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board in the Halls of the Institution. The present Board of Instruction
are Rev. JohnB. Robinson, A. M., President; Sylvester Dixon, A.M.,
R. E. Avery, A. M., Charles M. Glines,; Julia E. Bullard, Preceptress;
Mary E. Harriman, A. M. , Lizzie A. Herrick, M. L. A.

New-IIampsiiire Commercial College. This Institution is located
in the city of Manchester, and is a branch of a chain of colleges estab-
lished in all the large cities in the United States, under the name of
Bryant and Stratton Business College.

It is designed to educate and prepare young men and women for all
clerical branches of business, such as writing, book-keeping, telegraph-
ing &c. The number of scholars who have attended this college, the
last year, is over three hundred, coming from all sections of the State.

The length of term, thirteen weeks—tuition for gentlemen, $ 25 a term;
ladies, $ 20.

The college is now under the immediate charge of Prof. C. A. Gas-
kell, with competent assistants.

New-Hampton Institution is located in the town of New-Hampton,
and through the many changes it has undergone from its foundation, it
has sustained the reputation of being one of the best Institutions in the
State.

The New-IIampton Academy was first opened in September, 1821. Its
principal patron, was John K. Simpson, a native of New-IIampton, but
at that time a merchant in Boston.

In 1825, the school fell into the control of the State Baptist Conven-
tion, and became known as the “New-IIampton Academical and Theo-
logical Institution,” and was the first Baptist Seminary ever established
in New-England. It remained under the care of the Baptists until the
fall of 1852, when on account of financial difficulties, they deserted the
ground.

January, 1853, it was established under a new charter, and styled
“The New-Hampton Literary and Biblical Institution,” and re-opened
under the direction of the Freewill Baptist Denomination. Col. R. G.
Lewis, of New-Hampton, was the principal leader in this movement, and
donated $ 15,600.

The average annual attendance, for the past fifty years, has been over
three hundred. There are six school buildings, valued at $30,000;
three literary societies, each having a library and reading room, besides
the general school library, amounting, in the aggregate, to 3,000 volumes.

There is a classical department, for both sexes, also an English de-
partment. This Institution claims that its department of natural sci
ence is superior to all institutions in the State, except the Scientific
School at Hanover. Their Commercial course is pronounced the best
in the State. The invested fund of the school is $ 15,000.

In 1870, the Theological Department, long connected with the school,
was removed to Lewiston, Maine Rev. A. B. Meservey, A. M. Ph. D.,
Principal. There are eight assistant teachers.

New-Ipswich Appleton Academy is located in the town of New-
Ipswich. It was incorporated iu 1789, and for many years maintained