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 Despite the resistance he met in England, Wheaton was largely successful in obtaining books in Europe, as can be seen by the documents of sale preserved in the Trinity Archives. According to invoices that are still retained, Wheaton made his first purchases in Paris, sending five cases to Havre to eventually be set on a journey to Hartford, Connecticut via New York. Wheaton then traveled to London, where he purchased 78 titles from booksellers Rivingtons and Cochran. Though many of the books listed in these invoices were purchased by Wheaton, he also received 158 titles by donation during his time in Paris and London. One such donation took the form of funding given by Thomas Horne and the Rev. Dr. George Gaskin, which Wheaton used to purchase 110 titles from bookseller William Sior in Brighton. Wheaton also received donations from various Anglican clergymen throughout his journey in Europe; all in all, these purchases and donations amounted to 1,146 volumes to form the beginnings of the Washington College Library.
-The distribution of these titles reveals that religious literature makes up the most robust category in the collection. Greek and Latin classical authors make up the second largest portion of titles, followed by English and French Literature, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, History, Economics and Politics, Philosophy, Biography, and some other miscellaneous topics. Wheaton’s personal library, willed to the College upon his passing in 1862, accounts for some of the titles in the Wheaton Collection. From the titles he chose to collect, it is evident that Wheaton’s interest spanned broader than just the study of religion to include the sciences as well. Bishop Brownell’s own interest in the incorporation of the sciences into the College’s curriculum likely influenced the distribution of topics included in the initial Library collection. In examining a journal containing circulation records for the period of 1827 to 1840 which is housed in the Trinity Archives, we find that the Wheaton Collection was considerably used by students and faculty. It was not common for students to be required to use library books for their courses, since most students used textbooks; however, especially inquisitive and multilingual readers made use of the collection’s books in Greek, Latin, and French, as well as the numerous other books offered for the College community’s enrichment. Peter J. Knapp notes that such students are listed in the circulation catalogue of the time, and that the names of future College presidents such as [[williams_john|John Williams]] (Class of 1835), [[jackson_abner|Abner Jackson]] (Class of 1837), and [[pynchon_thomas_ruggles|Thomas Pynchon]] (Class of 1841) checked out books from Nathaniel Wheaton’s collection in the early years of the Library.
+The distribution of these titles reveals that religious literature makes up the most robust category in the collection. Greek and Latin classical authors make up the second largest portion of titles, followed by English and French Literature, the Natural Sciences and Mathematics, History, Economics and Politics, Philosophy, Biography, and other miscellaneous topics. Wheaton’s personal library, willed to the College upon his passing in 1862, accounts for some of the titles in the Wheaton Collection. From the titles he chose to collect, it is evident that Wheaton’s interest spanned broader than just the study of religion to include the sciences as well. Bishop Brownell’s own interest in the incorporation of the sciences into the College’s curriculum likely influenced the distribution of topics included in the initial Library collection. In examining a journal containing circulation records for the period of 1827 to 1840 which is housed in the Trinity Archives, we find that the Wheaton Collection was considerably used by students and faculty. It was not common for students to be required to use library books for their courses, since most students used textbooks; however, especially inquisitive and multilingual readers made use of the collection’s books in Greek, Latin, and French, as well as the numerous other books offered for the College community’s enrichment. Peter J. Knapp notes that such students are listed in the circulation catalogue of the time, and that the names of future College presidents such as [[williams_john|John Williams]] (Class of 1835), [[jackson_abner|Abner Jackson]] (Class of 1837), and [[pynchon_thomas_ruggles|Thomas Pynchon]] (Class of 1841) checked out books from Nathaniel Wheaton’s collection in the early years of the Library.