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Title: Pioneer history of Orleans county, New York. Containing some account of the civil divisions of western New York, with brief biographical notices of early settlers, and of the hardships and privations they endured, the organization of the towns in the county, together with lists of town and county officers, since the county was organized, with anecdotes and reminiscences, illustrating the character and customs of the people
Year: 1871 (1870s)
Authors: Thomas, Arad
Subjects: Orleans County (N.Y.) -- History
Publisher: Albion, N. Y. : H. A. Bruner, Orleans American steam press print
Contributing Library: University of California Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: MSN

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ol for young ladies. This j)roved a success. So many pupils had comein that in Angust of her first year, she had been join-ed by another and younger sister as teacher, besidesa teacher in music and all found themselves fullyemployed. She thus became convinced a Female Seminarycould be supported in Albion and that she was ca-pable of superintending it, and encouraged by thecounsel and inliuence of some of the best citizens ofthe village, she issued a circular to the j)nblic, an-nouncing the founding of such an institution of learn-ing here. After near a ja^ars trial the new Seminary wasproved to rcKjuire additional buildings, to accommo-date the large school. Miss Phipps invited some oftlie most wealthy and influential men of Albion, tomeet and hear her projDOsition to erect a new Semi-nary Building, which was in substance, that theyshould loan to her four thousand dollars, with which,and funds she could otherwise procure, she woulderect a building and repay the loan to the subscribers
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OF ORLEANS COUNTY. 177 in installments, and thus establish permanently theSeminary she proposed. Such proceedings were had upon this projjosal thata i^aper was circulated, and tlie required sum sub-scribed, with a condition added that the avails of thisloan to be repaid by Miss Phipps, should be used tofound an Academy for boys in Albion. This planwas eventually carried into effect, and the brick edi-fice still used as a Seminary, built in the year 183G,and Pliipps Union Seminary duly incorj)orated in1840. Miss Philips was thus instrumental in founding twoincorporated schools in Albion, which have proved ofgreat public benefit. Miss Phipps was married to Col. H. L. Achilles, oiRochester, N. Y., in February, 1839, and soon afterresigning the care of the Seminary to her younger sis-ter, she removed to Boston, Mass., where she residedthe succeeding ten years. During this time thisyounger sister married, when the Seminary was trans-ferred to others, less competent to manage its affairs,in

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