LITERARY INSTITUTIONS.    519

The school year includes thirty-nine weeks, and is divided into three
terms of equal length. Miss L. J. Sherman is Principal, with three as-
sistant teachers.

Dearborn Academy, is located in Seabrook, and was founded in 1854,
through an endowment of $ 15,000, by the late Dr. Edward Dearborn, an
eminent physician, and distinguished citizen of Seabrook. It is pleas-
antly situated on elevated ground, and commands a line view of the
Ocean. J. O. Emerson, Principal.

Deering Academy, is located at Deering Centre.

Dover High School, Dover. II. P. Warren, Principal.

Dunbarton High School, Dunbarton. John B. Mills, Principal.

Exeter High School, Exeter. Eben S. Stearns, Principal.

Farmington High School, Farmington. E. J. Goodwin, Principal.

Francestown Academy is located in the pleasant village of Fran-
cestown.

The first High School in town was established in a public school-house
in 1800, and was attended by Levi Woodbury, Moses Wilson, Mary
"Woodbury and others, who became prominent men and women, in their
day. The high schools met with varied success, until June24, 1819, when
the present academy was incorporated. Among the eighty-four schol-
ars, who attended the first term after its incorporation, was Franklin
Pierce, who completed here his education, prior to entering college at
Bowdoin.

Air. S. Ingersoll Bard was the first Principal, but the next year, (1821)
Mr. Isaac O. Barnes was employed. Mr. Barnes married the daughter
of Hon. Peter Woodbury, practiced law, and in time, moved to Boston,
where he received appointments as Naval Officer, U. S. Marshal, and
Pension Agent, which latter office he held at the time of his death,
some ten years ago. He was the most eccentric man in Boston, and his
reputation was wide-spread by the many good stories told about him, of
■which he was either the author, or hero of the exploit.

Francestown Academy is a popular Institution, and receives its full
share of public patronage. J. E. Vose, A. M., Principal.

Franklin Academy, Franklin. Charles A. Jewell, Principal.

Freedom High School, Freedom. John Villiken, Principal.

Franklin Academy, Dover, incorporated in 1805. John Scales,
Principal.

Gilmanton Academy is pleasantly situated in Gilmanton, and is one
of the oldest literary institutions in the State, being incorporated in
1794. It has always maintained a popular reputation, and has, at the
present time, its share of the public patronage. Its buildings are large
and convenient. There is a library of 500 volumes connected with it.
R. E. Avery, Principal.

Hampton Academy, Hampton, incorporated in 1810. Miss Lucy E.
Dow, Principal. Henniker Academy, Miss S. C. Eastman.

Keene Academy, Keene. Airs. T. II. Leverett, Principal.

Keene High School, Keene. S. II. Brackett, Principal.

Kingston Academy, Kingston Plains. Jolm W. Sanborn, Principal.