The Rev. Mr. Waldo adds that Dr. Huntington
was fond of pleasantry and gives this instance:

A very dull preacher who had studied theology
with him was invited by his people to resign, and
they paid him for his services chiefly in copper coin.
On telling Dr. Huntington how he had been paid,
he was advised to go back and preach a farewell
sermon from the text, "Alexander the coppersmith
did me much evil." Many such anecdotes and
repartees of Dr. Huntington were current in
Coventry for years after his death.

This brief summary of Dr. Joseph Huntington's
life shows that the men to whom Richard Hale
intrusted the preparation of his three sons for
entering Yale was not only a Christian, but a
gentleman of the finest culture. He was able not
only to impart to Enoch, Nathan and David Hale
the rudiments of scholarship requisite for entering
Yale, but to inspire such boys with the keenest
appreciation of courtesy, broad mental endowments,
and a wholesome zeal for high public service.

The correspondence concerning the Union School
in New London shows that Dr. Huntington gave
Nathan Hale the necessary recommendation for
the place. It is on record in Hale's diary that on
December 27, 1775, the day after his arrival home
from Camp Winter Hill, he visited Dr. Huntington;

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