The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . A. R. Emerson (at 80 years) was opened again by Mr. Justice , a member of Amherst Jones taught three seasons insuccession and was very Kidder, 1838, was the lastpreceptor as far as known, the acad- emy being closed for want of patron-age in that year. The old academy was a brick struc-ture, two stories high, fifty feet longand thiry-five feet wide, with apitched roof, an entrance in the mid-dle of the long side, with no portico,and had two chimneys. I am indebte


The Granite monthly, a New Hampshire magazine, devoted to literature, history, and state progress . A. R. Emerson (at 80 years) was opened again by Mr. Justice , a member of Amherst Jones taught three seasons insuccession and was very Kidder, 1838, was the lastpreceptor as far as known, the acad- emy being closed for want of patron-age in that year. The old academy was a brick struc-ture, two stories high, fifty feet longand thiry-five feet wide, with apitched roof, an entrance in the mid-dle of the long side, with no portico,and had two chimneys. I am indebted for most of the fore-going information to Prof. J. of Phillips Exeter Academy,who quoted from historical sketches,appended to a sermon preached atAlstead in 1826 by Rev. Seth S. Ar-nold; also to Dr. R. F. Oliver and toMr. A. R. Emerson of Alstead, who,so far as is known, is the only Cold River Union Acadtmy, Alstead ^Ir. Emerson, who was born on anAlstead farm December 29, 1822, wasa student in the academy m 1838, andat other academies later. He taughtschool and was engaged in thefoundry business at Alstead and Hills-borough for many years. Later hewas engaged in building and in pub-lic business, serving many years asselectman; also as town collector, andas chairman of the committee tofund the town debt of $40,000. Hewas also for twelve years postmasterat Alstead and has held various otherpositions of trust, but is now retiredfrom active business. In 1838 an abandoned meetinghouse at Alstead Center was taken Old Academies of Cheshire County 11 down and brought to what was calledat that time Paper Mill Village (thenthe most prosperous and populouspart of the town) and erected again,and for several years a successfulacademy was conducted therein, laterknown as Cold River Union Acad-emy. The building is now used fora district school, but was used for anacademy for a


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