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Dec. 12, Augustus C. Shaw and Lydia K. Lucas, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 20, Asa Perkins and Eliza F. Parker, both of Wolfe- borough.
1843. Feb. 4, Samuel Wyatt and Elisabeth J. Moodey, both of Wolfeborough.
John F. Chamberlin, of Brighton, Mass., and Julia Ann Ayers, of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 4, Otis Evans and Shuah M. Libbey, both of Wolfe- borough.
Apr. 7, Joseph M. Morgan and Mary M. Glidden, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 30, Thaniel Horne and Caroline Folsom, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 30, John Deland, of New Durham, and Almira Pierce, of Wolfeborough.
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Apr. 30, John Estes and Emila Jane Marden, both of Wolfeborough.
Jun. 5, Henry Emery, of Boston, Mass., and Betsy A. Martin, of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 17, James Sceggel, Jr. and Sophia Nute, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 18, John C. Leavitt and Betsy S. Rust, both of Wolfe- borough.
Sep. 18, James Edgerly and Nancy Wedgewood, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 2, Jonathan Bickford, Jr., of Wolfeborough, and Elisabeth J. Downes, of Salem, Mass.
George W. Nute and Hannah G. Chamberlin, both of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 20, George Haines, of Wolfeborough, and Margarett Lord, of Ossipee.
Nov. 27, James Canney and Betsy Ann Cotton, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 4, John W. Bickford and Dorothy Bickford, both of Wolfeborough.
1844. Jan. 29, Nathaniel Banfield, of Wolfeborough, and Mary A. Young, of Milton.
Feb. 12, James Bartlett, of Haverhill, Mass., and Patience Hawkins, of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 2, Eld. George O. Cotton, of Wolfeborough, and Rebecca Kendal, of Dover.
Mar. 12, Charles Nowell and Eleanor Jane Rogers, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 20, Nathan Morrison and Ann C. Fullerton, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 22, William K. Lucas and Ann Elisabeth Dockham, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 22, Franklin Leslie, of Derry, Mass., and Hannah P. Tibbetts, of Wolfeborough.
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Apr. 29, Edward T. Hiscox, of Westerly, R. I., and Caro- line Orne, of Wolfeborough.
Jun. 3, Samuel B. Sawyer and Susan Maleham, both of Wolfeborough.
Jun. 20, Samuel Marden, of Jefferson, and Eliza J. Frost, of Wolfeborough.
Jun. 7, Joshua Stackpole and Mrs. Louisa Horne, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. I, Joseph L. Dixon and Mary E. Fernald, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 6, Thomas C. Bickford and Mehitable Plummer, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 26, Orin Dixon and Maria R. Fernald, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 26, William Pinkham, of Wolfeborough, and Mary F. Chase, of Alton.
Sep. 7, Charles B. Edgerly, of New Durham, and Lavinia E. Horne, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 13, Charles Tibbetts, of Wolfeborough, and Ann Dearborn, of Wakefield.
Nov. 4, Ezra B. Hersey, of Wolfeborough, and Ann E. Piper, of Tuftonborough.
Nov. II, Joseph H. Nudd and Eliza Ann Chamberlin, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 9, James Nute, of Ossipee, and Eleanor H. Nudd, of Wolfeborough.
1845. Apr. 12, Benjamin Edgerly, of Wolfeborough, and Sarah Ann Morrison, of Ossipee.
May 2, William L. Furbur, of Wolfeborough, and Louisa A. Cate, of Brookfield.
Jul. 21, Benjamin Prebble and Sarah Tebbetts, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. I, Ezra Tebbetts and Debora Rollins, both of Wolfeborough.
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Aug. 6, Benjamin B. Smith, of Wolfeborough, and Alvira M. Leighton, of Ossipee.
Sep. 3, James G. Brown, of Lynn, Mass., and Christiana A. Dame, of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 29, Joseph C. Woodman, of Boston, Mass., and Sarah Ann Demeritt, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 8, Joseph Kent, of Granby, Lower Canada, and Betsy C. Lucas, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 13, Thomas Triggs and Mrs. Hannah Fullerton, both of Wolfeborough.
Nov. I, Joshua P. Ayers, of Wolfeborough, and Mary Jane C. Hurd, of Acton, Me.
Nov. 3, Joseph P. Shorey, of Wolfeborough, and Almira Earle, of North Berwick, Me.
Nov. 3, Nicholas B. Abbott, of Tuftonborough, and Ruth Ann Haines, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 25, Nathaniel K. Hunt, of New Durham, and Sarah C. Leavitt, of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 21, Charles Stackpole and Mary H. Cook, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 29, Loammi Hardy, of Ossipee, and Mary B. Haines, of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 29, Charles R. Coleman and Olive A. Deland, both of Wolfeborough.
1846. Jan. 21, James M. Locke, of Barrington, and Izetta J. Plummer, of Wolfeborough.
Feb. 28, Moses Ellis and Adeline P. White, both of Wolfe- borough.
May 10, John Maleham and Jane T. Keay, both of Wolfe- borough.
May 18, John H. Young, of Wolfeborough, and Catherine J. Cook, of Wakefield.
May 18, John A. Cook, of Wakefield, and Sarah Young, of Wolfeborough.
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Jun. 29, Samuel D. Hasty, of South Berwick, Me., and Sarah E. Warren, of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 24, Thomas Chamberlin, of Brookfield, and Nancy Horne, of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 10, William Watson and Martha A. H. Watson, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 4, H. Dearborn Canney, of Tuftonborough, and Martha J. Haines, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 18, John Horne and Nancy Horne, both of Wolfe- borough.
Oct. 26, Stephen F. Moulton, of Tamworth, and Sarah Warren, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 17, John Hackett, of Andover, Mass., and Abigail N. Stevenson, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 30, Deering F. Stoddard, of Wolfeborough, and Sophronia T. Goodale, of Danvers, Mass.
1847. Mar. 8, Frederick W. Horne and Sarah E. Allen, both of Wolfeborough.
May 31, Matthias M. Haines, of Wolfeborough, and Han- nah S. Haines, of Dover.
Jun. 14, Richard R. Chase and Lucy T. Shortridge, both of Wolfeborough.
Jun. 27, John Kelly and Harriet Byron Guppy, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. 5, Samuel Hayes, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Abigail Wentworth, of Alton.
Aug. 16, Charles H. Burke, of Wolfeborough, and Lucy B. Wentworth, of Lebanon, Me.
Sep. 6, Stephen Ayers, of Wolfeborough, and Tamson Roberts, of Ossipee.
Sep. 12, Henry A. Whitton and Lydia K. Drew, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 18, Nathaniel Tuttle and Sarah Brown, both of Wolfe- borough.
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Oct. 28, Joshua B. Johnson and Hannah R. Perkins, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 28, John Haines, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Rachel Haines, of Rumney.
Nov. 25, James W. Shorey, of Wolfeborough, and Lydia S. Libbey, of Wakefield.
Nov. 26, John C. Frost and Lucinda A. Chamberlin, both of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 27, Charles Drew, of Wolfeborough, and Ann Rollins, of Alton.
1848. Jan. 8, Charles Rollins, of Boston, Mass., and Caroline Dana Pickering, of Wolfeborough.
Jan. 22, Daniel Rollins and Elisabeth Brown, both of Wolfeborough.
Feb. 8, Benjamin Folsom and Mrs. Sarah Glidden, both of Wolfeborough.
Feb. 17, George K. Brown, of Moultonborough, and Mahala Piper, of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 13, John T. Langdon and Sarah P. Libbey, both of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 14, Thomas A. Johnson and Lydia Edmonds, both of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 27, William Willey, of Conway, and Mrs. Nancy Rogers, of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 4, George P. Cotton, of Wolfeborough, and Rebecca A. Kendall, of Dover.
Apr. 4, Richard Bickford, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Polly E. Gilman, of Tamworth.
Apr. 22, James P. Hersey and Clara J. Willey, both of Wolfeborough.
May 29, Jesse W. Clough, of Wolfeborough, and Sabrina Wentworth, of Berwick, Me.
May 29, William H. Fullerton and Emily Orne, both of Wolfeborough.
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Jul. 3, E. Davis Barker, of Wolfeborough, and Betsy H. Mooney, of Alton.
Jul. 15, Hiram C. Kenney and Clarissa Dore, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. 25, Alonzo F. Tibbetts and Betsy W. Haines, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 29, Benjamin Stanton, of Lebanon, Me., and Catherine P. Coffin, of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 4, Nathaniel Huggins and Ruth P. Nudd, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 12, Benjamin F. Thompson and Mrs. Hannah Wig- gin, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 2, James A. Piper, of Tuftonborough, and Julia A. Hersey, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 14, Jeremiah Emerson, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Phœbe Dame, of Dover.
Oct. 16, Nicholas Nute, Jr., of Wolfeborough, and Lydia Ann Colcord, of Tuftonborough.
Nov. 15, John S. Hurd, of Farmington, and Joanna H. Brewster, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 25, Samuel Tibbetts, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Mary M. G. Whitehouse, of Wakefield.
1849. Jan. 8, Addison S. Burleigh, of Wolfeborough, and Caro- line D. Hayes, of Rochester.
Jan. 29, Ivory H. Young, of Wolfeborough, and Fanny A. Underwood, of Saxonville, Mass.
Feb. 19, Albert Bennett, of Alton, and Hannah Pike, of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 6, Paul Nute and Mary A. Nute, both of Wolfe- borough.
Apr. 9, John Kent, of Wolfeborough, and Mrs. Sarah Trafton, of Moultonborough.
Apr. 10, Mark T. Wiggin, of Wolfeborough, and Angelina P. Graves, of Tuftonborough.
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Apr. 30, Harris W. Morgan and Jane C. Edgerly, both of Wolfeborough.
May 14, Cyrus Brook and Mary A. Dixon, both of Wolfe- borough.
May 14, Charles C. Rendall and Charlotte B. Cotton, both of Wolfeborough.
May 30, Samuel Johnson and Betsy Kent, both of Wolfe- borough.
Jul. 9, Ira Whittle and Abigail H. Smith, both of Wolfe- borough.
Aug. 13, Ambrose Deland, of Wolfeborough, and Hannah Evans, of Alton.
Aug. 6, Charles C. Whitehouse and Lydia Ann Glidden, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 24, John C. Edgerly, of Wolfeborough, and Mary J. Deland, of New Durham.
Nov. 5, Charles B. Lucas and Mrs. Mary Rust, both of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 26, Thomas J. Tebbetts, Jr. and Sarah E. Locke, both of Wolfeborough.
May 20, Leonard Shortridge, of Brookfield, and Mary J. Tibbetts, of Wolfeborough.
1850. Jan. I, David C. Rogers and Sarah E. Clark, both of Wolfeborough.
Jan. I, John G. Chamberlin and Mary E. Willey, both of Wolfeborough.
Jan, 17, Andrew J. Fullerton and Mary Getchell, both of Wolfeborough.
Jan. 29, Charles C. Whitehouse and Jane Glidden, both of Wolfeborough.
Feb. 25, William Cate and Abigail Willey, both of Wolfe- borough.
Apr. 17, Samuel H. Walker, of Boston, Mass., and Mary E. Edmonds, of Wolfeborough.
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Apr. 27, Samuel B. Sceggel, of Ossipee, and Eliza Young, of Wolfeborough.
May 4, John A. Chamberlin, of Brookfield, and Louisa Demeritt, of Wolfeborough.
May 8, Ivory P. Keniston and Mary J. Thompson, both of Wolfeborough.
Jun. II, David Blake, of Wolfeborough, and Martha Hayes, of Rochester.
Jun. 8, Moses Thompson and Ruth Ann Parker, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. 4, Francis B. Cook and Sarah A. Lucas, both of Wolfe- borough.
Jul. 4, Henry Stoddard and Sophia Nute, both of Wolfe- borough.
Jul. 4, Benjamin F. Parker and Harriet B. Whitten, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 4, Hamilton Locke and Dorcas Guptill, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 30, Ellis A. Upton, of Washington, and Mary E. Goldsmith, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 22, Joseph Dearborn, of Wakefield, and Hannah P. Tibbetts, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 23, John L. Goldsmith and Almira Brown, both of Wolfeborough.
1851. Feb. 8, Nathan Morrison and Alice A. Doe, both of Wolfe- borough.
Mar. 10, James Stillings and Mrs. Hannah Edgerly, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 2, William A. Smith, of Wolfeborough, and Sophia S. Young, of Rochester.
Apr. 24, James Fullerton and Mary A. Waterhouse, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 14, Benjamin L. Nudd, of Wolfeborough, and Mary A. Griffin, of Lee.
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Jun. 29, William Tibbetts and Lucinda G. Plummer, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. I, Charles F. Parker and Elisabeth Boyle, both of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 13, Selah P. Gridley, of Saco, Me., and Mary J. Horne, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 17, Eli C. Swett, of Wolfeborough, and Sarah M. Hersey, of Tuftonborough.
Nov. 17, William Kilgore, of Waterford, Me., and Abba Cotton, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 27, Joshua B. Haines and Hannah Fernald, both of Wolfeborough.
1852. Jan. 26, Silas Durgin and Caroline F. Gale, both of Wolfe- borough.
Jan. 26, Jeremiah W. Dearborn and Fanny M. Warren, both of Wolfeborough.
Feb. 16, Henry G. Horne and Martha E. Mason, both of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 8, Daniel Martin and Mrs. Abigail Nudd, both of Wolfeborough.
Mar. 9, William W. Dorr, of Ossipee, and Nancy N. Fer- nald, of Wolfeborough.
Apr. I, Thomas Lucas and Mrs. Caroline P. Pinkham, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 24, Oliver P. Felker of Barrington, and Eunice D. Cotton, of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 27, John Fall, of Ossipee, and Hannah N. Avery, of Wolfeborough.
May 22, Charles C. Dudley and Lydia A. Tibbetts, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. 5, John W. Towle and Mary F. Goldsmith, both of Wolfeborough.
Aug. 9, John M. Kimball and Rosina Rollins, both of Wolfeborough.
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Aug. 20, Jonathan L. Moore, of Wolfeborough, and Lucy J. Sanborn of Sanbornton.
Sep. I, Charles Nowell and Mary G. Clark, both of Wolfe- borough.
Sep. I, Joseph Varney, of Wolfeborough, and Emma G. Whitchouse, of Rochester.
Sep. 7, Alvah Rollins and Eliza Kimball, both of Wolfe- borough.
Sep. 7, Matthias M. Haines, of Wolfeborough, and Vianna Horne, of Boston, Mass.
Oct. 18, Ephraim H. Bradley, of Wolfeborough, and Clarissa A. Lougee, of Alton.
Oct. 19, Daniel Wood, of Boston, Mass., and Charlotte E. Rust, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 3, Benjamin F. Mason and Hannah R. Hersey, both of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 22, John W. Avery and Susan Horne, both of Wolfe- borough.
1853. Apr. II, Ezra F. Johnson and Elisabeth W. Sanborn, both of Wolfeborough.
Apr. 28, William Corson, of Alton, and Susan R. Hayes, of Wolfeborough.
May 2, Gersham Bickford, of Wolfeborough, and Mary Jackson, of Tamworth.
May II, Miles Randall, of Wolfeborough, and Adeline Weeks, of Wakefield.
May 24, George K. Warren, of Wolfeborough, and Mary E. Nason, of Dover.
Jun. 15, Nathaniel H. Cotton, of Wolfeborough, and Sarah E. Tebbetts, of Brookfield.
Jun. 26, Jones Marden and Lucinda W. Warren, both of Wolfeborough.
: Aug. II, John Tebbetts, Jr., and Abbie F. Allen, both of Wolfeborough.
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Aug. II, Stephen D. Avery, of Strafford, and Ann M. Allen, of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 10, Charles F. Kimball and Mary F. Warren, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 12, Daniel Clough and Susan F. Morgan, both of Wolfeborough.
Sep. 26, Moses B. Beacham, of Ossipee, and Hannah Nute, of Wolfeborough.
Oct. 29, Reuben H. Copp, of Lebanon, Me., and Hannah J. Burke, of Wolfeborough.
Nov. 7, John G. Cate and Anna A. Clark, both of Wolfe- borough.
Nov. 26, Benjamin Morrison and Fannie Foss, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 7, William P. Hersey and Lucinda Avery, both of Wolfeborough.
Dec. 19, John Parsons and Mrs. Tamson Thayer, both of Wolfeborough.
1854. May I, Benjamin F. Trickey, of Wolfeborough, and Elisa- beth C. Rand, of New Durham.
May 29, Joseph J. Whitten and Lavonia C. Fogg, both of Wolfeborough.
July 10, Benjamin F. Blaisdell, of Lebanon, Me., and Dorothy Pierce, of Wolfeborough.
July 10, John Clough and Betsy Ann Lang, both of Wolfe- borough.
Jul. 12, George F. Cook and Mrs. Sarah A. Frost, both of Wolfeborough.
Jul. 31, Frederic Gage, of Kenosha, Wis., and Caroline C. Roberts, of Wolfeborough.
CHAPTER XXV.
WOLFEBOROUGH AND TUFTONBOROUGH ACADEMY-FIRST MEET- ING OF PROPRIETORS-INCORPORATION-ACADEMY LOT --- TRUSTEES-ACADEMY BUILDING-OFFICERS AND STUDENTS IN 1823-TEACHERS AND STUDENTS IN 1836-HENRY WIL- SON-LYCEUM-CHRISTIAN INSTITUTE-BREWSTER FREE ACADEMY-EXTRACT FROM WILL OF JOHN BREWSTER- CHARTER-TRUSTEES-TEACHERS-ACADEMY GROUNDS- EARLY LIBRARIES-BREWSTER LIBRARY-TOWN TRUSTEES APPOINTED.
A BOUT 1820 there seems to have been in Wolfeborough an in- creased interest in educational matters which led to the adoption of measures to establish an academy. On the fourth day of May, 1820, a meeting was held at the inn of Ichabod Libbey, at which Jonathan Blake was appointed chairman, and Daniel Pickering, secretary. At this meeeting it was voted to raise by subscription a sum equal to five thousand dollars for a fund with which to erect a building for an academy and other pur- poses. Each donor was to pay on the sum subscribed six per cent annually for ten successive years, and that was to be in full for his obligation. At an adjourned meeting, Henry H. Orne, An- drew Lucas, Jr., and Samuel Avery were appointed a committee to draft a petition for an act of incorporation, and Samuel Avery, Nathaniel Rogers, Henry H. Orne, Henry Rust, 3d, James Hersey, James Folsom, and Henry R. Parker, a committee to ob- tain subscriptions and superintend the erection of an academy building. Five thousand two hundred and seventy dollars were pledged in sums varying from thirty to three hundred and fifty dollars.
The academy was incorporated June, 1820. The charter was 402
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granted to Samuel Avery, Jonathan Blake, Daniel Pickering, and their associates. It authorized the association to hold real estate of the value of fifteen thousand dollars exempt from taxation. The academy lot of one acre was deeded by Stephen Pickering, of Greenland, and Daniel Pickering, of Wolfeborough, to Samuel Avery, Nathaniel Rogers, Henry R. Parker, Henry Rust, 3d, James Folsom, Henry H. Orne, of Wolfeborough, and James Hersey, of Tuftonborough.
At a meeting of the proprietors held October 21, 1820, the fol- lowing persons were chosen trustees: Henry H. Orne, Samuel Avery, Samuel Fox, James Hersey, Samuel Parker, William Pickering, Asa Piper, Samuel Peabody, Henry R. Parker, Jona- than Blake, and Nathaniel Shannon. Henry H. Orne subsequent- ly declined serving, and Joseph Farrar was chosen in his stead.
It is probable that the academy building was raised and partly finished in 1820. At a meeting of the proprietors, July, 1821, money was raised to complete the building, and the school went into operation the following September under the direction of John P. Cleveland. The land and building cost about two thou- sand dollars, and in addition there was a fund of two thousand dollars, a considerable portion of which was donated by William Guppy.
In 1823 the board of officers of the Academy consisted of Rev. Asa Piper, of Wakefield, president; Daniel Pickering, Esq., of Wolfeborough, secretary and treasurer; Dr. Nathaniel Shannon, of Moultonborough, Jonathan Blake, Esq., of Wolfeborough, Jeremiah Woodman, Esq., of Rochester, Samuel Fox, Esq., of Wolfeborough, Samuel Peabody, Esq., of Epsom, Henry R. Parker, Esq., of Wolfeborough, James Hersey, Esq., of Tufton- borough, Samuel Avery, Esq., of Wolfeborough, Samuel Larkin, Esq., of Portsmouth, Joseph Farrar, Esq., of Wolfeborough, trustees. At the fall term of the Academy there were forty-four students, thirty-eight males and six females. Here is a list of them, their names following their residences :-
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Males-Wolfeborough, Ebenezer Allen, Augustine D. Avery, Enoch Banfield, George B. Farrar, Albert W. Horne, Charles Nowell, Samuel J. Stevenson, Nathaniel Towle, George Yeaton ; Meredith, Charles Bean; Parsonsfield, Me., Ebenezer Blazo, Robert Blazo, Mark Chapman; Somersworth, Oliver P. Carr; Shapleigh, Me., Arthur Bragdon; New Durham, Benjamin F. Chesley, Thomas Davis, Reuben Hayes; Wakefield, Nathaniel Cook, George W. Dow, Elijah Drew, Henry A. P. B. Hyde, Wil- liam Sawyer ; Ossipee, James Fogg; Sandwich, Otis French, Al- bert G. Hoitt, William H. H. Hoitt, Caleb Marston, Jacob J. Severance ; Alton, Woodbridge Osborne; Epsom, Charles A. Peabody ; Milton, James Plummer ; Bartlett, Nathaniel Seavey ; Portsmouth, Henry Waldron, Augustus Shapleigh; Barnstead, Mark Walker, Isaac Garland; Tamworth, Noah Gilman. Females -Wolfeborough, Maria Guppy, Mary C. McIntire; Wakefield, Mary Davis ; Sandwich, Mary Hanson; Madbury, Mary A. Joy ; Gilmanton, Mary S. Weeks.
In 1824 Messrs. Shannon, Peabody, Larkin, Blake, Fox, and Parker retired from the board of trustees, and their places were filled by Daniel Hoitt, of Sandwich, Samuel Quarles, of Ossipee, and Samuel Cate, Daniel Pickering, Paul H. Varney, and Thomas Rust, of Wolfeborough. In the summer of 1827 the upper story of the Academy building was finished for a chapel. In 1831 Daniel Pickering, Samuel Avery, Joseph Farrar, Thomas Rust, Paul H. Varney, Henry B. Rust, David T. Livy, and Enos Mer- rill, of Wolfeborough, James Hersey, of Tuftonborough, John Wingate of Wakefield, and Andrew Pierce, of Dover, were elected trustees. This board continued in office by the filling of vacancies that occurred from time to time until 1857.
Mr. Cleveland, the first preceptor of the Academy was suc- ceeded by Rev. James Towner, Mr. Bailey, W. H. H. Hoitt, Rev. Enos Merrill, Erastus Perry, Rev. Thomas P. Beach, Charles Duren, Rev. Nehemiah C. Coffin, Mr. Fowler, Rev. Jeffries Hall, William H. Farrar, Benjamin Stanton, Joseph G. Bartlett,
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Goodale Vittum, Joseph B. Clark, B. L. Pease, Ambrose Smith, Charles H. Hersey, and John Wingate.
The period of the greatest prosperity of the Academy under the original charter was probably in 1836, when under the man- agement of Rev. Thomas Parnell Beach. The trustees were Rev. Joshua Dodge, of Moultonborough, Thomas Rust, Daniel Pick- ering, Samuel Avery, Joseph Farrar, Paul H. Varney, Hon. Henry B. Rust, Nathaniel Rogers, of Wolfeborough, William H. Copp, oi Tuftonborough, Dr. Thomas J. Tebbetts, of Wolfe- borough, Hon. Benning Bean, of Moultonborough. The instruc- tors were : "Rev. T. Parnell Beach, Principal ; Z. Bachelder, Esq., Prof. Ancient Languages ; Charles G. Weeks, Teacher in Mathe -. matics ; Miss M. A. Eastman, Teacher in Languages ; Miss M. Barker, Teacher in Ornamental Branches ; Miss N. Varney, Miss Caroline Orne, and Miss C. B. Coffin, Assistant Teachers." The students at the fall term numbered ninety-five, forty-nine males and forty-six females. Their names follow :-
Males-Wolfeborough, J. Banfield, D. Bassett, L. S. Coffin, C. Coleman, J. Colby, E. Doe, C. H. Parker, B. F. Parker, W. A. Piper, J. Rust, H. L. Rust, D. N. Stoddard, Wm. Whidden, D. Whitten ; Sandwich, J. R. Bradbury ; Middleton, A. J. Chadwick ; Wakefield, A. Copp, G. W. Copp, W. Cotton, W. A. Maleham; Tuftonborough, J. W. Dame, E. Piper, J. Piper, C. Smith ; Alton, G. W. Evans, O. Gilman, A. Gilman, J. E. Hays, D. Hays, J. Horne, C. C. Mooney, H. Mooney, J. B. Mooney, J. L. Place, C. G. Willey ; Brownfield, Me., M. S. Hadley, S. B. Hadley ; New Durham, E. Hays, J. H. Hays ; Tamworth, N. Hubbard, J. Wat- son, G. H. Woodman, N. H. Woodman; Farmington, J. C. Roberts, G. P. Waldron, H. Wilson; Moultonborough, N. Shannon ; Meredith, C. P. Towle ; Madbury, B. H. Twombly.
Females-Wolfeborough, E. Atkinson, H. Bassett, R. Bassett, G. Bassett, C. P. Coffin, C. B. Coffin, S. Coffin, O. Doe, E. Fernald, J. Fox, M. Furbur, P. Furbur, S. Libbey, H. Livy, C. Livy, M. A. Mason, C. Orne, J. C. Paine, C. D. Pickering, Mary
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Rogers, Martha Rogers, S. Rust, H. Rust, M. J. Shaw, S. Shaw, M. J. Tebbetts, C. Tebbetts, N. White ; Meredith, M. S. Bean, H. A. Neal; Alton, E. Chamberlain, A. Stevens ; Wakefield, L. Copp; Tuftonborough, M. A. Copp, A. Davis; Tamworth, E. A. Dow, S. Hubbard, S. Remick ; Moultonborough, A. Shannon, E. Shan- non, F. Shannon, S. Shannon; Sandwich, L. A. Weed, S. A. Weed ; Parsonsfield, Me., M. Marston, E. Meader. These names were enrolled in the "Catalogue of the Officers and Students of the Academy & Female Seminary at Wolfeborough Bridge, N. H." Forty by-laws were adopted relating to the qualifications of teachers and students, and the conduct of the latter. These only are noticed :-
Students were not allowed to walk in the fields or streets on the Sabbath except for the purpose of attending public worship ; were forbidden to utter indecent or profane language or drink intoxi- cants ; were required to furnish brushes and brooms, and if re- quested by the teacher, to sweep the school-rooms. Tuition was to be paid in advance, and was remitted in case of sickness or necessary absence. Two commodious boarding-houses were pro- vided where students could board with teachers at one and a quarter dollars per week, an advance in price to be made when provisions were high, and a deduction allowed to those who fur- nished their wood, lights, or washing. The tuition per term was from two to seven dollars.
A lyceum was connected with the institution, which was free to students and citizens alike. This flourished for years, and proved a great public benefit. For the third of a century that fol- lowed a larger proportion of the people of Wolfeborough could address an audience forcibly and interestingly than during any period of its antecedent or subsequent history.
Among the students attending the Academy in 1820, was Henry Wilson, of Farmington, who afterwards became Vice- President of the United States. The arrival of Wilson gave a fresh impetus to the lyceum. He was an attractive speaker, and very
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fond of debating. Others were stimulated by his example, and the principal school-room was crowded weekly by interested audiences. Further notice of Mr. Wilson will be found in the sketch of Samuel Avery. The Honorable "Long John" Went- worth, of Chicago, was another student.
At a meeting of the proprietors of the Academy in 1857, at which John Fox presided and John M. Brackett acted as secre- tary, Zachariah Bachelder, Abel Haley, John M. Brackett, Jeremiah F. Hall, Joseph L. Avery, Moses Thompson, Moses T. Cate, Charles H. Parker, Thomas L. Whitton, George W. Hersey, and John L. Meder were elected trustees. At an adjourned meet- ing it was voted to raise two thousand dollars for the purpose of repairing the Academy, and John M. Brackett, Abel Haley, Joseph L. Avery, Charles H. Parker, and Charles Remick were appointed a committee to superintend the work.
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