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	Encyclopedia: Lansingburgh Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lansingburgh Academy was a seminary in Lansingburgh in the U.S. state of New York just north of the city of Troy from the late 18th century to 1900, when the building was leased, and later sold, to the local public school district, used initially as a high school.
		On December 24, 1795, a group of prominent Lansingburgh residents petitioned the Regents of the State of New York for a charter, for the purpose of establishing a Seminary of Learning to be called The Lansingburgh Academy.
		In 1900 (the year Lansingburgh was annexed by the city of Troy), the trustees of the Academy leased the building with its equipment and a fine library for a period of ten years to the Lansingburgh Free School District No. 1, to be used as a high school.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Lansingburgh-Academy (1344 words)

	A FEW DATES
		1790 – the population of Troy was estimated as 150; that for the village of Lansingburgh as 599.
		1800 - population of Troy was 1,802; Lansingburgh’s was 1,200.
		Lansingburgh’s trade and transportation facilities had stiff competition from Troy, increasing difficulties with obstruction in the channel of the Hudson River, and the opening of the Erie Canal to the south diverted much of the shipping.
	www.connorsgenealogy.com /troy/TroyDates.htm (3893 words)

	History of Lansingburgh, New York
		The town of Lansingburgh is located on the western border of the county, north of the city of Troy and south of the town of Schaghticoke.
		The Lansingburgh academy was chartered by the Regents of the University February 20, 1796, in response to a petition signed December 24, 1795, by influential residents of the village.
		Lansingburgh was visited by its first serious fire Sunday, July 9, 1843, when nearly two entire blocks in the central part of the village were destroyed.
	history.rays-place.com /ny/ren-lansingburgh.htm (7661 words)

	Lansingburgh Central School District (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The Lansingburgh Academy is the district’s professional development arm.
		Therefore, we established the Lansingburgh Academy to make it as easy as possible for our district teachers and employees to continue their educational interests.
		The mission of the academy is to provide a professional development program that is experientially based, cooperatively planned, personally internalized and regularly evaluated.
	www.lansingburgh.org /la_academy.htm (128 words)

	Lansingburgh Academy (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		On December 24, 1795, a group of prominent Lansingburgh residents petitioned the Regents of the State of New York for a charter, for the purpose ofestablishing a Seminary of Learning to be called The Lansingburgh Academy.
		The Council soon puttogether a proposal for the rehabilitation and restoration of the old Lansingburgh Academy so it could be used as an expandedbranch of the Troy Public Library, and as a neighborhood artscenter.
		The Lansingburgh Library Association was active in providingannual operating funds to the branch until the Association dissolved in 1947.
	www.therfcc.org /lansingburgh-academy-334343.html (814 words)

	Lansingburgh Academy
		In 1900 the trustees of the Academy leased the building with its equipment and a fine library for a period of ten years to the Lansingburgh Free School District No. 1, to be used as a high school.
		The project was completed in 1980 and, after a brief stay at the Methodist Church, the library reopened in its new quarters.
		As a result of the Association's efforts, in 1938 the[Board of Education voted to give use of a small room in the former Lansingburgh Academy for a branch of the Troy Public Library, and to furnish the necessary heat, light and custodial service.
	www.sciencedaily.com /encyclopedia/lansingburgh_academy (904 words)

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		Attended Lansingburgh Academy; presented credentials as a Republican Member-elect to the Sixty-second Congress and served from March 4, 1911 to December 12, 1912, when the seat was declared vacant.
		U.S. Representative from New Jersey, 1911-15 (8th District 1911-13, 9th District 1913-15); attended Troy Academy; graduated from Harvard in 1882; appointed by President Wilson on October 5, 1914, as an associate justice, and on May 31, 1918, as chief justice, of the supreme court of the District of Columbia.
		Albany Academy 1892; treasurer of Cluett, Peabody and Co. 1900-1916, vice president 1916-1929, chairman of the board of directors 1929-1937; head of employment of the Watervliet Arsenal in 1918; elected as a Republican to the Seventy-fifth, Seventy-sixth, and Seventy-seventh Congresses (January 3, 1937-January 3, 1943).
	www.themesh.com /his123.html (520 words)

	[No title] (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		At the corner of 114th and 4th Avenue is a building that has been standing for 181 years - the Lansingburgh Academy; built in 1820 to replace an earlier building on the village green, between 112 and 113th Streets.
		The Academy was originally chartered in 1796 and was the centerpiece of Lansingburgh education for 150 years.
		It was the birthplace of the county of Rensselaer on April 15, 1791, and the place for stagecoaches from Lansingburgh to Albany.
	www.themesh.com /his121.html (723 words)

	academy
		The Academy was a park and gymnasium outside of Athens dedicated to the hero Academus.
		These groups include the Royal Academy of he United Kingdom, the United States Naval Academy, the fictional Starfleet Academy, and the Academy of Motion Picture Arts and Sciences.
		In addition, the generic term "the academy" is sometimes used to refer to all of academia.
	www.fact-library.com /academy.html (192 words)

	HISTORY OF CINCINNATI AND HAMILTON COUNTY, OHIO
		Our subject was educated in the public schools of Cincinnati, and at the military academy of Lexington, Ky. A three years' clerkship in a drug store afforded a valuable introduction to the study of medicine, which he pursued at the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery, graduating in 1878.
		He is a member of the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, and is assistant to the chair of gynecology in the Cincinnati College of Medicine and Surgery.
		He is a member f the Cincinnati Academy of Medicine, a member of the board of education from the Ninth Ward, and union board of high schools, now serving a second term.
	www.heritagepursuit.com /Hamilton/HamiltonBio671.htm (20825 words)

	History of the Appellate Division, Third Department
		He prepared for college at academies in Schoharie and Washington counties, and in 1858 entered Union College, from which he was graduated in 1862.
		At an early age, because of the death of both of his parents, he was moved to his grandfather's mountain farm in the town of Grafton in Rensselaer County and he attended the district school there.
		He attended the Lansingburgh Academy and afterwards taught school in order to obtain means to further pursue his studies.
	www.courts.state.ny.us /history/elecbook/3d_dept_hist/pg16.htm (1935 words)

	Presby. History (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		The First Presbyterian Church of Lansingburgh was incorporated August 9, 1792 with a membership of nine and one elder.
		Jonas Coe, D.D. was the Church's first pastor, later to become principal of Lansingburgh Academy in 1796.
		Now at the beginning of our third century of service in Christ's ministry, although fewer in number, our congregation continues to be committed to unselfish giving and service in the vineyard of the Lord.
	www.gbgm-umc.org /lansingburgh/presby__history.htm (332 words)

	Leader Herald: Uptempo Gloversville rolls over Knights - - The Leader - Herald (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Lansingburgh came off the break playing an aggressive, physical defense, trying to shake the Dragons.
		Frustration began to show in the play of Lansingburgh, as Hehn was hit with a technical foul and was ejected from the contest.
		Lansingburgh (7-14) was paced by Tyson's 14 points, while Justin Gallo added 10 points.
	www.leaderherald.com /sports/story/0226202004_spt01_dragonswin0226.asp (846 words)

	Encyclopedia: Herman Melville (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		His father had described the young Melville as being somewhat slow as a child and Melville was also weakened by the scarlet fever, permanently affecting his eyesight.
		The family importing business went bankrupt in 1830, and the family went to Albany, New York, with Herman entering Albany Academy.
		After the death of his father in 1832, the family (with eight children) moved to the village of Lansingburgh on the Hudson River.
	www.nationmaster.com /encyclopedia/Herman-Melville (2624 words)

	Lansingburgh Central School District
		The Registry provides information on paroled sexual offenders residing in the Lansingburgh community and Rensselaer County.
		Lansingburgh High School is experiencing an ongoing increase in enrollment.
		President of the Board, stated, "The support that the Lansingburgh community has given this district over the years is something that this board greatly appreciates and never takes for granted.
	www.lansingburgh.org (445 words)

	Uncle Sam's Place - Troy, NY -- History of Troy -- Educational opportunity...
		Chester A. Arthur, twenty-first President of the United States, and Herman Melville, author of Moby Dick, were sometime students there, and its most distinguished principal, the Reverend Dr. Samuel Blatchford, became the first president of what was to become the Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute.
		The Troy Academy was established in the early 1800's, which evolved into a private prep school for Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute (RPI).
		During the late 1800's the school was segragated, later integrated in 1873.
	www.uncle-sams-home.com /troyhis6.html (507 words)

	Town of Lansingburgh
		By an act passed February 20, 1816, the trustees of this academy were authorized to subscribe 1,000 shares to the Bank of Lansingburgh.
		Lansingburgh contains eight churches, viz.: one Baptist, one Episcopal, two Presbyterian, one Methodist Episcopal, one Free Methodist, one Zion Methodist and one Roman Catholic; a female seminary; two newspaper printing offices; two banks; several large manufacturers of brushes, oil cloths, bricks, rope and cordage; and about 4,000 inhabitants.
		Lansingburgh is connected with Waterford by a covered bridge across the Hudson River, and with Troy by horse railroad and the Troy & Boston Railroad.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nyrensse/lansing.htm (1717 words)

	BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCHES
		The family next moved to the town of Lansingburgh, two miles north of the village, where his father carried on an agricultural, dairy, and milling business.
		He attended the common schools of the neighborhood, also several terms in the Lansingburgh Academy.
		In the spring of 1851 he engaged in trade in Lansingburgh, dealing in lumber, plaster, grain, hay, and straw, which he followed five years.
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	Sectional champ VVS extends season (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Peru advanced with a 9-7 win over Section X champion Ogdensburg Free Academy.
		Lansingburgh took an early 1-0 lead in the second inning, which was quickly erased in the third on a Garrit Tallini single.
		It was the fourth inning, however, that won the game for the Red Devils.
	www.rny.com /archive/sportsnews/1999/june/08sectionalchampvvsextends.html (303 words)

	"H" Surname Biographies, Columbia County, New York, USA
		HARDER, Charles N., of Claverack, was born in the town of Ghent, November 20, 1854, a son of Philip M. and Caroline (Nash) Harder, and was educated in the public schools and Huson Academy.
		He was educated in the district schools and the academy at Lansingburgh, N. In 1874 he left school and went to work for his father, who was then keeping a general store in Philmont.
		Patrick F. Harrigan attended the public schools in Albany and the Albany Academy, after which he studied in the Theological Seminary at Troy, form which he was graduated in 1883.
	www.usgennet.org /usa/ny/county/columbia/1900bios/h_surnames_1900.htm (7656 words)

	Capital News 9 \| 24 Hour Local News \| SPORTS \| Lansingburgh defeats Albany Academy
		The football team has gone 5-1 in their first six matchups, and on Saturday they faced 2-4 Albany Academy in their season closer.
		In the first half, the Knights were up 21-0 when they found themselves first and three on the Cadets' 34 yard line.
		Despite a strong comeback attempt, the Lansingburgh Knights held on for the win, beating Albany Academy 69-28.
	www.capitalnews9.com /content/sports?ArID=153250 (157 words)

	Lansingburgh Academy
		The Lansingburgh Academy Building BackgroundOn December 24, 1795, a group of prominent Lansingburgh[?] residents petitioned the Regents of the State of New York for a charter, for the purpose of establishing a Seminary of Learning[?] to be called The Lansingburgh Academy.
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	www.termsdefined.net /la/lansingburgh-academy.html (1058 words)

	MESICK, COHEN, WILSON, BAKER, ARCHITECTS, LLP
		Jamaica Arts Center, Queens, NY The project consisted of renovation of the major public spaces, galleries, and studios and classrooms and the insertion of a new theater to accommodate an expanded program for theater arts and dance.
		Lansingburgh Academy, Troy, NY Renovation of an 1820’s school building for use as a community arts center and a branch library for the City Library system.
		United States Military Academy, West Point, NY Preservation architect to administer various projects which have included installation of new sprinkler systems for The Plain and other fields and reconstruction of Clinton Field.
	www.mcwb-arch.com /firm/partners/cohen.htm (995 words)

	Sara Tracy Hall - Wheeling Jesuit University
		One of five children, Miss Tracy was born December 6, 1827 in Lansingburgh, New York, the daughter of a prominent, deeply religious family.
		Her maternal grandfather was responsible for the founding of the Catholic Church in the area, and her mother displayed untiring devotion to caring for the local poor people.
		She become heiress to her brother Edward's fortune after his untimely death and spent the rest of her life traveling the world and supporting numerous charitable activities.
	www.wju.edu /about/history/bldgs/tracy.asp (678 words)

	John W. Fry (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		Fry was a farmer and came to Schodack in 1885, and died July 5, 1891, and his widow lived in Schodack.
		Fry was reared on a farm and educated in the public schools and at Lansingburgh Academy and is a farmer by occupation.
		In 1883 he came to Schodack and bought a farm of 100 acres, making a specialty of fruit, and is a dealer in carriages, wagons, and harnesses.
	www.rootsweb.com /~nyrensse/bio205.htm (206 words)

	School Information (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-13)
		See Site Directions on OCIAA Home Page Directions to Chester Academy: Take Route 17 to exit 126.
		Go straight through light and follow Academy Ave till the end.
		Take your first left onto Hambletonian Ave and Chester Academy is on your right.
	ociaa.ouboces.org /sportspakonline/schoolinfo.asp?School=CHEST (66 words)

	CliffsNotes::Billy Budd:Book Summary and Study Guide
		Ultimately, Herman and his brother Gansevoort had to drop out of school to help support the family.
		Melville enrolled at Lansingburgh Academy in 1838 and, with ambitions of helping to construct the Erie Canal, studied engineering and surveying.
		He graduated the next year and worked briefly as a bank clerk and salesman, as a laborer on his Uncle Thomas’ farm, clerk in his brother’s fur and hat store, and as an elementary school teacher.
	www.cliffsnotes.com /WileyCDA/LitNote/id-36,pageNum-1.html (410 words)

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		And further I will order & direct that my said children receive out of the residue of my Estate aforesaid a reasonable maintenance and support at the discretion of my executors & executrix after named or such of them as remain unmarried during the minority of the Youngest thereof as aforesaid.
		And further I will & direct that my son Robert be continued as Student in the Lansingburgh academy until he be prepared to enter college and that then his future education be at the discretion of my executors & executrix herein after mentioned.
		Signed, sealed, published and declared by the above named testator as and for his last will and Testament in the presence of us who have hereunto subscribed our names as witnesses in the presence of the testator and of each other.
	ftp.rootsweb.com /pub/usgenweb/ny/rensselaer/wills/v5/armstrong-robert.txt (191 words)

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