AUTOGRAPH NOTE SIGNED BY PRESIDENT OF YALE COLLEGE THEODORE D. WOOLSEY DISMISSING CHARLES HALLOCK OF "FOREST AND STREAM" FROM THE COLLEGE. by Woolsey, Theodore D. (1801-1889). President of Yale College 1846 to 1871 - 1851.

Yale College: May 6, 1851.. 1851.. Good. - 20 words penned on the first side of a sheet of light gray paper which has been folded once to form 4 sides, each 10-1/2 inches high by 8-1/4 inches wide. There is a raised seal in blind at top left. Signed "Theodore D. Woolsey, President". Folded 8 times for mailing. The corners & edges of the letter are creased with a short tear & a few tiny chips at the folds. Good. <p>An amusing note stating that "Charles Hallock, an unmatriculated student of the Freshman Class" is honorably dismissed from the college at his father's request. Charles Hallock went on to graduate from Amherst College. He became the financial editor of Harper's Weekly and founded the sportsmen's magazine Forest and Stream. The city of Hallock in Northwest Minnesota was named after him.<p>Theodore Dwight Woolsey [1801-1889] was an American academic and author and the influential President of Yale from 1846 through 1871.