Bartholomew Gilman Joseph Richardson John Weeks William Dame Samuel maxfeald David Folsom Scribner Mudgit David Fifield Ebenezer Stevens Perkins Dow Dudley Gilman Peter Dudley David meeder Ebenezer Page Samuel Prescott Samuel Clough Nath webster Samuel F. Gilman Samuel Blasdel Abel Hunt Stephen Leavitt Samuel Ladd William Bennet Jacob Jewett Nathaniel Gale John Sanborn Charles Currier Jeremy Connor Dudley Gilman Samuel Gilman Jr David Clough Joseph Richardson John Lang Weeks Caleb James Daniel folsom John fifield Joseph Huckins Jun Hibbard Morrill Zebediah Wattson Nath Wilson Ruben osGood Daniel Rowell Nathan Heart Nathaniel Gilman Benjamin Richardson Thomas morill wintrip Barret Matthias Weeks Ju Elish Sweat Joseph Jones Nathaniel Tilton Caleb Bean Noah Dow Edward Gilman Ju Thomas Gilman Ephraim Bickford James Chase Abner Clough Thomas Flanders Ju' John Tilton Josiah Rundlett Benjamin thurstan Jacob Rundlet Malachi Daveis John Gilman Jun' John Mash thomas foster John Wadleigh Jona flagg William Parsons Jr Jonathan Rundlet John Bradbury Jonathan Gilman Ju Jonathan Prescott Stephen prescutt Jonathan Folsom Jeremi Richardson Jur Benjamin Weeks Thomas Sewall Jonathan Morrison Eben' Eastman Benj" Richardson Samuel Young John Edgerly Simeon Hoyt wintrop Gilman John Bennet jun' John Folsom Benja Bodge William Morrison Joseph Badger 3d Joshua Mudget Edward Bean Jonathan Thing winthrop Thing [4-96] [Action of Town relative to Gilmanton Academy, 1792.] At a Legal Town meeting held by the freeholders and other Inhabitants of Gilmanton on Thursday the Eighth day of March 1792 Voted to Choose a Committee to Consist of Twenty men to take under their Consideration the appropriating the School Right in said Town for a Publick Academy to be set up in some Convenient place in said Town and to make report at the adjournment of this present meeting Co' Antipas Gilman Mj' Samuel Ladd Thomas Cogswell Esq L' Samuel Folsome Gilman D' Jonathan Hill Co' Badger Col Greeley Capt Joseph young Thomas Taylor Benj" Weeks Esq William Price Joseph Parsons Esq' Hon Joseph Badger Esq' John Shepard Esq' L' Dudley Thing Josiah Avery Micajah Morrill Moses Page Revd M' Smith and M' Powers were Chosen for the above Committee Voted to adjourn this present meeting to the first monday in May Next at Two of the Clock in the afternoon Monday May 7th 1792 pursuant to the adjournment met Voted to Except the Committes Report respecting the appropriating the School Right to the benefit of an Academy in said Town and is as follows April 19th 1792 at a meeting of the Committee to Consider of the propriety and advantage of Establishing an Academy in Gilmanton Voted 1st that it is the sense of the Committee that establishing an Academy in this Town would be useful to the Inhabitants and beneficial to the Publick 2ly Voted as it has been Represented to the Committee that the value of five Hundred pounds would be subscribed by Individuals for the above purpose therefore under these Considerations We the major part of your Committee do agree and it is our Opinion that the appropriation of the School Right towards Establishing an Academy in this Town would be agreable to the Spirit of the Charter and the design of Goverment and therefore that it ought to be appropriated accordingly upon the Towns voteing to receive the above Report of the Committee Respecting the School Right in Gilmanton, voted that the whole of said Right Excepting the Northwest half part of the first Division forty acre Lot which is reserved for Public uses be Given and Granted forever hereafter for the benefit and Support of an academy in said Town of Gilmanton when ever there shall be a Sufficient fund subscribed to Set up the same attest Wm Smith Town Clerk At a Legal Town meeting held by the freeholders and other Inhabitants of Gilmanton on Monday the 27th Day of Inst. (meaning) August 1792 Voted to Choose a Committe to consist of Seven men to take the Charge of the Right of Land voted at the last Town meeting for the use of an Academy in Said Town and to apply to the General Court to procure an act for Incorporation and to open a Subscription for the benefit of said Academy Hon. Joseph Badger Esq' Co' Ebenezer Smith Co' Samuel Greeley Joseph Parsons Esq Co' Antipas Gilman Thomas Cogswell Esq' and Joseph Badger Ju' Esq' were Chosen for the above Committee attest Wm Smith Town Clerk At the annual Town meeting held by the freeholders and other Inhabitants of Gilmanton March 14th 1793 voted that the proposed Academy shall be set on Co1 Badgers Land within Thirty Rods of the School House by Huckins* Brook so Called voted to adjourn said meeting to Monday 25th of March Instant at one oClock P M— March 25th Met according to adjournment The vote that was passed fixing the place where the proposed Academy should Set is voted to be reconsidered Voted that a meeting be Called by the Selectmen and be Seasonably Notified to be held on the first Monday in September to determine where the proposed Academy Shall set Attest Joseph Parsons Town Clerk At a Legal meeting of the freeholders and other Inhabitants of Gilmanton on Monday the Second day of September 1793 voted that the proposed Academy shall be Erected on Joseph Badger Jun' Esq Land near Huckis Brook within fifty Rods of the School House attest Joseph Parsons Town Clerk [4-97] [Thomas Cogswell to Hon. Abiel Foster relative to the Academy.] Sir Amherst 14th June 1794 The duties of my Office require my attendance on Tuesday next, at Moultonborough, Eighty or ninety Miles from this place-Since I was before the Hon' Senate a Doubt has arisen, whither the Land voted by the Town, of Gilmanton for the use of an Academy, can be holden for the use of Such an institution; If it should turn out that they cannot be holden, there would be a great impropriety in the vote of the Town carrying so large a feature in the Act-What amendments the Hon1e Senate may propose-I shall be so unfortunately situated, as not to know at present-under these circumstances. If my Proposals of amendment should not meet the approbation of the Hon' Senate, & no relieaf granted, I must, under all circumstances request the Hone Senate to Postpone the Bill until the next Session of the Gen' Court-Perhaps before that time we shall compromise & Settle the matter, which at present appears to be in dispute between us I am Sir with much etseem Yours &c Thomas Cogswell Hon' Abiel Foster [4-98] [Thomas Cogswell to Hon. John Prentice, relative to the Academy.] Sir Amherst June 12th 1794 it often happens that a Citizen doing Business with the Legislative Body of the State is under the Necessity through you to Communicate his Sentiments on a Subject that is not only interesting to himself but the public, under these circumstances I trust it will be a Sufficient appoligy for me to request you to lay before the Representative Body of this State the following Sentiments-Viz.-Sometime Since the Town of Gilmantown appointed Joseph Badger Esq and others a Committee to open a Subscription for the Benefit of an Accademy in Said Town, and to apply for an Act of incorporation early in this Session a Petition was prefer'd to this Honerable Body for an Act of incorporation of an Accademy in Said Town and an Order of this Court Issued with Leave to bring in a Bill accordingly. The Act for that purpose now under consideration contains a Clause fixing the place of said Accademy in Said Town which to me appears to exceed the power of the Committee or agents from the Town.-to exceed the request of the Petitioners, to Exceed the Order of Court thereon and is differant from any other grant of this kind, known in the Union-it will have a tendency (if So continued) to enhance the Board of pupils and many ways discourage and hinder the increase and prosperity of Such a Semminary of Learning-under these considerations, I Flatter myself it will be considered when I Suggest the Idea of the Clause fixing the Accademy at a Certain place to be Struck out, that I have no other view than the General Good— I am Sir with Every Sentiment of Esteem your Most Obe hum1 Servant Thomas Cogswell The Honble John Printis Speaker of the House of Representatives Stat N Hampshire [4-99 To the Honourable the senate and House of Representatives for said state Humbly shew We the subscribers agents appointed by the Town of Gilmanton, to apply to the General Court for an Incorporation of an academy in Gilmanton, we therefore pray Your Honours that an act of the General Court may be Passed for the establishment of said academy with Powers and privileges Enjoyed by other academys in said state and Your Petitioners as in Duty Bound shall Ever pray &c Dated at Gilmanton, May ye 5th 1794 Antipas Gilman [Gilmanton Academy was incorporated June 20, 1794, with the following gentlemen as trustees: Hon. Joseph Badger, Rev. Isaac Smith, Rev. Joseph Woodman, Rev. Jedediah Tucker, Rev. Simon Fenley Williams, Joseph Badger, Jr., Thomas Cogswell, Ebenezer Smith, Joseph Parsons, and Samuel Greeley. The institution has been successful, and numbers many eminent men among its alumni.-ED.] |