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Monson, Massachusetts


Monson Academy — Principals and Assistants


The following is a list of the principals of the academy, with the date of their appointment and close of service:


Rev. Simeon Colton, D.D., appointed in 1806, graduated at Yale College, closed in 1807.
Rev. Levi Collins, A.M., 1807, Yale College, closed in 1813.
Rev. Joy H. Fairchild, A.M., 1813, Yale College, closed in 1816.
Rev. Frederic Gridly, A.M., 1816, Yale College, closed in 1818.
Robert Ridell, M.D., 1818, Yale College, closed in 1820.
Rev. William W. Hunt, A.M., 1820, Williams College, closed in 1821.
Rev. Simeon Colton, D.D., 1821, Yale College, closed in 1830.
Rev. William S. Porter, A.M., 1831, Yale College, closed in 1832.
Rev. Sanford Lawton, A.B., 1832, Yale College, closed in 1835.
Rev. David R. Austin, A.M., 1835, Union College, closed in 1839.
Rev. Charles Hammond, A.M., 1839, Yale College, closed in 1841.
Rev. Samuel A. Foy, A.M., 1841, Amherst College, closed in 1842.
Rev. James G. Bridgman, A.M., 1842, Amherst College, closed in 1843.
Rev. Frederic A. Fiske, A.M., 1843, Amherst College, closed in 1844.
Rev. Charles Hammond, A.M., 1845, Yale College, closed in 1852.
Rev. James Tufts, A.M., 1852, Yale College, closed in 1859.
Rev. William J. Harris, A.M., 1859, Yale College, closed in 1861.
Rev. Henry M. Grout, A.M., 1861, Williams College, closed in 1862.
Rev. Charles Hammond, LL.D., 1863, Yale College, closed in 1878.
D. N. Putney, A.M., 1878, Dartmouth College.
















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