History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . y the Rev. Uriah Du-Bois, and opened in June, 1804. An advertisement appeared inAsher Miners paper, of July 2 the same year, announcing that aSeminary for the instruction of youth, is now opened at Doylestown,under the superintendence of the Rev. Uriah DuBois. This wassigned by Hugh Meredith. Nathl. Shewell and Josiah Y. ShawActing Committee. The Rev. Jacob Lazelere, pastor of theDutch Reformed church, of North and Southampton, was advertisedto deliver an address in the Academy on Sunda
History of Doylestown, old and new : from its settlement to the close of the nineteenth century, 1745-1900 . y the Rev. Uriah Du-Bois, and opened in June, 1804. An advertisement appeared inAsher Miners paper, of July 2 the same year, announcing that aSeminary for the instruction of youth, is now opened at Doylestown,under the superintendence of the Rev. Uriah DuBois. This wassigned by Hugh Meredith. Nathl. Shewell and Josiah Y. ShawActing Committee. The Rev. Jacob Lazelere, pastor of theDutch Reformed church, of North and Southampton, was advertisedto deliver an address in the Academy on Sunday afternoon, July 29,at , at which a collection was to be taken up, the amount to beappropriated towards finishing the building. How much was I About this time a man, named McGreggor, a Scotchman, opened aclassical and mathematical school at Bridge Point, a mile below Doylestown, thefather teaching the dead langviages, and the daughters mathematics. It becamequite famous, and, among the pupils, was the late Judge Chaprnaii. The Mc-Greggors disappeared mysteriously, and were never heard of again. 240. DOYLESTOWN, OLD AND NEW. 241 collected is not mentioned in the paper, nor does it contain any noticeof the proceedings at the meeting. At the death of Mr. DuBois, 1821, the trustees employedEleazar Smith, of Connecticut, and a graduate of Yale, to takecharge of the Academy. He resigned, 1828, and removed to a farmin Warwick township, where he died, 1829. For the next five yearsthe Academy was in charge of Samuel Aaron,3 the brilliant son of aNew Britain farmer, and Robert P. DuBois, son of the Rev. maintained the reputation Mr. DuBois the elder earned for theschool, and the attendance was increased. Shortly after the removal of the county seat from Newtown toDoylestown, but it is impossible to give the exact date, Alfred Magill,father of Charles H. Magill, of our borough, opened a schoolhere and kept it several years. Later he built a stone school housefor his urchin
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