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Washington supports the Alexandria Academy...
Washington supports the Alexandria Academy...
Item # 650947
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March 02, 1786
THE NEW HAVEN GAZETTE & THE CONNECTICUT MAGAZINE, March 2, MDCCLXXXVI (1786) Inside has a report to Congress concerning "...the System of General Revenue recommended by Congress..." which takes close to two pages. The bkpg. has: "Amongst the respectable patrons of the Alexandria Academy, a new & promising institution, appears the name of the illustrious General Washington, who hath benevolently engaged to vest in the hands of the trustees of that seminary, & their successors forever, the annual interest of One Thousand pounds, Virginia Currently, to be (used) in the education of necessitous orphans and other poor children."
Eight pages, 8 3/4 by 10 1/5 inches, some holes near the back cause loss to 2 words in the Washington item, archival repair at the spine.
Category: The 1600's and 1700's
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