Norristown Academy

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Norristown Academy
Location
Norristown
,
Montgomery County
,
Pennsylvania

United States
Information
Established1805
Closed1829

Norristown Academy was a private preparatory academy established in 1805 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. [1] [2] [3] Many prominent people have been educated there, including Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, [1] Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, [2] James Madison Porter, [4] and Samuel Medary. [5] It was torn down in 1829. [3]

References

  1. 1 2 Junkin, David Xavier; Norton, Frank Henry (1880). The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political. New York: D. Appleton and Co. p.  9 . Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  2. 1 2 "October 31 marks 150th anniversary of birth of D. R. Porter, first Governor of Pennsylvania" . Altoona Tribune. Altoona, Pa. October 8, 1938. LCCN   87080066. OCLC   15348854 – via Newspapers.com.
  3. 1 2 Huskey, Stan (2009). Remembering Norristown: Stories from the Banks of the Schuylkill River. Charleston: History Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN   9781596297234. OCLC   427439580 . Retrieved November 9, 2014– via Google Books.
  4. ↑ "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). Lafayette College Library. n.d. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 9, 2014. Retrieved November 9, 2014.
  5. ↑ Dorn, Helen P. (1944). "Samuel Medary, Journalist and Politician, 1801-1864". Ohio History Journal . 53/January–March 1944/Number 1: 14–38. ISSN   0030-0934. OCLC   138597892 . Retrieved November 9, 2014.


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