. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. ceremonial, the long processionpassing ^^through the principal streets of the village^^ from theold Academy to the new, where appropriate exercises wereheld. General John A. Dix, then Secretary of State, hadbeen invited to deliver an address; but he and two others(Rev. Drs. Kirk and Waterbury) failed to appear, and it fellto Judge Wilcoxson to give a historical sketch of this thenfamous institution. In the Pittsfield Library we found a catalogue of theAcademy for the year 1843. It gives the names of sixteenTrustees, all o
. A history of old Kinderhook from aboriginal days to the present time;. ceremonial, the long processionpassing ^^through the principal streets of the village^^ from theold Academy to the new, where appropriate exercises wereheld. General John A. Dix, then Secretary of State, hadbeen invited to deliver an address; but he and two others(Rev. Drs. Kirk and Waterbury) failed to appear, and it fellto Judge Wilcoxson to give a historical sketch of this thenfamous institution. In the Pittsfield Library we found a catalogue of theAcademy for the year 1843. It gives the names of sixteenTrustees, all of whom were men of note. Dr. Beekman ofcourse was the President and David Van Schaack Secretaryand Treasurer. The others v/ere: W. H. Tobey, GeneralCharles Whiting, Lawrence Van Buren, Teunis Harder,Hon. Julius Wilcoxson, Lucas Hoes, Peter Van Schaack,John Bain, Peter I. Hoes, John I. Pruyn, James Shaw,Homer Blanchard, and Dr. J. M. Pruyn. The teachers were:Silas Metcalf, George Van Santvoord, E. P. Carter, LouisaM. G. Weld, CaroUne M. Vandervoort, and Edward The Academy and Boarding Home, 1855 From an engraving by Howland
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