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Geological Rooms, corner State and Lodge.
Normal School, 119 State street, State Hall, op. Academy Park.
CITY AND COUNTY.
Albany Academy, fronts Academy Park.
Alms House, Lydius street cont. City Hall, Eagle street, fronting Washington.
Jail, corner Eagle and Howard. Medical College, formerly Lancas- ter School, Eagle street.
Penitentiary, Delaware turnpike. Powder House, Washington Square.
PARKS AND PLACES.
Academy Park, op. State Hall. Bull's Head Course, Troy road. Canal Basin, fronts Water, Law- rence, Montgomery and De Witt. Capitol Park fronts on Eagle and State street.
Cemeteries, State, above Knox. Centre Market, corner South Pearl and Howard.
Clinton Park, North Pearl street Glass Works Square, corner Broad. way and Ferry.
Hay Scales and Yard, corner Plain Boston Hotel, 15 and 17 Dean.
and Philip
Hudson Street Park, corner Hudson and Liberty,
Little Basin, above first lock.
Lydius Street Park, cor. Eagle and Lydius.
Mineral Spring Garden, 58 Ferry. National Garden, 770 Broadway. Newton's Corners, Shaker road. Rural Cemetery, Troy road. Steam Boat Landing, Broadway, between Lydius and Hamilton, Townsend's Park, junction Wash- ington street and turnpike. Washington Market, foot of Colum- bia street.
PUBLICATIONS.
Albany Argus, Merch't's Exchange. Albany Atlas, cor. Broadway and Beaver.
Albany Daily Express, Green near State.
Albany Daily Knickerbocker, Mu- seum Building.
Albany Evening Journal, corner of James and State streets.
Albany Freeholder, 34 Washington. Albany Patriot, Commerc'l Build'gs. Albany Spectator, 80 State street. Albany Switch, Beaver street.
Busy Bee, Arbor Hill.
Christian Palladium, Commercial Buildings.
Cultivator, 10 and 12 Green street. Horticulturist, 10 and 12 Green st. Howard's Special Term Reports, 57 Hawk street,
Mechanics' Advocate, Commercial Buildings.
Odd Fellows' Literary Magazine, 11 Cooper's Buildings.
TAVERNS AND REFECTORIES.
Albany and Troy House, 31 Dean. Albion Hotel, corner of Broadway and Herkimer.
American Hotel, 100 State street. Beardsley's Hotel, 28 Washington.
Boston House, cor. Broadway and Ferry.
Broadway House 505 Broadway. Bull's Head Tavern, Lydius st. Carlton House, cor. State and Pearl. City Hotel, 23 Broadway.
City Hall Coffee House, cor. Eagle and Maiden Lane.
Clinton Hotel, cor. Pearl andBeaver. Congress Hall, fronts Washington street and Capitol Park.
Cornucopia, cor. State and Green. Delavan House, fronts Broadway, Steuben and Montgomery.
Eagle Street Hotel, corner Eagle and Daniel.
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Public Offices, Buildings, S.c.
Eastern Hotel, cor. Broadway and[Episcopal Church, Grace, Spring, John. above Lark.
Franklin House, 176 State street. Hudson Street Temperance House, near Quay str el
Lafayette House, 19 Montgomery. Lumbermen's Exchange Hotel, 192 Water.
Mansion House, Broadway.
Marble Pillar, under Museum.
McCardle's, Beaver street.
Northern Hotel, corner of Broad. way and Orange.
Otsego House, 74 Washington.
St. Charles, Hudson street.
Saratoga House, 719 Broadway.
Stanwix Hall, corner of Broadway and Maiden Lane.
Washington Hall, South Pearl.
CHURCHIES.
Baptist Church, First, Green street. between Hamilton and Division. Baptist Church, Second, cor. North Pearl and Maiden Lane.
Baptist Church, Third, State street, Presbyterian Church, third, North opposite the Capitol.
Baptist Church, Fourth, South Pearl head of Herkimer.
Baptist Church, African, Hamilton. above Pearl.
Bethel, Montgomery street.
Cat .. onc cathedral, cor. of Lydius'Synagogue, Rose street.
and Eagle.
Catholic, St. Mary's, corner Chapel Universalist Church, Green, below and Pine. Hamilton.
Catholic, St. John's, Ferry street.
Catholic, St. Joseph's, corner North Pearl and Lumber.
Catholic, German, corner Hamilton and Philip.
Dutch Reformed Church, first, cor. Van Schaick and North Pearl.
Dutch Reformed Church, second, Beaver, above Green.
Dutch Reformed Church, third, cor. Blunt's Buildings, cor. South Pearl Ferry and Green. and State.
Episcopal Church, St. Peter's, cor. State and Lodge.
Episcopal Church, St. Paul's, South Pearl, below Beaver.
Friends' Meeting House, Plain st. Lutheran Church, corner. Pine and Lodge.
Lutheran Church, German, State near Swan.
Methodist Episcopal Church, first, Hudson, above Grand.
Methodist Episcopal Church, second North Pearl, above Columbia.
Methodist Episcopal Church, third, corner Ferry and Franklin.
Methodist Episcopal Church, fourth, corner Washington and Swan.
Methodist Episcopal Church. fifth, Swan, between Lumber & Third. Methodist African Church, State, rear of District School No. 2. Methodist Epis. Israel Church, Jef- ferson, above Eagle.
Presbyterian Church, first, corner S. Pearl and Beaver.
Presbyterian Church, sec'd Chapel, above Maiden Lane.
Pearl, opposite Clinton Square. Presbyterian Church, fourth, Broad- way, above Spencer.
Presbyterian Church, Associate, corner Chapel and Canal.
|Synagogue, Fulton street.
Unitarian Church, Division street.
MISCELLANEOUS.
Albany Museum, corner State and Broadway.
Apothecaries' Hall, cor. State and North Pearl.
Atlas Buildings, cor. Beaver and Broadway.
B eecker Hall, 531 Broadway.
Commercial Buildings, cor. Broad- way and Hudson.
Cooper's Buildings, cor. State and Green.
Episcopal Church, Trinity, Broad, Douw's Buildings, corner State and below Lydius. Broadway.
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Orphan Asylum, head of Wash. st Gallery of Fine Arts, No. 528 Broad- do. do. St. Vincent's, North way. Pearl near Lumber.
Water Works Reservoir, cor. Eagle and Steuben.
OFFICES, ETC.
Adjutant General's Office, State Hall Magnetic Telegraph Office, Ex-
Albany Apprentices' Library, 41 Hudson.
Albany and Boston R. R. office, Mayor's Court, City Hall. cor. Maiden Lane and Dean.
Albany Burgesses Corps, armory in Exchange Building,
Albany City Bank, 47 State.
Albany Emmet Guards, armory No. 32 Green street.
Albany Institute, Academy Building, Albany Insurance Co., 56 State.
Albany Republican Artillery, armo- ry in Atlas Buildings.
Albany Savings Bank, 38 State.
Albany and Schenectady R. R. of. fice, Dean street.
Attorney General's Office, Hall.
Bank of Albany, 42 State.
Bank Department, State Hall.
Baths, Norton street.
Board of Trade, meet in Exchange daily.
Canal Collector's Office, 198 Water. Canal Department, State Hall.
Chamberlain, City Hall.
City Marshal, City Hall. City Surveyor, City Hall. Commercial Bank, 38 State. Common Council, City Hall. Comptroller's Office, State Hall. Clerk Court of Appeals, State Hall. County Clerk's Office, City Hall. County Treasurer's Office, cor. Steu- ben and Broadway. Court of Appeals, Capitol.
Crier of Courts, 327 State.
Custom House, 407 Broadway.
Deputy Sheriff (Ferguson), cor. Pa- troon and Hawk.
Exchange Bank, Merchants' Ex- change.
Firemen's Insurance Co. cor. Green and State.
Gas Co.'s Office, Bleecker Hall. Gas Company's Works, cor. Grand and Arch.
General Stage Office, under Museum. Justices' Court, over Centre Market.
change Building.
Mayor's Office, City Hall.
Mechanics' Benefit Society, corner Broadway and State.
Mechanics' and Farmers' Bank, cor. Broadway and Exchange st.
Mutual Insurance Company, 450 Broadway.
National Fire Insurance Co, 61 State New York State Bank, 69 State.
Pension Office, Mechanics' and Far- mers' Bank.
Police Office, over Centre Market. Post Office, Exchange Building. Secretary of State, State Hall.
State Sexton 1st Baptist Ch. 65 Green.
do. 1st Dutch, rear church.
do. Lutheran, rear church.
do, 1st Methodist, 146 Lydius.
do. 2d Methodist, rear church.
do. 3d Methodist, basement.
do. Middle Dutch, 38 Beaver.
do. 1st. Presbyterian, 48 Beaver.
do 4th Pres., 118 North Pearl.
do. St. Mary's, 58 Chapel.
do. St. Joseph's, 188 N. Fearl. Sheriff's Office, Jail.
State Agricultural Rooms, cor. State and Lodge.
State Library, Capitol.
Supreme Court Clerk's Office, State Hall.
Superintendent Northern District, City Hall.
Superintendent Southern District, City Hall.
Surveyor General, State Hall.
Surrogate's Office, City Hall. Under Sheriff, 73 State.
Water Works Co.'s Sec. and Treas., 442 Broadway.
Young Men's Association, Exchange Building.
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District and other Schools.
ENGINE HOUSES.
No. 1, 11 Chapel.
2,43 do.
3, Alms House.
4, 75 Grand.
5, 236 Washington.
6, cor. Hawk and Fayette.
7, 41 Hudson.
8, (burnt,) 9, (torn down,)
10, 10 Wilson.
11, 106 Arch.
12, Second st., Arbor Hill.
Hook and Ladder, No. 1, 34 Plain. Miss Allison, basement Universalist do. do. No. 2, Patroon st. church.
Tivoli Hose, 32 Plain.
Axe Company, Steuben street.
DISTRICT SCHOOLS.
No. 1, South Pearl, south of Schuy- Mr. Center, basement 3d Pres. ch.
ler.
2, State street, between Hawk Miss Crane, 125 Hamilton. and Swan.
3, Van Tromp street.
4, Union, near Lydius.
5, N. Pearl, sonth of Lumber.
6, Junction, west of Perry st. 7, Canal street.
8, Lydius, west of Grand.
9, Cor. Ferry and Dallius.
10, Washington street, east of Lark.
SCHOOLS.
Albany Classical Institute, Eagle, below State.
Albany Female Academy, North Pearl, above Maiden Lane.
Albany Female Seminary, 67 Divi- sion.
Albany Medical College, cor. Lan- caster and Eagle.
Classical Institute, 7 North Pearl.
Friends' School, 10 Plain.
C. D, Marsh, basement Universalist church.
Misses Beekman, 56 Westerlo.
Mrs. Brinckerhoff, 112 State.
Misses Cantine, 18 Van Tromp.
Miss Cassidy, 63 Chapel.
Miss Collier, Hudson street.
Miss Kidd, 73 Division.
Miss Pierce, Franklin House.
Miss Skerritt, 4 High.
Miss Woodbridge, 46 South Pearl.
St. John's, cor. Dallius and Rensse- laer.
Wilberforce School, in rear of Dis- trict School House No. 2, in Ches- nut street.
GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
Frederick Beasly, John B. Romeyn, and John M. Bradford, clergy- men in Albany, made proposals to the city in 1806, for the establishment of a grammar school, " of such a nature that it might be easily con- verted into an academy." The first step required by the proposers was a fund of $10,000.
LANCASTER SCHOOL.
In August, 1810, the corporation had under consideration the project of establishing a free school, on the plan of Joseph Lancaster. As yet it is believed there were no public schools in the city. The society of mechanics had a number of years previously erected a building in Chapel street, called Mechanics' Hall, and maintained a school out of their own funds, but it is presumed that its benefits were chiefly confined to the children of mechanics. The building is now occupied as a piano forte manufactory.
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Albany Academy.
ALBANY ACADEMY.
As early as 1804, a meeting of citizens was held at the City Tavern, on the 18th March, to take into consideration the expediency of institu- ting an academy. The Lieutenant.Govenor, Mayor, Chancellor, Rev. Eliphalet Nott, Rev. John DeWitt, and Messrs. Henry and Beers, were appointed a committee to report a plan of an institution. The com- mittee's plan was submitted at a subsequent meeting, on the 5th May, and approved. It was proposed to make the academy a reorganization of the city schools, by fusing them all in one. But the project was al- lowed to slumber until, in January, 1813, the common council made an appropriation for the establishment of a city academy, and a meeting of citizens to confer upon the subject was called at the Capitol, on the 28th of that month. At that meeting Archibald McIntyre was appointed chairman, and a committee of fourteen was chosen to devise a plan of the future institution. The project of a male academy now began to be agitated in good earnest. The board of common council offered the lot in the public square which the Academy now occupies, and also appro- priated the amount that should be received from the sale of the lot and materials of the old jail which stood in the rear of the large building now occupied by the State Normal School, and which it was antici- pated would produce $12,000. In addition to this it was thought neces- sary to raise $30,000 by private subscription, to complete the requisite sum for erecting a suitable building and establishing a permanent in- come.
The institution was incorporated by the Regents of the University, on the 4th of March in the same year, at the instance of the corporation of the city, and appropriate grants were made for its endowment. The trustees named in the charter were Stephen Van Rensselaer, John Lan- sing, Archibald McIntyre, Smith Thompson, Abraham Van Vechten, John
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Albany Academy.
V. Henry, Henry Walton, Rev. Messrs. William Neill, John M. Brad- ford, John McDonald, Timothy Clowes, John McJimpsey, Frederick G. Mayer, Samuel Mervin, and the Mayor and Recorder ex officio.
The building was commenced in 1815. On Saturday, the 29th July, at 4 o'clock in the afternoon, the corner stone was laid by Philip S. Van Rensselaer. The copper plate deposited on this occasion had the follow- ing inscription : "Erected for an academy, anno 1815, by the corporation of the city of Albany ; Philip S. Van Rensselaer, mayor; John Van Ness Yates, recorder ; building committee Philip S. Van Rensselaer, John Brinckerhoff, Chauncey Humphrey, James Warren, and Killian K. Van Rensselaer. Seth Geer architect, H. W. Snyder, sculpt."
The Academy was announced to open on the second Monday (11th) of September, under Rev. Benjamin Allen, of Union College, and Messrs. Neill, Beck and Sedgwick were the committee to receive applications for admission. The courses of instruction were temporarily commenced in the large wooden building on the southeast corner of State and Lodge streets, belonging to Killian K. Van Rensselaer, which was burnt in 1847. The faculty under which the Academy opened, consisted of Rev. Ben- jamin Allen, principal ; Rev. Joseph Shaw, professor of languages; and Moses Chapin, (now Judge Chapin, of Canandaigua) tutor.
The Academy was completed in 1817, and the school opened in it on the 1st September. The courses of instruction have been regularly pursued to the present time, 1848. In August, 1817, the trustees ap- pointed Dr. Theodric Romeyn Beck principal of the institution, which office he resigned at the close of the summer term, in 1848, having oc- cupied with distinguished ability and universal satisfaction, a station which was far from being a sinecure, during the long period of thirty- one years. His resignation was followed by that of the whole faculty, when the trustees, deeming it expedient to reorganize the institution, chose a new set of professors, consisting of the following, with which the fall term commenced:
Rev. WM. H. CAMPBELL, D. D., recently pastor of the Third Ref. Prot. Dutch Church in Albany, Principal and Professor of the Latin and Greek languages.
Dr. T. R. BECK, Lecturer of Physiology and Physical Geography.
GEORGE H. COOK, A. M., of the Rensselaer Institute, Prof. of Mathe- matics and Natural History.
Rev. JOHN SESSIONS, A. M., of the Sandlake Academy, Prof. of English Language and Logic.
JULIAN MOLINARD, Prof. of the French Language.
JAMES N. CROCKER and WILLIAM J. WRIGHTSON, who had been pre- viously connected with the institution, tutors.
The above compose the present faculty of the Academy, and the number of students is 230.
In 1831, William Caldwell, of the city of Albany, presented $100 to the trustees of the Academy, to be invested in stock, the income of which should be devoted to the purchase of a gold medal, to be given at each annual examination, to the student who shall have made the great- est proficiency in mathematics, and natural philosophy; the student to be of at least three years standing in the Academy, and the medal to be given but once to the same individual. In 1837, Gen. Stephen Van Rensselaer presented $100, in trust, to be appropriated in the same man,
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ner, as a reward for the greatest proficiency in the Latin and Greek lan- guages, subject to the same reservations, except that the student must be of at least four years standing in the Academy. The late Henry W. Delavan also made a bequest to the Academy, which came into the hands of the trustees in 1839, of $2000, directed to be deposited in the Savings Bank, the income of which is applied to the teaching of such a number of poor boys, in the useful branches of English education, as the income of the fund will allow; no boy enjoying the benefit of the fund more than two years. The names of the students who have obtained the Caldwell medal, are as follows: 1831, William Austin; 1832, no public examination in consequence of the prevalence of the cholera; 1833, Henry Waldron; 1834, Aurelian Conkling; 1835, John Newland ; 1836, Henry K. Viele; 1837, George B. Hoyt; 1838, Charles N. Waldron; 1839, Joseph B. Brown; 1840, William J. Gibson; 1841, John J. Olcott; 1842, Philip Phelps; 1843, William Wrightson ; 1844, Andrew McElroy ; 1845, John K. Croswell ; 1846, Francis B. Hall; 1847, Frank Jones ; 1848, Jacob C. Koonz. The names of those who have received the Van Rensselaer Medal, are as follows: 1837, Isaac L. K. Miller ; 1838, Henry F. Greene; 1839, Charles K. McHarg; 1840, Gilbert L. Wilson; 1841, Philip Phelps ; 1842, John C. Bullions; 1843, Oliver Bronson; 1844, Samuel G. Courtney ; 1845, William T. Wrightson ; 1846, John K. Cros- well; 1847, Jacob L. Pearse; 1848, Henry L. Bullions.
The following table comprises a complete list of the trustees since the institution went into operation. The present trustees may be known by the dates that are wanting in the exit column.
Stephen Van Rensselaer 1813 to 1819|James Kent
1819 to 1823
John Lansing
1813 to 1813 William B. Lacey
1819 to 1825
Archibald McIntyre
1813 to 1817 Ebenezer Baldwin 1820 to 1830
Smith Thompson
1813 to 1813
Ph. S. Van Rensselaer 1821 to 1824
Abm. Van Vechten
1813 to 1813
Philip S. Parker
1821 to 1831
John V. Henry
1813 to 1823
Henry R. Weed 1822 to 1831
Henry Walton
1813 to 1815
1823 to 1826 James Stevenson John Ludlow 1823 to 1834
John M. Bradford
1813 to 1826
Charles R. Webster
1823 to 1834
John McDonald
1813 to 1821
Isaac Ferris
1825 to 1836
Timothy Clowes
1813 to 1818
Peter Gansevoort
1825
John McJimpsey
1813 to 1815
Alfred Conkling
1826 to 1836
Frederic G. Mayer
1813 to 1818 Isaac Fondey
1826 to 1829
Samuel Merwin
1813 to 1814 James Stevenson
1828
Thedore Sedgwick John Duer
1813 to 1813|Nicholas F. Beck
1829 to 1830
Harmanus Bleecker
1813 to 1822 William B. Sprague
1830
Charles D. Cooper
1813 to 1817
Oliver Kane
1830 to 1834
John Lansing
1815 to 1817
Richard V. De Witt 1831
William James
1815 to 1832
Archibald Campbell 1831 to 1847
T. Romeyn Beck
1815
Ph. S. Van Rensselaer 1833 to 1841
John Chester
1816 to 1829
James Goold 1834
John W. Yates
1817 to 1828, William C. Miller 1834
Arthur J. Stansbury
1817 to 1821 John N. Campbell
1835
William A. Duer
1817 to 1820 Richard Yates
1835 to 1837
Gideon Hawley
1818 to 1842 Thomas E. Vermilye 1836 to 1839
John Van Schaick
1818 to 1818 Thomas W. Olcott
1836
William Neill
1813 to 1816
1813 to 1823 John T. Norton
1829 to 1834
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Albany Academy.
Isaac N. Wyckoff 1837 to 1847|William H. Campbell 1842
Horatio Potter 1840 James P. Boyd 1847
Teunis Van Vechten 1841
Orlando Meads 1847
The mayors and recorders of the city have also been, ex officio, trus- tees, from 1813 to the present time.
The presiding officers of the board have been as follows:
Hon. Stephen Van Rensselaer, LL. D., senior trustee, 1813 to 1819
Rev. John M. Bradford, D. D., do 1819 to 1826
do 1826 to 1832
Gideon Hawley, LL. D.,
1834 to 1842
Hon. James Stevenson,
1842 to 1848
Theodric Romeyn Beck, M. D., LL. D., senior trustee, 1848
Those who have acted as clerks of the board are as follows :
Henry Waldron, Esq.,
1813 to 1813
Rev. Timothy Clowes, LL. D.,
1813 to 1816
T. R. Beck, M. D.,
1816 to 1848
Rev. Wm. H. Campbell, D. D.,
1848
The office of principal has fallen but to three persons, as follows :
Rev. Benjamin Allen, LL. D.,
1815 to 1817
T. Romeyn Beck, M. D., LL. D.,
1817 to 1848
Rev. Wm. H. Campbell, D. D.,
1848
The succession of the faculty is as follows :
Professors of Greek and Latin |H. L. V. D. Holstein Languages.
1835 to 1839
J. Molinard 1839
Rev. Joseph Shaw 1815 to 1824
Rev. Peter Bullions 1824 to 1848
Lewis C. Beck
1831 to 1834
Tutors.
Moses Chapin 1815 to 1816
Rev. Isaac Ferris 1816 to 1817
John B. Crocker 1817 to 1817
Michael O'Shaunessy 1817 to 1819
John Thompson 1819 to 1820
Dr. William O'Donnel 1820 to 1829 William Soul 1829 to 1830
Daniel D. T. Leech 1829 to 1831
George W. Carpenter 1831 to 1835
Rev. Sam'l McArthur 1831 to 1833
Griffith W. Griffiths 1831 to 1834 Nathan Hawley 1833 to 1834
Rev. Sam'l McArthur 1834 to 1835
Henry Carpenter 1834 to 1835
Alex. B. McDoual 1841 to 1842
Philander D. Young 1842 to 1843
John S. Holmes 1843 to 1844
Rev. Samuel Center 1844 to 1848
Rev. John Sessions 1848
Prof. Modern Languages.
J. Molinard 1830 to 1830
Rufus K. Crocker
1844 to 1847
M. Leon Cheronnet 1830 to 1831
James N. Crocker 1847
H. Picard 1831 to 1835 William T. Wrightson 1847
Lecturer on Chemistry.
Rev. Wm . H. Campbell 1848
Prof. Mathematics and Natural Philosophy.
Michal O'Shaunessy 1819 to 1826
Joseph Henry 1826 to 1832
Philip Ten Eyck 1832 to 1848
George H. Cook 1848
Lecturer Physiology and Physical Geography.
T. Romeyn Beck 1848
Prof. English Literature.
Charles Clapp 1835 to 1837
Hugh Blair Jolly 1837 to 1841
Prof. English Language and Logic
Alex. B. McDoual 1835 to 1841 Edward F. Edwards 1835 to 1840
David F. Robertson 1836 to 1838
Samuel S. Smith 1838 to 1847 Austin H. Wells 1840 to 1840 Andrew Shiland 1841 to 1844
William James, Esq.,
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Schools.
The Academy building which was commenced in 1815, and completed in 1817, is constructed of free stone, from near Newark, New Jersey, an excellent and durable building material ; and notwithstanding the length of time it has stood, is still one of the most attractive edifices of the city. It is situated on the north-west corner of the public square, on a line with the Capitol. The main building is 70 by 80 feet, and the wings 30 by 45 feet, three stories high, including the basement. It commands a view down Steuben street, having an extensive park in front, sur- rounded by a substantial iron fence, and planted with ornamental trees. The cost of its erection was about $100,000.
SCHOOL OF 1785.
A school was opened in May by Elihu Goodrich and John Ely. The classical term academy had not yet come into use. The Latin and Greek languages were taught, and the most useful branches of mathe- matics, as well as the elementaries. It went on the high pressure prin- ciple-through by daylight. Hours of study from 6 to 8, 9 to 12, 2 to 5, and 6 to 8. The magisters seem to have been willing to bestow at least time and diligence. Their terms were for Greek and Latin, and mathe- matics, 20s .; writing and cyphering, 16s .; reading and spelling, 12s. To all which singing " by the latest and most approved method" was added for 12s.
SCHOOL APPROPRIATION.
An act passed the legislature, 7th of April, 1795, appropriating £20,- 000 annually for the term of five years, for the purpose of encouraging and maintaining schools in the state. The proportion allotted to Albany county was £1,590, or $3975; the law to go into operation on the 7th April. It was a stride towards the free school system.
SABBATH EVENING SCHOOL.
On March 24, 1816, a sabbath evening school was established at Mr. Young's school room, in Washington street, and appears to have been countenanced by the Moral Society. It was attended by 150 children and 50 adults.
SUNDAY SCHOOL.
It was announced that a Sunday Free School would be opened on Sun- day, March 21, 1813, at the school room of George Uphold, in Van Tromp street, where several useful branches of English education would be taught from the hours of 6 to 8 in the morning, and 12 to 2 in the afternoon, free of all expense.
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Albany Female Academy.
ALBANY FEMALE ACADEMY.
This institution was founded in the year 1814, under the designation of the Union School; a name apparently suggested by the circumstances attending its origin. A number of the most influential citizens, desirous to obtain for their daughters the benefit of a superior education, united for the purpose of securing the services of a competent instructor, rented a suitable building in Montgomery street, and appointed as principal Mr. Horace Goodrich. The original subscription list, which, amid the loss of other documents connected with the early history of the Academy, has been preserved, is as follows :
" We, the undersigned, agree to send to Union School in Montgomery street, under the tuition of Mr. Horace Goodrich, the number of female scholars affixed to our names, for the space of one year, from the first day of May next; and we also agree to pay to Ebenezer Foot twenty- four dollars for each scholar in four equal quarterly payments, the first payment to be on the first day of August next. Feb. 24, 1814.
John Ely,. 1
T. & J. Russell, 4
Moses Allen, . .
2
Edward Brown, 1
James Scrymser,. 1
G. Stewart, .. 1 Matthew Gill, 2
Harmanus Ten Eyck,. 1 Uriah Marvin, 2
James Kent,. 1 Thomas Gould, . 1
John V. Henry, 3.
Solomon Allen,
1
John Reid,. 1
William Fowler, 1
Nicholas Bleecker, .. 1
Asa H. Center, 1
[Three names torn away. ]
Isaac Hutton, 1 Abram Van Vechten, 1 Benjamin Knower,. 1
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