Orleans County Grammar School History

Early History – Beginning Years

Like many other new things this new institution had many tribulations in getting into fair running order. Scholars were not so plenty as in later years. By the census of 1820 Orleans county contained only 5,457 inhabitants. A...

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Early History – School Construction

James Seavey, Sam’l Smith, Jr., Sam’l Ward were appointed a committee to procure the stone to underpin the academy, and the posts and boards to make the necessary fence. This business, however, and the leveling of the ground...

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Early History – School Location

Two of three things probably influenced the committee to locate the school at this place. This town had been the half-shire of the county from the organization of the court down  to 1816, when Irasburgh was made the county seat....

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Early History – Academy Origins

Samuel Williams, one of the earliest historians of Vermont, comparing the attainments of the New England colonies with those of the old countries, says: “In one article however the New England colonies exceeded the customs and...

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