What School Did William Griffith Wilson Attend? Was It Coeducational?
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By Ken B., M.A. (Dick B.’s son Ken)
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Joseph Burr, Esq., died in Manchester on April 14, 1828.
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[“Vermont Gazette,” April 22, 1828, p. 3.]
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One of Burr’s bequests was:
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“To Trustees, to support a public Seminary of learning in Manchester, (a permanent fund*): [$]10,000.
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“[*] This fund is for the particular benefit of pious indigent youth to prepare them for theological studies, . . . It is so conditioned, that at least an equal sum must be by others laid out in buildings, apparatus &c. within five years. . . .”
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[“Vermont Chronicle,” May 16, 1828, p. 1.]
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“The institution first known as ‘The Burr Seminary’ was incorporated by the Legislature of Vermont Oct. 28, 1829, . . .”
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[“Rutland Weekly Herald,” July 6, 1871, p. 1.]
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The opening of “The Burr Seminary” took place May 15, 1833.
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[“Rutland Weekly Herald,” July 6, 1871, p. 1.]
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“. . . [O]n the catalogue of 1849 appear the names of sixteen young ladies, . . . [In July 1849, the Trustees voted to authorize] . . . the Prudential Committee to establish both a ladies and juvenile department; . . .”
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[“Rutland Weekly Herald,” July 6, 1871, p. 1.]
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Josiah Burton, Esq., of Manchester died on April 22, 1853. Included in the sums he left by will were:
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“Burr Seminary, [$]5,000
Female Seminary at Manchester, [$]6,000 . . .
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The sum for a Female Seminary is conditional, and if the conditions are not met, the $6000 also goes to the Burr Seminary, making $11,000 in all. . . .”
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[“Vermont Chronicle,” May 3, 1853. p. 2.]
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“Passed by the General Assembly of the State of Vermont, at the October Session, 1860. . . . PRIVATE ACTS. . . . 85. An act changing the name of the Burr Seminary to that of the Burr and Burton Seminary. . . .”
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[“Vermont Watchman and State Journal,” Dec. 7, 1860, p. 2.]
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“BBA changed it [sic] name from Burr and Burton Seminary to Burr and Burton Academy as of August 1, 1999.”
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[Jozef Hand-Boniakowski, “Instructional Facilities and Technologies for Education: . . .” (PH.D. Dissertation, Greenwich University, March 31, 2000), p. 52).]
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