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Excerpt from Irish Schoolmasters in the American Colonies, 1640-1775: With a Continuation of the Subject During and After the War of the Revolution
He escaped, however, and came to the United States. He taught in an academy located at Prince ton, N. J.; became principal Of York County Academy, Pa.; had charge Of an academy in Read ing, Pa was made Professor Of Mathematics and Natural Philosophy in what is now Rutgers College; became professor Of the same branches in Columbia College, New York, and was later vice-provost of the University Of Pennsylvania. Robert Oliver, a talented Irishman, established in Baltimore the Hibernian Free School, a well-known institution. About the Publisher Forgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.com This book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully; any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.
