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Residence of the ReiK Samuel Russell, in Branford, Conn., where Yale was founded The Move to New Haven (jT ' HY. Reverend Samuel Andrew be- came rector pro tempore after Rec- tor Pierson ' s death, and, in the years immediately following, the college ' s location and future were more indefi- nite than ever. The Rev. Andrew had been one of the principal foimders of Yale six years before. Finally, late in 1716, the trustees were induced by a large subscription from the citizens of New Haven to move to that location, and construction of the first college building was soon completed. It vas an architectural monstrosity of three stories, with dimensions of 170 feet in length and only 22 feet in depth. The building stood on College Street, about where Bingham Hall now stands. Yale College (in background) about 1800. The State House is at the left

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Elihu Yale (1648-1721) with his Black Servant painting by James Worsdale Elihu Yale ( 7 HE NEW BUILDING was named Yale College, for it was primarily as a result of the contributions of Elihu Yale that construction could be completed. Elihu Yale was born in Boston in 1648, but received his education and spent most of his life away from Amer- ica. As a governor in the East India Company he amased quite a sizable for- time, which he supplemented by marry- ing a wealthy widoAV. Prodded by Cotton Mather, colonial theologian and man of letters, and Jere- miah Dummer, a colonial agent, and other friends of the college, Elihu Yale made the college a gift of nine bales of goods, sold at auction in Boston for £562 12s. The gift, far surpassing any other received up to that date, greatly helped cement the position of the col- legiate school.