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The salaries paid the principals of schools numbers 1 and 3 are, to each $1300 per annum. The salary of the teacher of the grammar department of No. 2 is $650; and to the principal of the intermediate and primary department, same school, $400 is paid.
The three school-houses are of brick, and valued at $24,000. Value of school-house sites, $10,000.
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The number of volumes in the public-school library is 1300, valued at $1200.
The board of school commissioners is now composed of Messrs. Cyrus Macy, T. T. Calkins, Willard Peck, Leonard J. Rossman, and William R. Elting.
THE HUDSON ACADEMY
is one of the oldest institutions of its class in the State, and by reason of its antiquity, its usefulness, and the vary- ing fortunes which it has experienced, it merits a high place in the regards of the people of the county.
On Feb. 27, 1805, there met together in Hudson sixty- four gentlemen who were "impressed with the importance and necessity of diffusing useful knowledge by the establish- ment of seminaries for the instruction of youth." At this meeting an association was formed and a constitution adopted for the establishment of an institution to be known as " Hudson Academy." The stock was divided into shares of $10 each, and John Swift, Samuel J. Ten Broeck, Wil- liam Ashley, Ebenezer Rand, William Shaw, Noah Gridley, Benjamin Miller, Luther Dunning, and Asa Frary were appointed a committee to receive subscriptions and to cause a suitable building to be erected. The site selected was " a piece of ground situated on the south side of Hudson Square, adjoining the Burying-Ground, granted by the Mayor, Re- corder, and Commonalty of the city of Hudson to John Swift and others for the purpose of having a school-house or Academy built thereon, and also a certain piece of ground conveyed by Seth G. Macy to Ebenezer Rand, John Swift, and their associates for the same purpose, being the rear of the lot conveyed by the Mayor, etc., as aforesaid." This description is very obscure, but is intended to explain that a part of the academy site was donated by Captain Seth G. Macy, and the remainder by the common council of Hudson. The -" Hudson Square" was the same laid out by the coun- cil, May 5, 1804, and for which a part of the burial-ground was taken.
The building, a brick edifice fifty by thirty feet, and three stories high, was soon completed, on the present beautiful site overlooking the river and city of Hudson, and commanding an extensive view of the Catskill mountains. The Academy association was incorporated March 3, 1807, the following-named gentlemen being the corporators : Ezra Sampson, John Swift, Reuben Sears, Peter Van Den Bergh, Harry Croswell, Elisha Williams, William W. Van Ness, Timothy Babcock, William Fraser, Peter Van Rensselaer, William Ashley, Luther Dunning, Joseph Mosely, Benja- min Miller, Ebenezer Rand, John Bennett, Noah Gridley, William Shaw, William Whiting, Cornelius Tobey, Ezra Browne, Samuel J. Ten Broeck, William Noyes, Jr., Obed W. Folger.
The teacher whose name is found first recorded on the books of the institution was Andrew M. Carshore, and next the name of Mr. Ashbel Strong is entered as principal, he having been engaged at a salary of four hundred dollars per annum. The young ladies' school connected with the academy was opened May 1, 1806. At the same time, Miss Hayes, daughter of Rev. Joel Hayes, was engaged as preceptress, at an annual salary of $100. The rates of tuition were fixed at four dollars per quarter for higher
English, languages, and mathematics, and two dollars for the lower classes; and (perhaps in consequence) but one dividend (fifty cents a share) was ever paid, and the certifi- cates of stock became as valueless as waste paper. The price of good board in the vicinity of the academy was one dollar and fifty cents per week, and those who entertained pupils from abroad became responsible to the trustees for their tuition. The academy was long in a flourishing con- dition, and among the list of its instructors and graduates are found the names of many who have held prominent positions in various walks of life. For several years prior to 1827, Mr. Amasa J. Parker, favorably known through- out the State, was connected with the academy as principal. He was succeeded by Mr. Josiah W. Fairfield, who was hardly less widely known. With scarcely an exception, every man prominent in public life in Hudson, since the incorporation of the academy, has been in some degree identified with its prosperity, either as pupil or trustee, and its graduates fill positions of honor and trust in all parts of the country.
The present condition of the academy is exceedingly prosperous. The original building has recently been re- modeled and embellished at large expense, until, in adapta- tion of rooms and appointments to educational uses, as well as in beauty and healthfulness of situation, it has few equals in the county. The present building is of brick, size, sixty by thirty-four feet, and three stories in height. The main room used for study is furnished with modern school furni- ture, and so arranged as to admit just the light which the best authorities have pronounced to be least injurious to the eyes of students. The estimated value of the academy property is $12,000. The cabinets are well furnished, that of natural philosophy having recently been increased by the addition of new apparatus valued at over $600. Ap- parently, the future of the institution will be prosperous.
The present corps of instructors is as follows: The principal is Rev. William D. Perry, teacher of languages and natural sciences, a graduate of Amherst College in 1870, and of Union Theological Seminary in 1874. He has been further prepared for the responsibilities of his position by two years of travel and study in the principal cities and countries of Europe, and by much previous experience in teaching.
He is ably assisted by Mrs. K W. Perry, teacher of higher English, who was for many years well and favorably known as one of the most successful lady principals in the public schools of New York city.
Miss Mary Sleight, who has charge of the mathematical department, is a graduate of De Garmo Institute, and has also studied in France. She has been a successful and popular teacher in the academy since the present principal assumed charge.
A teacher is now provided for every twenty pupils. Vocal music and drawing are free, and other advantages are to be added as soon as the finances of the academy will permit. The residence of the principal is near the academy, and pleasant accommodation is provided for young ladies from a distance. Great interest is manifested by the trustees of the academy and by the citizens of Hudson in the pros- perity of the institution.
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THE HUDSON SELECT ACADEMY
was commeneed in the year 1813. The project was origi- nated by an association of citizens of Hudson, among the most prominent of whom was Seth Jenkins. He was deeply interested in the enterprise, and was made president of the association. They erected a frame building for the use of the school, and that building is still standing, used as a dwelling, at the corner of Allen and South Third streets. During the existence of the school it was better known as the " Shad Academy" than by the name given to it by its projectors. This arose from the per- sistent efforts made by Mr. Jenkins to procure the passage by the Legislature of an act granting to the academy asso- ciation the right to impose a tax on all persons fishing on the fishing-grounds in the vicinity of Hudson, and to apply the income aceruing therefrom to the support of the school. The institution lived for a number of years, but was never very prosperous.
THE HUDSON FEMALE ACADEMY
was established in 1851, in the fine building which had been occupied by Dr. White's Lunatic Asylum, now the residence of George H. Power, on State street. The pro- prietor was the Rev. J. B. Hague, under whom the school enjoyed a high reputation. It was removed in 1865 to the corner of Warren and First streets, but is not now in existence.
Hudson has always been exceedingly prolifie of private and select schools of almost every grade, and many of them of a very high order. So numerous have they been that it would be wholly impracticable even to name, much more so to give a correct and intelligible history of them. We may make mention of the " Hudson Female Seminary," which existed many years before the Female Academy of Rev. Mr. Hague, and of which the Rev. Mr. Stafford was at one time the principal ; of the seleet school tanght by Ebenezer King in St. John's Hall, and of the " Hudson Classical Seminary," also under his charge at a later date ; of the classical school taught by Andrew Huntington in the " hotel building" opposite the Presbyterian church ; and of the schools of the Revs. J. R. Coe, E. Bradbury, and other educated and talented clergymen ; but all these make but a small part of the private educational institu- tions-many of them of the highest excellence-which have existed here since Joseph Marshall taught Latin and Greek in the old school-house in Diamond street.
THE HUDSON YOUNG LADIES' SEMINARY
Was established in the antumn of 1848, by the Misses Eliza- beth and Sophia C. Peake, under whose efficient manage- ment the institution still remains, and whose aim it is and has ever been to impart through their course of instruction all that is required for a thorough and finished edneation. Particular attention is paid to instruction in the French language by a native French teacher residing in the family. The school has enjoyed a high reputation and liberal patron- age from the time of its commencement. Its location is on the north side of Warren street, opposite the Worth House.
THE MISSES SKINNER'S SCHOOL FOR YOUNG LADIES was established in April, 1867, commeneing with but seven pupils, but this number was doubled during the fall term, and in the summer of 1869 it had reached twenty-eight, and they had been compelled to refuse several applications for lack of room. On this account they commenced the erection of their fine brick building, No. 281 Union street, which was completed at a cost of $8000, and was first oeeu- pied by the school in April, 1870. Their corps of teachers was then increased (they having never employed less than two assistant teachers since that time), and the school being open to pupils of all grades, steadily increased until 1874, when it numbered fifty-six, and their first class was graduated. Since then their average has been a little under fifty. Their total number of pupils, from the com- mencement to January, 1878, has been two hundred and ten, varying in age from seven to nineteen years, and who have remained in the school from periods ranging from ten months to ten years.
The school is well equipped, and has a capacity for the accommodation of seventy pupils. The proprietors an- nounee that it is their intention to offer to young ladies an excellent opportunity for the acquisition of a solid educa- tion, and that their attention and that of their teachers will be directed rather to the laying of a substantial foundation for future acquirements, than to accomplishments which may easily be added to complete and adorn the structure.
THE COLUMBIA LIBRARY
was (with the exception of a small circulating library, started in 1786) the first institution of the kind in Hudson. The project was started in December, 1793. The requisite number of subscribers was soon obtained, and on or about the 1st of February, 1794, the library was opened at the printing-office of Ashbel Stoddard, who was its first librarian. The period of its continuance cannot be given.
THE HUDSON LIBRARY SOCIETY
was organized March 14, 1797, under the act of April 1, 1796. Samuel Edmonds was chairman of the meeting at which the organization was effected. The first board of trustees was composed of Robert Jenkins, Elisha Jenkins, Henry Malcolm, Hezekiah L. Hosmer, Samuel Edmonds, Isaae Northrop, and Walter V. Wempler. The librarian was Shubael Worth, and the library was kept at his store, at the northwest corner of Warren and Second streets. It continued to exist-though in a very languishing condition -for many years, and finally expired under the presidency of Robert A. Barnard, Esq.
THE FRANKLIN LIBRARY ASSOCIATION
was organized in 1837, with William R. Steele as president and James Batchellor secretary. It was regularly incor- porated in the winter of 1838, with William A. Carpenter, president ; Hiram Macy, vice-president; and Charles A. Darling, secretary.
The library-room of the association, located on Union street, near the present site of the Episcopal church, was completed at a cost of about $400, and occupied in October, 1837. The system of publie lectures, given under the
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auspices of the association, was inaugurated in 1838, and was regularly continued for many years, but has recently beeu discontinued, on account of the extravagant demands of lecturers and the decline of public interest in them.
About 1855 the library was removed to the room in the city hall building which is now occupied by police head- quarters. There it remained until 1874, when it was re- moved to its present rooms at 171 Warren street.
The number of volumes now in the library is four thou- sand five hundred. The present membership of the asso- ciation is one hundred and sixty, and its officers for 1878 are Willard Peck, president; John C. Du Bois, vice-president ; Stephen B. Miller, corresponding secretary ; Ezra D. De Lamater, recording secretary ; Elihu Gifford, Jr., treasurer ; Samuel R. Rainey, William Seymour, John M. Pearson, directors ; Miss Fannie Power, librarian.
This library association was an outgrowth of the Franklin Debating Society, which had been organized in Hudson as early as the year 1834. The members of the society at its commencement were William A. Carpenter, George W. Carpenter, Robert Smith, Hiram Macy, James Batchellor, Thomas Marshall, Win. R. Steel, Edward B. Macy, Richard M. Remington, and John Hamlin. Their meeting for organization was held at the shop of Wm. A. Carpenter, who was one of the foremost members. It was he who originated the proposition to establish the library, and to erect for it the building on Union street ; and he was, as we have mentioned, its first president after incorporation.
THE UNION DEBATING SOCIETY
was the first of those associations for mutual improvement for which the city of Hudson was remarkable during its earlier years. It was commenced in 1786, but its duration is not known.
THE HUDSON FORUM,
a similar association, was established in 1826, and contin- ued until 1840 or later. The Hon. Henry Hogeboom, Josiah W. Fairfield, Esq., and in fact a large proportion of the prominent men of Hudson were among its members, and participated in its debates.
THE HUDSON ASSOCIATION FOR MUTUAL IMPROVEMENT was organized in 1834. The following brilliant list is that of its first officers, viz. : Elisha Jenkins, president ; Cyrus Curtiss, Rufus Reed, Joseph D. Monell, James Mellen, vice-presidents ; Edwin C. Litchfield, secretary. It appears to have existed but a short time.
MASONIC.
HUDSON LODGE, NO. 7, F. AND A. M.
The petition to the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, praying for "the charter, which was afterwards granted to this lodge, was dated Dec. 18, 1786, and Was signed by the following-named petitioners, viz. : Seth Jenkins, Jared Coffin, Joseph Hamilton, John Mckinstry, John Thurston, John Penoyer, Joseph Olney, Shubael Worth, Isaac Bateman, Thomas Worth, William Wall, Daniel Gano, Thomas Frothingham, Robert Folger, David Lawrence, Benjamin Chace, Lemuel Jenkins, Samuel Mans- field.
The petition was presented by Daniel Gano on March 17, 1787. In the month of May following, a warrant, as prayed for, was issued by the Grand Lodge of the State of New York, and the first officers were installed at Albany in June, 1787, as follows: Seth Jenkins, W. M .; Jared Coffin, S. W .; David Lawrence, J. W. ; Samuel Mansfield, Treas .; Daniel Gano, Sec .; Thomas Frothingham, S. D .; Simeon Stoddard, J. D. ; Shubael Worth, Benjamin Chace, Stewards.
The first meeting was held Dee. 18, 1786, at the house of John Mckinstry .* First by-laws were adopted June 28, 1787. The lodge was chartered as No. 13 in 1787 ; be- came No. 15 in 1823; No. 12 in 1831 ;} and No. 7, as at present, in 1839.
In 1795 the proprietors of Iludson granted to this lodge a lot of land on the southeast corner of Union and Third streets, for the purpose of erecting thereon a building suitable for their use; the conditions of the grant being that the building should be not less than twenty-five by fifty feet, that it should be completed within two years, and that it should never be used as a tavern.
The corner-stone of the building was laid June 12, 1795, and it was dedicated with imposing ceremonies Decem- ber 27, 1796. It was considered an ornament, and very creditable to the lodge and the city. On the 4th of July, 1829, it was partially destroyed by fire, but was rebuilt as St. John's Hall, which still remains the property of the lodge and their place of meeting. Following is a list of the Past Masters of the lodge:
Seth Jenkins, 5787 to 5790.
Thomas Frothingham
5790 to 5796.
Samuel Edmonds
5796 to 5797.
Thomas Frothingham.
5797 to -
Benjamin Allen
to
Daniel Fowler.
to
..
John W. Edmonds.
to
Thomas Blank
to
Philip White ...
to
to -
Philip White ..
Thomas F. King.
5825 to 5827.
Cyrus Curtiss
5827 to 5829.
Philip White
5829 to 5831.
L. U. Lawrence
5831 to 5832.
E. C. Thurston
5832 to 5834.
Philip White
5834 to 5835.
Cyrus Curtiss ..
5835 to 5837.
Stephen A. Coffin
5837 to 5839.
Richard Carrique,#
5839 to 5844.
Peter G. Coffin.
5844 to 5846.
Ichabod Rogers
5846 to 584S.
Cornelius Bortle.
5848 to 5851.
James Batchellor
5851 to 5854.
George Barker.
5854 to 5855.
William A. Carpenter.
5855 to 5856.
Cornelius Bortle
5856 to 5857.
George C. Tolley
5857 to 5858.
Cornelius Esselstyn
5858 to 5868.
Frederick M. Best
5868 to 5871.
Almon Snyder
5871 to 5873.
Edward P. Magoun
5873 to 3875.
Henry Kertz ..
5875 to 5877.
# The same who, having been taken prisoner at the battle of the Cedars, in 1776, was saved from torture and death by Captain Brant, the Mohawk chief.
+ Through the persevering efforts of some of its members (particu- larly Mr. Stephen A. Coffin) the lodge preserved its organization through the anti-Masonic warfare.
# Richard Carrique was, at the time of his death (1849), Senior Grand Warden of the Grand Lodge of the State of New York. He was interred by the Grand Lodge, which body also ereeted a monu- ment to his memory in the Hudson Cemetery.
-.
A. G. Barnard
to -
Campbell Bushuell
5823 to 5825.
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The officers of the lodge for 1878 are Aaron Colton, W. M .; William H. Spanburgh, S. W .; William A. Spaul- ding, J. W .; W. S. Wattles, Treas. ; Charles S. Champlin, Sec. ; John K. Vosburgh, S. D .; William T. Miller, J. D .; Frank A. Punderson, S. M. of C .; John K. Vosburgh, Organist ; W. R. Elting, Marshal ; J. W. Kenyon, Tiler.
HUDSON CHAPTER, NO. 6, R. A. M.
The charter of this organization was granted by the Grand Royal Arch Chapter of the Northern States, dated March 14, 1798, and signed by De Witt Clinton, Deputy Grand High-Priest ; Thomas Frothingham, Deputy Grand King; Jedediah Sanger, Deputy Grand Scribe.
Its first officers were Sammuel Edmonds, M. E. H. P .; Thomas Frothingham, E. King; Elisha Jenkins, E. Seribe.
The Past High-Priests now living are James Batchellor, John Hamlin, Cornelius Bortle, Harloe H. Crandall, Theo- dore Snyder, John Alger, George Barker, Thomas Borden.
Officers for 1878 : A. J. Gifford, M. E. H. P .; Richard Kidney, E. Seribe ; S. C. MeArthur, E. King; Jean Bach, Treas .; James M. Punderson, See. ; Henry Kertz, Capt. Host ; Almon Snyder, P. S. ; Lewis B. Little, R. A. C .; W. H. Seovill, M. 3d V .; W. R. Elting, M. 2d V .; R. Moores, M. 1st V. The present membership is one hundred and twenty-five.
LAFAYETTE COMMANDERY, NO. 7, OF KNIGHTS TEMPLAR.
Upon the petition of Lionel U. Lawrence and others to the Grand Encampment of the State of New York, a war- rant was granted September 6, A.0. 706, to the petitioners to form and hold an encampment in the city of Hudson, under the name and style of Lafayette Encampment, No. 7, of Knights Templar.
The first conclave, according to the minutes, was held October 16. A.o. 706, at which were present Sir Knights Lionel U. Lawrence, Orrin E. Osborn, Gordon Dickson, Richard Carrique, Obed W. Folger, Richard Hill, and Samuel Corbet. The first officers were installed October 25, A.0. 706.
From December 3, A.o. 712, to A.o. 723, no conclaves appear to have been held. Upon the prayer of Sir Knights Lionel U. Lawrence, Cyrus Curtiss, Elihn Gifford, Richard Carrique, Peter Van Deusen, Orrin E. Osborn, Gordon Dickson, George Duckworth, John B. Livingston, Fred- erick I. Curtiss, and Hiram Reynolds, a dispensation was granted April 5, A.o. 723, to revive and re-establish Lafay- ette Encampment, No. 7, of K.'s T., by Richard Ellis, Deputy Grand Master. The warrant was revived June 4, A.0. 723.
In A.o. 739 the word Commandery was substituted in place of Encampment, by act of the Grand Commandery of the State of New York.
Past Commanders .- E. Sir Lionel U. Lawrence, Oeto- ber, A.o. 706-December 3, A.o. 712; E. Sir Cyrus Cur- tiss, December 3, A.o. 721 ; E. Sir Lionel U. Lawrence, April, A.o. 723-April 5, A.o. 726; E. Sir Richard Car- rique, April 5, A.o. 726-April 6, A.o. 731 ; E. Sir Icha- bod Rogers, April 6, A.o. 731-April 25, A.o. 733; E. Sir James Batchellor, April 25, A.o. 733-March 26, A.O.
751; E. Sir Cornelius Esselstyn, March 26, A.o. 751- May 6, A.o. 752; E. Sir Aaron Colton, May 6, A.0. 752.
The officers of the Commandery for 1878 are Edward P. Magoun, E. C .; Henry Kertz, Generalissimo ; Richard Kidney, Capt. Gen. ; John K. Vosburgh, Prelate; William S. Wattles, S. W .; James C. Armstrong, J. W .; Albert Bush, Treas. ; Almon Snyder, Recorder.
AQUILA LODGE, NO. 700, F. AND A. M.,
was instituted in the year 1870, with the following charter members, who were also the first officers of the lodge,- namely : Cornelius Bortle, W. M .; Cornelius Esselstyn, S. W .; John T. Burdwin, J. W .; Leonard Geiger, Treas. ; Edgar Remington, See. ; Ezra V. Byrne, S. D .; Charles Malcher, J. D.
The officers for 1878 are William Bostwick, W. M .; Abram J. Gifford, S. W .; Charles Whitbeck, J. W .; William H. Seovill, Treas .; Edward J. Hodge, Sec .; E. Spencer Elmer, S. D .; Nelson F. Boucher, J. D .; Mason I. Crocker, S. M. of C .; Edward H. Lisk, J. M. of C .; Seth C. MeArthur, Dubois Collier, Stewards; Aaron C. Maey, 3d Marshal; Rev. Charles W. Tomlinson, Chaplain ; Bernard Chase, Organist ; John V. Whitbeck, Trustee ; William C. Niblett, Tiler.
The lodge meets in Masonie temple. Its present mem- bership is one hundred and sixteen.
HUDSON COUNCIL, NO. 62, R. AND S. M.,
was instituted U. D. May, 1872, with the following officers : Dr. H. Lyle Smith, T. I. M .; C. H. Evans, R. I. D. M .; R. Kidney, I. P. C. W .; J. H. Charlot, Capt. Guards ; J. M. Van Buren, Ill. Con. Council; J. C. Dubois, Treas. ; A. Bush, Recorder ; H. R. Payne, Steward ; J. Nack, Senti- nel. The charter was granted in 1873, the first election being held December 1 of that year, at which Dr. Smith was re-elected, and again in 1874. His successors in the office, Thrice Illustrious Master, have been Richard Kid- ney, 1875; W. H. W. Whiting, 1876; W. H. Scovill, 1877-78
The present officers associated with Mr. Scovill are Wm. Bostwick, Dep. Master; Henry Kertz, P. C. W .; Richard Kidney, Treas. ; and Henry Miller, Recorder.
The present membership is fifty-four.
In 1824, prior to the formation of the present Grand Council of the State, Hudson Council, No. 2, was organized, with Campbell Bushnell, Charles Waldo, and Clark Smith as its earliest officers.
This council held its meetings, performed its work, and kept its records in connection with Hudson Chapter, R. A. M. It was suspended about 1848, the chapter be- ing at that time prohibited from conferring the council degrees under its charter.
I. O. OF O. F.
The first Odd-Fellows' lodge in Hudson was the " Good Iutent Lodge," instituted in 1828, and located in a part of the city which is now Stockport. We have no data of the subsequent history of this lodge.
JOHN STANTON GOULD.
John Stanton Gould was born at Newport, Rhode Island, on the 14th day of March, 1812. He was of Quaker parentage, and to him one of the most precious facts was the bravery of his ancestor, Daniel Gould, who was whipped at Boston the day that Mary Dyer and her companions were hung. He was whipped for his unfaltering alle- giance to conscientious opinions. Another of his paternal ancestors figured conspicuously the same day, though in a very different manner. Colonel Edward Wanton had under his command a regiment of cavalry attendant upon the execution. Returning home, he laid aside his sword, remarking to his mother, " Mother, I much fear that we have this day been killing the people of God." Soon afterwards he too became a Quaker, and removed for greater religious liberty to Rhode Island, where he became governor, and left a large family of sons, three of whom in their turns also became governors of the same State.
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