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BUFFALO ACADEMY AND LITERARY INSTITUTE.

Co.)

(Buffalo, Erie

Reported under this name in 1829 and 1831. Probably the "Buffalo High School Association."

BUFFALO CENTRAL SCHOOL. (Buffalo, Erie Co.)

Incorporated by the Legislature April 16, 1861 (Chap. 272, Laws of 1861). Admitted by Regents, January 9, 1862.

Principals.

Oliver Arey, 1861-64.

Kay T. Spencer, A. M., Ph. D., 1865.

BUFFALO FEMALE ACADEMY. (Buffalo, Erie Co.) Incorporated by the Regents, October 14, 1851.

Charles E. West, LL. D., 1852-60.

Principals.

Rev. Albert T. Chester, D. D., 1861.

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BUFFALO FEMALE SEMINARY. (Buffalo, Erie Co.) Incorporated by the Legislature, April 23, 1831. by the Regents.

BUFFALO HIGH SCHOOL ASSOCIATION.

(See "Buffalo Literary and Scientific Institute.")

BUFFALO LITERARY AND SCIENTIFIC INSTITUTE. (Buffalo, Erie Co.) In 1827 an academic school was organized in Buffalo, under the name of the "Buffalo High School Association," and incorporated by the Legislature on the 17th of April of that year. It was changed to the "Buffalo Literary and Scientific Academy," February 12, 1830,3 and continued until dissolved by an act passed April 21, 1846.

James McKay, 1829.

Theodosius Burwell, 1831-33.

Principals.

Cyrus M. Fay, 1840-45,

1 Chap. 227, Laws of 1831, Report on petition for incorporation. Assem Doc. No. 293, 1831.

2 Chap. 330, Laws of 1827. Act amended April 25, 1829 (Chap. 232, Laws of 1829) with respect to forfeiture of shares.

3 Chap. 32, Laws of 1830.

4 Chap. 88, Laws of 1846.

CAMBRIDGE UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Cambridge, Washington Co.)

Incorporated by the Regents, March 30, 1815, as the "Cambridge Washington, Academy." Merged in the "Cambridge Union School, Academic Department," and received under the Regents August 27, 1873.

David Chassell, 1817.

Rev. Alex. Bullions, 1818.

David Chassell, 1819.

Rev. Nathaniel S. Prine, 1821-22.

Principals.

Charles H. Gardner, A. B, 1852-53.

John H. Burtis, A. B., 1854.

Daniel M. Westfall, 1855.

Alden P. Beals, A. M., 1856-64.

Rev. Nath'l S. Prine and Ira Dickinson, 1823. William S. Aumock, A. M., 1865-67.

Rev. Nathaniel S. Prine, 1824-31.

William D. Beattie, 1833-38.

Addison Lyman, 1839-40.

Russell M. Wright, 1841.

Rev. Thomas C. McLawrey, 1842.

Ephraim H. Newton, 1843-47.

Rev. Andrew M. Beveridge, A. B., 1848-49.

Charles S. Robinson, A. B., 1850-1.

Rev. George J. Taylor, 1868.
David March, Jr., 1869.

John P. Lansing, A. M., 1871.

Amelia Merriam, 1872.

James McCloy, 1874-75.
James L. King, 1876-77.
Merritt J. Oatman, 1878-79.
John G. Williams, A. M., 1880.

CAMBRIDGE WASHINGTON, ACADEMY.

(See "Cambridge Union School, Academic Department.")

CAMDEN UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Camden, Oneida Co.)

Admitted by the Regents, January 10, 1879.

John H. Kelly, 1879-81.

Principals,

Frank D. Budlong, 1882.

CANAJOHARIE ACADEMY.

(See "Canajoharie Union School, Academic Department." CANAJOHARIE UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Canajoharie, Montgomery Co.)

The "Canajoharie Academy" was incorporated by the Legisla ture, April 13, 1826. Admitted by the Regents, February 26, 1828. The town allowed to raise the sum of $2,500 by tax in aid of this Academy, April 12, 1867.2 Merged in the "Canajoharie Union School, Academic Department," which was organized August 22, 1876, occupying the former Academic building. Admitted by Regents, July 11, 1877.

Samuel S. Caldwell, 1827-28.
Abner Benedict, 1829.
Adam B. Bullock, 1830.
Edward W. Canning, 1831.
William Parker, 1833-36.
Charles Wadsworth, 1837-38.
Adam B. Bullock, 1839-40.
Franklin Everett, 1841-43.

Chap. 167, Laws of 1826.
Chap. 382, Laws of 1867.

Principals.

Daniel B. Hager, 1844-48.
T. Bibb Bradley, 1849.
Elias B Glen, A. B., 1850-51.
Marshall Ingalls, A. M., 1852-54
Jacob Wilson, A M., 1865–67.
I. B. Chote, A M., 1868-70.

R. P. Orr, A. M., 1878-80.
Charles F. Wheelock, B. S., 1881

CANANDAIGUA ACADEMY. (Canandaigua, Ontario Co.)

On the 28th of January, 1791, Nathaniel Gorham and Oliver Phelps, the owners of vast tracts of land in Ontario and other counties, gave 6,000 acres of land, for the establishing an Academy at Township 10, in the Second Range (now Canandaigua).

On the 4th of May, 1795, the Regents granted a charter to an Academy at Canandaigua, and by a subsequent deed dated January 1, 1799, explanatory of the former, the lands were expressly given to this Academy.1

The subscriptions in lands and money, when converted into cash, amounted to $4,581, although the land itself had been estimated by Mr. Oliver Phelps at $25,000. An Academic school was opened in the spring of 1803, in a new building, and from that time onward the Academy has had uninterrupted existence.

In May, 1812, a committee was appointed to memorialize the Legislature and urge the claims of the Academy to be erected into a College, but the journals of that year do not show that the application was made. In 1833-5 the building was remodeled and enlarged, covered with brick, raised one story, and extended by wings east and west, forming a large, finely proportioned and well arranged building for school and family purposes.

This revival of interest was awakened by Mr. Henry Howe, the principal, who remained in charge until 1849. In 1853, Mr. N. T. Clarke became principal, and continued until 1882. In a history of the Academy published in the catalogue of 1876, Mr. Clarke gives many details of the early years of the institution, and statistics of its operations during the long period of his connection with it. He

In this deed he declared, that it was the original intention and mutual agreement of the grantors "that part of the lands conveyed in the aforesaid deed should be exclusively appropriated to the purpose of promoting in the minds of the youth to be educated at said Academy, an ardent attachment to National liberty and the just rights of man; and also to the purpose of assisting to raise up humble merit depressed by poverty, to a condition of extensive usefulness to the community."

The sum of twenty dollars a year was accordingly set apart as a prize for the best oration on "The transcendent excellence of a genuine Representative Government, effectually securing equal liberty, founded on the rights of man." The residue of the profits arising from the lands was to be exclusively applied "toward educating such young men as having bright intellects and amiable dispositions, bid fair to be useful members of the community, but from the incompetency of their resources are unable, without assistance from the fund hereby appropriated, to acquire a suitable share of literary information to enable them to do extensive good to their fellow men."

estimated that more than 7,000 persons had been taught in the Academy, of whom more than 500 had gone from thence to College, or to higher professional schools. He presented a summary of the subsequent employments of the seventy-two teachers who had been associated with him, often as a first step to something higher.

The Academy in 1830 first organized a teachers' class, and since that time nearly five hundred young men had entered that department, and four-fifths of this number under Mr. Clarke's instruction.

At the beginning of the war in 1861, the greatest enthusiasm was felt among the students, and so many of them enlisted, that but few young men were left. Teachers and scholars went together, and in one class in particular, but one was left, but only because he was too young for enlistment. In 1866, two teachers and twenty-three pupils were returned soldiers.

Dudley Saltonstall, 1806-7.

Rev. Eliphalet B Coleman, 1808-9.
Nathaniel Jacob. Jr., 1810-11.

N. Jacob, Jr., and Church, 1812-13.
William Howes, 1813.

Rev. Ezra Wilber,

Rev. Jas. Stevenson, 1818.

Principals.

Ichabod Spencer.
George Wilson.
Henry Howe, 1828-49.

George Willson and N. T. Clarke, 1849.
Marcus Willson, 1849-53.

Noah T. Clarke, A. M, Ph. D., 1853-82.
George R. Smith, A. M, 1883 ---.

CANASERAGA UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Canaseraga,

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CANASTOTA UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Canastota,

Madison Co.)

Organized under general act of June 18, 1853. (Chap. 433, Laws of 1853). Admitted by Regents January 13, 1871.

Aaron White, A. M., 1871-79.

Principals.

James Winnie, A. M., 1880.

CANDOR FREE ACADEMY. (Candor, Tioga Co.)

Organized under act of May 2, 1864 (Chap. 555, Laws of 1864). Admitted by Regents, January 12, 1871.

Lemuel D. Vose, 1871-73.
Leroy D. Farnham, 1874-79.
George L. Graham, 1879-80.

Principals.

Charles B. Van Wie, 1881.
Henry H. Roberts, Ph. B., 1882.

CANISTEO ACADEMY. (Canisteo, Steuben Co.)

Incorporated by Regents, March 16, 1868. The town of Canisteo was authorized by act of May 5, 1868,' to raise $1,000 in aid of this Academy, and thereafter such sums as might be voted for this purpose.

Rev. J. S. Bingham, 1871-73.
Ira Sayles, A. M., 1874.

Principals.

Wellington Lamont, A. M., 1875–76.
D. M. Estee, A. M., 1876.

CANTON ACADEMY.

(See "Canton Union School, Academic Department.") CANTON UNION SCHOOL, ACADEMIC DEPARTMENT. (Canton, St. Lawrence Co.)

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Preliminary measures begun May 16, 1831, for the organization of "Canton Academy." On the 8th of May 1835, a tax of $500 upon the town was authorized to be invested in a mortgage, and the interest applied toward the support of a classical school, "heretofore known as the Canton Academy." A similar tax annually for three years was authorized April 4, 1837,3 the proceeds to be paid to Trustees of Gospel and School lot, for benefit of Academy. Incorporated by act of April 24, 1837. By act of April 12, 1842,5 the sum of $250 a year might be raised. Admitted by the Regents, January 23, 1840.

Merged in the Canton Union School Academic Department under chapter 555, Laws of 1864.

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Incorporated provisionally by the Regents, October 23, 1853, and built by a stock company, at a cost of $24,000. It was opened in November, 1853, and closed in March, 1855. It had accommodations for about 300 boarders.

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