by Whiting & Leavenworth, for Thomas, Andrews & Penniman, (proprietors of the work.) Sold by them at the Albany Book-store, no. 45, State-Street., 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. /
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., 1796
The fourth edition, corrected by the author.

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