History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . school. What theschool gained by his sac-rifice is written in everyline of the first thirty-nine years of its school is a lastingmemorial both to him and to its founder. He was succeeded as rector by his brother, Reverend Joseph How-land Coit, D. D., LL. D., who had been vice-rector for thirty selection was most fortunate for the school. Thoroughly im-bued with its spirit, he not only took up the work where the firstrector ha
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . school. What theschool gained by his sac-rifice is written in everyline of the first thirty-nine years of its school is a lastingmemorial both to him and to its founder. He was succeeded as rector by his brother, Reverend Joseph How-land Coit, D. D., LL. D., who had been vice-rector for thirty selection was most fortunate for the school. Thoroughly im-bued with its spirit, he not only took up the work where the firstrector had laid it down, carrying it on without perceptible change ofadministration, but projected its sphere of future usefulness andgrowth. The success of his management is attested by the continuedenlargement and prosperity of the school. In his administration ofthe school the present rector has been ably assisted by a youngerbrother, Dr. J. Milnor Coit, upon whom has fallen the past two yearsa large share of the management, so that the names of the Coits andDr. Shattuck, the founder, are inseparably linked with its history Orphans Home, St. Pauls School. st. Pauls school. 1331 The Orphans Home. This charity had its origin in the pity felt bythe rector and his wife for the children of Concord and other townsof New Hampshire, whom the Civil War had left fatherless or whoseparents were both dead, and for whose care and education neitherpublic nor private benevolence had made any adequate date of the opening of the Home was April 4, 1866. A housewas secured at the crossing of the Hopkinton and Long Pond a matron and ten children were established. The people ofConcord sympathized warmly with the project, and contributed lib-erally to its various needs, while the school became at once deeplyinterested. The boys gave money, clothing, books, and toys. Inmany cases they persuaded their parents and friends to contribute toa charity which seemed close to
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