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On the 26th of Jan., 1829, he became a candidate for comptroller against Silas Wright, Jr., in the legislative republican caucus, in which Wright received 58, Dayan 26, G. B. Baldwin 12, N. Pitcher 4 and G. Sudam, 1 vote. Mr. Dayan was elected to the 22d congress (1831-3) from the 20th district,
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tion must have unavoidably followed conviction. The defense was conducted by Micah Sterling and Russell Parish, and as the trial commenced, the latter evinced an elastic buoyancy of spirit which appeared to be unwarranted by the occasion, until it appeared upon the reading of the indictment a second time, that the prosecuting attorney had accidently omitted the word "inhabited " before
and in 1835 and 1836 was elected to the assembly upon the canal issue. Mr. Francis Seger was then in the senate, and to these two gentlemen are we largely indebted for the passage of the act for constructing the Black river canal, a work, which, after more than twenty years of delay, we at length en- joy. On the 14th of March, 1840, Dayan was appointed district attorney for Lewis county, and held this office five years, discharging its duties with his accustomed discretion and ability.
Ziba Knox, for several years a law partner of Dayan, is a native of Ver- mont. He came to Lowville about 1817, acquired his profession, and has since resided at this place, employed in legal practice and as a magistrate.
Vivaldi R. Martin, a native of Saratoga county, settled in Martinsburgh as a lawyer from whence he removed to Lowville. He died Aug. 8, 1850, aged 31 years. His brief career was brilliant and honorable. Possessing talents of a high order, fine oratorical powers and a thorough education, he would have adorned the highest station of public trust had his life been spared to the full term of human life.
Dr. David Perry was born in Princeton, Mass., Sept. 13, 1775, studied medicine with Dr. Westel Willoughby .of Newport, N. Y., and settled in Denmark in Aug., 1806. In Sept., 1808, he married Miss Nancy Hulburt of Holland Patent, who died Nov., 1812. In April, 1809, he settled in Low- ville (the first two years in company with Dr. Samuel Allen) and continued in the practice of medicine until November, 1858, when, in consequence of a paralytic attack, he was deprived of further means of usefulness in the profession in which he had been eminently successful. He now resides in Rutland in feeble health and borne down by the infirmities of age,
He has evinced a great fondness for rural pursuits, and in the intervals of an extensive practice, has found time to devote much attention to his orchard and garden, which were celebrated for the extent and variety of their productions and the precise order in which every thing was kept. His orchard contained about seventy varieties of fruit.
Dr. Perry has been greatly respected by his professional brethren for the soundness of his judgment and the acuteness of his perception with regard to disease, and they have uniformly regarded his diagnosis and treatment as eminently governed by a clear mind and an intelligent understanding.
Andrew W. Doig, a native of Washington county, is a son of Andrew Doig, who was born in Perthshire, Scotland, Feb. 29, 1776, removed to Low- ville in 1809, and died March 11, 1854. He was many years a teacher and surveyor. A. W. Doig was elected county clerk in 1825 for one term. He was in assembly in 1832 and held the office of surrogate from 1835 to 1840. He was elected by the democratic party to the 26th and 27th congresses (1839 to 1843) while Lewis was united with Herkimer as the 16th district. In 1849 he joined the general exodus to California, and a few years after returned to Lowville where he has since resided.
James and John Doig are sons of Andrew Doig. The former is ticket agent in the rail road office at Boonville, and the latter a druggist at Low- ville.
Joseph A. Northrup from Vermont, settled at an early period as a tanner and conducted this business and that of harness making many years. He was, we believe, the pioneer in these pursuits in this town.
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" dwelling," and that the trial had reached such a stage that amendment was not admissable. The prisoner upon learning that she would not be hung, from abject terror evinced the most extravagant joy, which met with a sympa- thizing response in the hearts of many present. She was subsequently tried for arson of lower degree, and died in state prison.
In December, 1828, a vein of galena, calcite, fluor spar and sulphuret of iron, was discovered on the south branch of the creek, about half a mile above Lowville village, which soon became widely celebrated as a silver mine. A company was formed, and a small smelting house was erected near the spot, but we are not informed that large dividends were made, or that the stock ever found its way to the Wall street market. This locality is worthy of especial notice by mineralogists, from the beautiful crystalized specimens of green fluor spar which it has produced. The late Luke Wilder,1 explored the vein for this mineral with great success.
A health committee consisting of Russell Parish with Doctors David Perry, Sylvester Miller,2 Seth Adams3 and Josiah Rathbun was appointed June 21, 1832 upon the approach of cholera. They enjoined temperance, cleanli- ness and care in diet as preventive measures, and advised a course of treatment in case of an attack. The Angel of Death was by the beneficient hand of Providence withheld from our county during this fearful visitation, which never- theless struck a dread upon the community, which could scarcely have been surpassed had the pestilence been pre- sent. On the day the health committee above named was appointed, an act was passed authorizing official action by the town officers, under which Ela Collins, Charles Bush, Orrin Wilbur, Amasa Dodge, Jr., and Roswell Wilcox were appointed, June 29th, a board of health, and Dr. Seth
1 Mr. Wilder, died, March 31, 1851, aged 60 years. His zealous researches into the mineralogical resources of northern New York, entitle him to the remembrance of the scientific, while his mild and amiable character have endeared his memory to a wide circle of friends. He was an active member of the Methodist chuch.
2 Dr. Miller, son of Seth Miller one of the first settlers at Constableville, settled in Lowville in 1817, having graduated with the first class in Fairfield, Jan. 30, 1816. He was appointed sheriff in 1821, and from 1823 to 1835, was surrogate. He was called from bed in the night, July 28, 1838, to visit the sick, and mistaking a door in his own house, fell headlong down the cellar stairs. His skull was fractured, and after lingering two days unconscious, he died. He was president of the Lewis co. medical soc. at the time of his death.
3 Dr. Adams, settled in the practice of his profession at Lowville in the spring of 1826, and has since resided there. His son Charles D. Adams is a lawyer at Lowville.
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Adams, health officer. On the 30th a committee wa's em- powered to visit the Denmark frontier, to take measures to prevent infected persons from entering the county, the town was divided into four districts and committees ap- pointed in each.
Lowville village .- This is the only incorporated village in the county. Notice of the application was published Feb. 26, 1849, and about one square mile was surveyed by N. B. Sylvester. The legal forms were not complied with until July 10, 1854, when the vote upon the adoption of a village charter, was 109 for, and 33 against the measure. The first trustees were Joseph A. Willard,1 N. B. Sylvester, A. G. Dayan, S. B. Batchellor, and Geo. W. Fowler. No election was held in 1857, and to remedy this, an act was procured, Feb. 27, 1858, confirming all the privileges of the corporation, directing the annual elections to be held on the first Tuesday of March, and allowing $800 to be raised for a fire engine and fixtures as by vote of Aug. 6, 1857. The trustees elected in 1860, were John Doig, John O'Donnell, Rutson Rea, Geo. W. Stephens and Henry E. Turner.
The first fire company was formed at this place July 24, 1829, at which Stephen Leonard was chosen captain, Palmer Townsend, Ist lieut., and S. W. Taylor, 2d lieut. A well was to be sunk in a central part of the village, and in case of an alarm of fire, the captain was to station himself at the head of the company, the 1st lieut. was to form the lines for pass- ing buckets, and the 2d lieut. to act as fire warden in rescu- ing property. Five buckets were kept in readiness for im- mediate use. A small fire engine named the Eagle was purchased, and afforded the only precaution against fires during many years. The burning of Safford's hotel, March 11, 1851, led to the call of a meeting to provide a better one. No efficient action was had until August, 1858, when a new fire engine named Rescue No. 2, was purchased at a cost of $800. The company to which it is entrusted, num- bers (Oct. 1859) thirty eight men.
An independent Union Fire co., was formed June 30, 1858, under E. C. Potter as captain, and an engine and hose cart were purchased by him for its use.
1 Gen. Willard, was born at Hubbardton, Vt., April 26, 1803, and is a son of Francis Willard. He removed to Lowville upon becoming of age, having previously learned the trade of a clothier. IIe has since been engaged as a manufacturer at Lowville, and in 1858-9, he represented Jefferson and Lewis counties in the senate .- Murphy's Biographical Sketches of Legislature, 1859, p. 112.
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There is organized in the village a section of light artil- lery, under Lieut. Moses M. Smith. They have a 6 pounder and a 24 pound howitzer, both of bronze, and are armed with musketoons and sword bayonets.
A Saxhorn band was formed in the fall of 1857, and con- sists of ten men.
The Union band formed in this village about 1826, was the first that was organized in the county, and maintained existence several years.
The village of Lowville reported in 1855, a population of 908, and must now number nearly 1200. It is much the most prominent business point in the county, and enjoys a large amount of trade with the country around, especially to the east and west. It is situated in a valley environed on all sides but the east with hills, and is about one hun- dred feet above Black river, and two miles from it.
The Bank of Louville, is among OF LOW the earliest formed under the general banking law of April 18, 1838. A public meeting was VILLE. held at Lowville, Oct. 18, 1838, pursuant to a call signed by Wm. L. Easton, Leonard Harding, Merrit M. Norton, Stephen Leon- BANK ard, John Buck, John Stevens, L. S. Standring, Joseph A. North- rop, H. N. Bush, I. W. Bost- wick, Andrew W. Doig, Russell Seal. Parish, Charles Dayan, Daniel T. Buck, Chester Buck, W. W. Smith, and Calvin Lewis; the plan was discussed and approved, and Ela Collins, R. Parish, A. W. Doig. W. L. Easton and I. W. Bostwick were appointed to examine the statute and report at a future meeting the probable success of the en- terprise.
Articles of association were drawn up, proposing a capital stock of $100,000, in shares of $50 each, with a privilege of increasing to $500,000, and a duration till Nov. 1st, 2301, and on the 27th of October, I. W. Bostwick, C. Dayan, A. W. Doig, W. L. Easton, Chester Buck, Timothy Mills and R. Parish were appointed to receive subscriptions from the 26th of November till Jan. 1, unless the whole amount were sooner taken. On the first two days $37,000 were sub- scribed, and on the 8th of December the sum had amounted to $78,000. The whole amount was completed Dec. 18, the books were closed, the articles filed that day in the office of
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the county clerk, and on the 26th in the secretary's office at Albany. The first directors chosen, Dec. 24, were I. W. Bostwick, C. Dayan, A. W. Doig, W. L. Easton, M. M. Nor- ton, L. S. Standring, L. Harding, C. Buck, T. Mills, Har- rison Blodget, John H. Allen, Seth Miller and Thomas Baker. Isaac W. Bostwick was chosen president, A. W. Doig, vice president, Kent Jarvis, cashier (pro tem.), and Dayan and Parish, attorneys. Preliminary arrangements were completed, and the bank commenced operations on the first day of July, 1839. The bank has from the beginning occu- pied rooms in a block of buildings, erected for stores and offices, in the summer of 1837, in the centre of the vil- lage.
The officers elected by the directors have been as follows, with the dates of their several appointments :
Presidents :
Isaac W. Bostwick
Dec. 24, 1838, to March 19, 1845.
William L. Easton .
April 19, 1855.
James L. Leonard.
Sept. 19, 1857.
Vice Presidents :
Andrew W. Doig.
Dec. 24, 1838.
Charles Dayan
Dec. 20, 1839.
Andrew W. Doig.
Dec. 18, 1843.
Charles Dayan
Dec. 30, 1845.
Andrew W. Doig.
Jan. 8, 1847.
Charles Dayan. Dec. 18, 1847.
William L. Easton
March 18, 1851.
James L. Leonard.
April 19, 1855, to Sept. 19, 1857.
Jolin Stevens.
Dec. 18, 1857.
Cashiers :
Kent Jarvis (acting) Dec. 24, 1838, to April 1, 1839.
Samuel H. Norton. Jan. 21, 1839, to take effect April 1, '39.
William L. Easton.
March 31, 1840.
James L. Leonard.
Francis N. Willard 1
Cornelius P. Leonard.
Feb. 16, 1846, to take effect April 1, '46. Mr'h 28, 1851, to take effect Apr. 1, 1851. June 16, 1856.
Tellers :
James L. Leonard. June 19, 1841, to April 1, 1846.
Francis N. Willard. Aug. 25, 1847, to April 1, 1851.
Leonard Standring. April 16, 1853, to Nov. 1, 1855.
Directors (January 1, 1860) .- James L. Leonard, John Stevens, Jared House, Joseph A. Willard, Moses M. Smith, Stephen Brigham, Cornelius P. Leonard, John Doig, Carlos P. Scovil, Hiram S. Lanpher, Charles M. Stephens, Rutson Rea and Charles H. Curtis.
1 Died June 9, 1856. He was a son of Gen. Joseph A. Willard of Low- ville.
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The statistics of this bank as reported on the 2d of July, 1839, and near the Ist of January, annually since, have been as follows, as shown by the official reports, required by law to be made to the department at Albany.
Years.
Discounts.
Bills rec'd from Comptroller & Sup't of Bank Department.
Circulation.
Deposits.
1839
$15,000
$570
$913
1840
$49,119
45,000
41,520
11,169
1841
54.483
53,000
50,663
20,642
1842
68,254
58,870
46,500
23,148
1843
59,235
54,600
51,436
15,341
1814
77,060
51,000
49,891
22,758
1845
80,384
50,300
49,291
17,780
1846
87,662
60,000
59,213
59,574
1847
93,025
€6,000
65,312
33.475
1848
102,940
77,900
75,938
28,049
1849
76,359
84,650
82,781
27,312
1850
83,698
101,900
101,234
33,625
1851
73,968
96,750
95,129
32,797
1852
102,486
100,685
97,112
50,693
1853
102,527
115,000
110,249
50,661
1854
125,403
119,266
115,209
55,748
1855
85,126
125,337
111,802
52,154
1856
81,370
107,050
104,390
57,985
1857
132,386
114,500
108,131
70,984
1858
101,038
68,200
57,643
48,050
1859
106,288
70,850
67,560
68,238
1860
116,197
92,650
84,811
107,737
The capital was reported July 2, 1839, as $27,855. On the 6th of January, 1840, it was $100,411; on the 4th of Jan., 1841, $101,950, and since Jan 1, 1842, $102,450.
During the commercial crisis of 1857 this bank, with assets much above its liabilities, was forced, like most of the other banks in the state, to yield momentarily to the emer- gencies of the day. On the 10th of Oct., 1857, an injunc- tion was granted upon the request of its president, and on the 27th of that month this was removed upon application of its president and John Stevens. A meeting of citizens was called at Lowville on the 13th of October, and resolu- tions were passed expressing confidence in the condition of the bank, and an agreement to receive its bills at par as usual. The comparative condition of the bank on the 29th of August (about the time when the panic began), and Oct. 10, was as follows :
Circulation.
Deposits. $54,898
$131,914
Oct. 10, 1857.
$111,034 69,166
41,029
117,447
$41,868
$13,869
$14,467
Discounts.
Aug. 22, 1857
Engraved by J. C Buttre.
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first year ; and in 1815, 456 scholars were reported as attend- ing school, between the ages of 5 and 15. In 1842, the town passed a resolution inviting the resident clergy to visit the schools.
A fine brick school house was finished in the north part of Lowville village in September, 1854, by Morris D. Moore builder and architect.
Lowville Academy .- An effort A.CA LLE was made in the summer of 1805, by the citizens of Lowville to VERITAS secure the county seat. A sub- MOT F scription was drawn up for a building that might serve as a meeting house or any other pub- Seal. lic purpose, as also for an academy and though not ex- pressed, there is not much doubt but that it was designed to offer it for a court house. One term of the court of Oyer and Terminer was held at this place, before the com- pletion of the public buildings at Martinsburgh, at which Judge Ambrose Spencer of the Supreme court presided. The decision of the non-resident commission was, however, sustained, or rather, the attempts made to reverse it were defeated, and the people of Lowville wisely determined to devote the premises to academic uses. The edifice was of wood, 38 by 52 feet, two stories high, and stood on the site of the present stone church in Lowville village, at the head of its principal street. The proposed cost was $2000, in shares of $25, and the five persons highest on the list were to form a building committee. Subscriptions in produce or other articles than cash were to be used or sold to the best advantage, and the committee were to report to the sub- scribers at the end of one year. The site was given by Silas Stow, Jan. 9, 1807, and the building when finished was used many years for public worship.1 A charter was applied for March 4, 1808, and granted March 21, 1808, in the words following :
1 The first shareholders were N. Low, 10 shares; S. Stow, 6; Jonathan Rogers and D. Kelley, each 4; J. H. and S. Leonard, Daniel Gould, Asa Newton, Ira Stephens, David Coffeen, Luke Winchell, Rufus Stephens, Wm. Card, Jr., Garret Boshart, each 2; and Ezekiel Thrall, Gad Lane, Fortunatus Bassett, Fortunatus Eager, Daniel Williams, Jonathan Bush, David Cobb, John Spafford, Isaac Perry, Christopher P. Bennett, Thaddeus Smith, Eben- ezer Hill, Elijah Woolworth, Morris S. Miller, Joseph Newton, Billa Daven- port, Abner Rice, Ziba Cowen, Calvin Merrill, John Shull, Samuel Van Atta, Jacob Boshart, Adam F. Snell, Charles Davenport and Elisha Stephens, each one share. These were soon increased by Isaac W. Bostwick, Wellman & Foot, Asa Brayton, John Smith, Benjamin Hillman, Jonathan Ball, Reuben Chase, Charles Newcomb, Robert Nickels, Ozem Bush, Galen Richmond, Joel Mix, Francis Murphy and David Hillman.
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CHARTER OF LOWVILLE ACADEMY.
The Regents of the University of the state of New York, To all to whom these presents shall or may come, greet- ing :
Whereas, Nicholas Low, by his attorney Isaac W. Bost- wick, Silas Stow, by his attorney Isaac W. Bostwick, Daniel Kelley, James H., and Stephen Leonard, Isaac W. Bostwick, Christopher P. Bennett, David Cobb, Manly Wellman, Jonathan Rogers, Joseph A. Northrup, Elijah Buck, Anson Foot, William Wallis, James Cadwell, Zebina Lane, William Card, Jr., Jonathan Bush, Robert McDowell, Asa Newton, Isaac Clinton, Thaddeus Smith, Paul Abbot, Hosea Lane and Rufus Stephens, by an instrument under their hands in writing and seals bearing date the fourth day of March, in the year one thousand eight hundred and eight, after stating that they had contributed more than one half in value of the real and personal property and estate, collected and appropriated for the use and benefit of the academy erected at the town of Lowville, in the county of Lewis, did make application to us the said Regents, that the said academy might be incorporated and become subject to the visitation of us and our successors, and that Jonathan Rogers, Daniel Kelley, James H. Leonard, Isaac W. Bostwick, William Card, Jr., Benjamin Hillman, John Duffy, Jonathan Collins, James Murdock, Lewis Graves, Moss Kent, Lemuel Dickin- son and Manly Wellman, might be trustees of the said academy by the name of Lowville Academy. Know ye, that we the said Regents, having inquired into the allega- tions contained in the instrument aforesaid, and found the same to be true, and that a proper building for said academy hath been erected, and finished, and paid for, and that funds have been obtained and well secured producing an annual nett income of at least one hundred dollars, and conceiving the said academy calculated for the promotion of literature. Do by these presents, pursuant to the statutes in such cases made and provided, signify our approbation of the incorpo- ration of the said Jonathan Rogers, Daniel Kelley, James H. Leonard, Isaac W. Bostwick, William Card, Jr., Benja- min Hillman, John Duffy, Jonathan Collins, James Mur- dock, Lewis Graves, Moss Kent, Lemuel Dickinson and Manly Wellman, by the name of The Trustees of Lowville Academy, being the name mentioned in and by said request in writing on condition that the principal or estate produc- ing the said income shall never be diminished or otherwise appropriated, and that the said income shall be applied
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only to the maintenance or salaries of the professors or tutors of the academy.
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In testimony whereof we caused our common seal, to be hereunto affixed, the twenty-first day of March, in the year of our Lord one thousand eight hundred and eight.
DANIEL D. TOMPKINS, Chancellor.
By command of the Chancellor,
FR. BLOODGOOD, Secretary.1
In 1807 the Rev. Isaac Clinton was induced to remove from Southwick, Mass., and began a classical school in the academic building before the charter was procured. He was employed as the first principal, and (with the exception of one year, beginning in November, 1813), continued in this office till 1817, at the same time serving as pastor of the Presbyterian church.2
Russell Parish acted as principal one year in 1813-4, and in 1817 Stephen W. Taylor3 was employed. He entered
1 Recorded in Secretary's Office, deeds, vol. 37, page 1.
2 The Rev. Isaac Clinton was born at West Milford, near Bridgeport, Ct., Jan. 21, 1759. He was a cousin of DeWitt Clinton. He graduated at Yale college in 1786, and was distinguished in his class for his acquirements in mathematics and the languages. Whilst a student in college, upon an emergency, he volunteered, with other students, as a private in the Connec- ticut militia, and was engaged in one or more battles.
He studied divinity with Rev. Joseph Bellamy of Bethelehem, Ct. In 1788 he was ordained as pastor of a Presbyterian church, at Southwick, Mass. He married Charity Wells at New Stratford, (now Huntingdon), Ct., in 1787. They had six children, of whom five died at Southwick the same week, from an epidemic, and three were dead in the house at the same time. The only remaining child was Maria, who married Ela Collins at Lowville. Two sons, subsequently born, died at Lowville. He wrote and published, while at Southwick, a work on Infant Baptism, of which a second edi- tion was issued. He preached at Southwick twenty years, and removed in 1807 to Lowville, N. Y. In 1808 he built the house on the beautiful eleva- tion immediately west of the Presbyterian church, where he resided until his death. In 1808 he was installed minister of the Presbyterian church at Lowville, and continued for ten years. In 1807 he was employed as princi- pal of the Lowville academy, and was so engaged nine years (with one year interval), when he was succeeded by S. W. Taylor. He was president of the board of academy trustees for many years, and until his death. When in his eightieth year he completed and published a book entitled Household Baptism. It is a standard work of extraordinary merit, and is in use as a text book in many of the theological seminaries of the country. He owned and cultivated about two hundred acres of land at Lowville, and he was especially devoted to the cultivation of apples and other fruit. Lewis county is much indebted to him for the introduction and distribution of many of its best varieties of apples. He was a handsome man and dressed through his life in the colonial style of his youth, viz : a low-crowned broad brimmed beaver hat, black broadcloth coat, with wide and long skirts, velvet breeches and silver knee buckles, high top boots or shoes, and silk stockings. He died at Lowville, March 18th, 1840, aged 82 years.
3 Stephen William Taylor, son of Timothy Taylor, graduated at Hamilton
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upon his duties with zeal, and the institution soon gained a patronage which appeared to warrant the erection of new buildings. A contract was made with Mr. Taylor to con- duct the school for twenty years, and a plan drawn by Philip Hooker of Albany, under the eye of the principal, was approved late in 1824. The arrangement as applied to academic buildings, was patented by S. W. Taylor and J. W. Martin, April 16, 1825, and consisted in placing the pupils in small separate apartments, open on one side, so that every one, both on the main floor and in the gallery was under the eye of the teacher at his stand, while no one could see any other of the students. The building was erected on a site of four acres purchased from Ela Collins, paid for by Mr. Low and given for academic purposes to the trustees. It was a twelve sided brick edifice two stories high, above a high stone basement, and was surmounted by an attic story of wood and tin covered dome, from the centre of which arose a cupola for the bell. Around the attic was a promenade, whose deck floor formed the roof of the outer portion of the main building. An immense twelve sided column in the centre supported the attic and roof. The build- ing was 70 feet in diameter between its parallel walls, and cost $8,200. It was dedicated Jan. 12, 1826, but it soon proved defective ; its walls required support by shoring, and in 1836 it was taken down. Mr. Taylor became sensitive upon the failure of his enterprise, which, aside from defective walls was found objectionable on account of echoes, diffi- culty in warming uniformly, and especially from the unwil- lingness of students to submit to the vigilance to which they were constantly subjected. He resigned in 1831 and was succeeded by Eliam E. Barney and Cyrus M. Fay, of whom the former remained two and the latter four years.1 Henry Maltby was appointed in Aug., 1834, and remained
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