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1840

1840

An observatory in the cupola of Old Chapel is mentioned in Thomas Merrill’s Semicentennial Sermon. Though the text speaks to observing the natural landscape, oral history asserts that the cupola was also used for astronomical observation.

Feature Document

Thomas Merrill, Semicentennial Sermon Containing a History of Middlebury, Vt., pages 20 & 21, 1841

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Curated Resources

“Thomas Merrill,” Middlebury History Online

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