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Historical  Sketches, 

RUFUS  ANDERSON,  D.O. 
Mf?S.  ANN  H,  JUDSON, 
MRS.  HARRIET  NEWELL, 


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RTJFUS  ANDERSON,  D.  D., 


MRS.  HARRIET  NEWELL. 


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MRS.   ANN  H.  JUDSON 


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BRADFORD  ACADEMY. 


PRESKXTATION  OF  THE  PORTRAITS  OF  RUFUS  ANDER- 
SON, D.  D.,  HARRIET  NEWELL,  AND  ANN  H.  JUDSON. 


On  Wednesday,  March  26,  1884,  the  portraits  of  Dr.  An- 
derson, y.lvs.  Newell  and  Mrs.  Judson  were  formally  presented 
to  Bradford  .Vcadeniy.  The  occasion  called  togetlier  a  large 
audience,  including  many  distingaished  friends  of  the  school 
from  Boston  and  other  leadin^•  cities  and  towns  in  New  Enof- 
land.  The  portrait  of  Dr.  Anderson,  who  was  for  many  years 
President  of  the  Board  of  Trustees,  was  the  gift  of  ^Ir.  El- 
hridge  G.  Wood  and  Mr.  John  L.  Hobson,  of  Haverhill. 
Mrs.  Judson's  portrait  was  given  by  the  pupils  of  the  Acade- 
my for  the  year  1883.  The  portrait  of  Harriet  Newell  was 
given  by  Mrs.  Mar}^  F.  Ames,  of  Haverhill,  in  behalf  of  the 
Center  Congregational  Church  in  that  city. 


ADDRESS  OF  DR.  SEELEY. 


There  are  some  duties  from  which  one  may  shrink,  though 
it  is  very  pleasant  to  perform  them.  Such  a  duty  is  that 
now  before  me.  I  call  it  a  '-duty,"  because  I  perform  it  at 
the  request  of  two  of  my  respected  parishioners,*  whose  wish 
(in  such  a  matter,)  has,  for  me,  the  force  of  law. 

*M.^ss^.s.  E.  O.  Wood,  ami  ,T.  L.  nobsori. 


4  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

As  all  present  are  aware,  my  part  in  these  exercises,  is  the 
presentation  (on  behalf  of  the  gentlemen  referred  to,)  of  this 
beautiful  jiortrait  of  the  Rev.  Dr.  Rufus  Anderson,  to  the 
Trustees  of  this  Academy,  henceforth  to  occnpy  a  prominent 
position  in  this  spacious  and  elegant  chapel. 

I  shrink  from  the  service,  because  it  could  be  performed 
so  much  more  hap[)ily  and  profitably  by  others ;  and  I  am 
pleased  to  perform  it,  because,  in  the  circumstances,  the  plac- 
ing of  this  picture  on  its  walls,  is  a  high  honor  to  this  Acade- 
my, and  is  a  fitting  tribute  of  respect  to  him  who  was  once 
fi  pupil,  and  of  its  late  President.  It  is  also  a  happy  coinci- 
dence that  the  Institution  is  located  in  this  good  old  town 
of  Bradford,  in  which  the  American  Board  of  Commission- 
ers for  Foreign  Missions  was  formed,  at  a  meeting  of  the 
Massachusetts  General  Conference,  .in  June,  1813. 

The  Rev.  Dr.  Anderson  was  born  Aug.  17,  1796,  at  North 
Yarmouth,  Me.,  where  his  father,  Avhose  name  he  bore,  was 
pastor  of  the  2nd  Cong'l  Church.  In  1305,  his  father  re- 
moved from  North  Yarmouth  and  became  pastor  of  the  Cong'l 
Church  at  Wenham  ;  and,  as  Bradford  Academ}'  was  then 
a  school  for  both  sexes,  the  young  Anderson  became  one  of 
its  pupils.  He  entered  Bowdoin  College,  (of  which  his  father 
was  a  Trustee,)  in  1814.  By  the  students  he  was  chosen 
President  of  the  leading  Literary  Societv',  the  highest  honor 
they  could  give  him ;  and  after  sustaining  a  high  rank  in 
his  class,  he  graduated  in  1818. 

His  father,  like  some  other  ministers  of  the  Congregational 
Churches,  had  become  deeply  interested  in  the  unevangelized 
nations ;  and  the  son,  (being  somewhat  imbued  with  his 
father's  sentiments,)  chose  for  his  graduating  oration,  the  al- 
most prophetic  theme,    "  The    probable    improvement  of 

THE    WORLD."* 

He  then  entered  Andover  Seminary,  where  circumstances 
gave  shape  to  his  future  career.     He  here  became  especially 

*A  graduating  oration  on  a  kindred  theme  had  been  deUvered  by  Rev.  Samuel 
Nott  at  Union  College  in  1811,  and  Mr.  Xott  preached  the  iirst  Missionary  Ser- 
mon that  same  year  at  Worcester.  He  was  also  one  of  the  first  missionaries  to 
India.  Mhither  he  Avent  in  Feb.,  1812. 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  5 

intimate  with  William  Goodell  and  Daniel  Temple,  two  men 
who,  like  himself  subsec^ucntly  were  distinguished  for  their 
labors  in  the  cause  of  missions. f 

When  he  had  completed  his  second  seminary  year,  he  was 
invited  by  Mr.  Jeremiah  Evarts,  Corresponding  Secretary  and 
Treasurer  of  the  American  Board,  to  assist  him  for  a  time 
in  the  missionary  rooms  in  Boston,  and  he  spent  the  vaca- 
tion in  so  doing. 

While  in  the  midst  of  his  studies  of  the  third  year,  he  re- 
ceived and  accepted  a  similar  invitation  ;  and  as  jNIr.  Evarts 
had  to  go  south  on  account  of  his  health,  the  Secretary's 
duties  fell  upon  Mr.  Anderson,  who,  nevertheless,  after  Mr. 
Evarts'  return,  went  back  to  Andover  and  graduated  with 
his  class  when  he  was  26  years  of  age.  lie  now  was  ap- 
2)ointed  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  Board,  and  ten  years  sub- 
sec|uently  became  its  Corresponding  Secretary.  This  latter 
office  he  continued  to  hold  for  34  years,  when,  after  44  years 
of  continu(uis  service,  he  concluded  that  the  labors  of  his 
office  should  fall  into  younger  and  more  vigorous  hands. 

He  did  not  withdraw  entirely  from  the  cause  which,  for  so 
long  a  time,  had  been  the  object  of  his  tlioughts,  cares  and 
anxieties,  but  occupied  his  closing  years  chiefly  in  occasional 
lectures,  especially  to  young  men  in  Theological  Seminaries, 
in  writing  histories  of  missions  (for  which  no  one  was  better 
qualified)  and  in  other  literary  work  on  behalf  of  the  Board. 

During  these  lattei'  years,  he  was  invited  to  take  the  Pres- 
idency of  Bradford  Academy,  and  from  his  knowledge  of  its 
early  and  subsequent  connection  with  the  cause  of  missions, 
and  with  the  desire  to  promote  more  intimate  relations  be- 
tween this  institution   and  the  great  cause  which  lay  so  near 

1  We  learn  fioin  a  manuscript  sketcli  of  Dr.  AikUtsoii,  by  llev.  Ur.  Donis 
f'larke.  that  there  was  "at  that  time  in  th(!  Seminary,  a  galaxy  of  foreign  mis- 
sionaries of  greater  lunnher  an>l  sjilemlor  than  jterhaps  has  ever  graced  that 
beautifnl  hill.  Ix'fore  or  since.  Among  them,  were  such  men  as  .Jonas  King. 
Hiram  Hingham.  Asa  Thurston.  Daniel  Temple,  William  Uoodell.  Isaac  Dird, 
anil  William  liichards. 

Dr.  {'larke  also  informs  us  that  "  for  some  time  during  his  residence  at  \n- 
dover.  Dr.  Anderson  very  seriously  entertained  the  idea  of  devoting  himself  i)er- 
soually  to  the  work  of  foreign  missions,  as  a  missionary  in  some  foreign  laud." 


O  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

his  heart,  he  accepted  ;  and  to  his  influence  in  connection 
with  that  of  other  open  handed  and  Lirge  hearted  friends  of 
this  school  is  to  be  attributed  tlie  uprearing  of  these  walls, 
the  dedication  of  the  building,  free  from  debt,  and  the  de- 
velopment of  its  scholastic  character  till  it  stands  one  of  the 
foremost  seminaries  for  young  ladies  in  all  the  land. 

Such  is  a  simple  statement  of  the  facts  in  his  career.  If 
we  consider  the  peculiar  nature  of  his  life  work,  its  aims, 
its  extent,  the  manner  of  its  performance  and  the  spirit  with 
which  he  pursued  it,  we  shall  be  convinced  that  he  occu- 
pied a  place  among  the  foremost  minds  of  his  day  and  gen- 
eration. 

Like  the  statesman,  it  was  his  aim  to  act  on  his  fellow 
men  in  such  a  manner  as  to  improve  their  condition  and 
their  prospects.  Like  the  best  statesmen  he  rose  above  per- 
sonal ambition  and  selfishness  of  every  kind  and  degree. 
While  the  true  statesman  contemplates  the  welfare  of  his 
entire  people,,  occasionally  some  measure  which  he  advocates, 
projects  its  benificent  influence  beyond  the  boundaries  of  his 
own  land.  But  no  mere  statesman,  not  even  the  greatest, 
ever  imagined  it  to  be  his  proper  aim  to  attempt  the  im- 
provement of  the  entire  human  race.  It  was  reserved  for 
those  who  sustain  and  those  who  manage  the  affairs  of  the 
great  missionary  societies  to  adopt  this  aim,  and  into  this 
work,  wliich  contemplates  the  intellectual,  moral  and  religious 
improvement  of  all  nations,  all  tribes,  all  of  human  kind, 
—  it  was  the  lot  of   our  noble  friend  to  enter. 

When  he  became  Assistant  Secretary  of  the  American 
Board  in  1822,  it  had  but  7  missions,  the  oldest  of  tliem 
having  been  established  but  eight  years.  It  had  but  2i  or- 
dained missionaries,  and  the  receipts  for  the  year  were  but 
sixLy-one  thousand  (01,000)  dollars.  During  Dr.  Anderson's 
secretaryship,  the  seven  missions  increased  to  twenty,  em- 
bracing one  hundred  stations,  and  two  hundred  and  forty  out- 
stations,  occupied  by  native  helpers.  A  native  ministry 
(which  was  first  called   into  the    service  four   years  after   he 


URADFOPvD     ACADEMY.  7 

became  Assistant  Secretaiy)  numbered  at  liis  resignation  more 
than  three  hundred,  of  whom,  more  than  sixty  were  pastors 
of  churches.  The  mission  churclies  numbered  almost  two 
hundred,  and  more  tlian  sixty  thousand  members  had  been 
received  into  these  churches. 

Tlie  receipts  meanwliile  had  risen  from  sixty-one  thousand 
dolhirs  to  five  hundred  and  thirty-J'our  thousand  dollars  per 
annum,  when  he  resigned. 

This  however,  is  but  a  partial  statement  of  what  had  been 
done.  When  he  took  the  Secretary's  office,  the  greater  part 
of  the  heathen  world,  such  as  Western  Asia,  India,  Burmah, 
China  with  their  six  hund7'ed  millions  of  souls  were  closed 
against  missionary  operations,  but  when  he  withdrew  from 
office  they  were  all  accessible  to  the  gospel.  An  immense 
preparation  had  also  been  made  for  the  spiritual  conquest  of 
those  countries  in  the  knowledge  gained  of  their  populations 
and  their  languages,  in  the  materials  made  ready  for  the 
warfare,  in  the  varied  missionary  organizations  in  tlie  skill 
and  confidence  Avhich  had  been  gained,  and  which  are  so 
needful  in  the  conflict,  and  in  the  apprehension  which  so 
'jf.enerallv  exists  among  the  heathen  themselves,  that  the  mis- 
sions  are  to  be  successful. 

Such  had  been  the  progress  of  the  American  Board  and 
other  missionary  societies,  that  Dr.  Anderson  at  his  resigna- 
tion expressed  himself  as  follows :  "  Never  have  I  had 
stronger  assurance  than  now  of  the  idtimate  triumph  of  the 
missionar}'  cause.  Its  progress  seems  to  me  to  be  as  certain 
as  that  of  trade,  or  knowledge,  or  freedom  of  thought  and 
action.  With  the  world  open  to  evangelical  effort  as  it  never 
was  before,  the  truly  evangelical  churches  will  be  less  and 
less  able  to  disregard  the  spiritually  benighted  nations." 

Such  is  his  story,  and  it  is  not  too  much  to  say  that,  con- 
sidered in  the  highest  and  broadest  sense,  he  occupies  a  lofty 
and  honorable  position  among  the  most  distinguished  men 
whose  names  grace  our  national  history.  Best  of  all,  he  did 
not  seek,  and  apparently  did  not  think  of  gaining  honor    or 


8  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

fame,  but  solely  of  promoting  the  good  of  mankind  and   the 
glory  of   God, 

It  is  well  therefore  that  his  portrait  should  be  placed  in 
this  hall,  that  those  who  shall  successively  occupy  these  seats, 
as  the  years  roll  by,  may  be  reminded  of  the  man,  of  the 
great  ends  he  sought  in  life  —  of  the  manner  in  wliich  he 
achieved  them — of  his  relations  to  and  interest  in  this  in- 
stitution, and  of  his  desire  that  its  members  should  intelli- 
gently and  heartily  identify  themselves  with  the  cause  to  which 
his  life  was  devoted — a  cause  which  in  the  grandeur  of  its 
ideas,  in  the  comprehensiveness  of  its  aims,  and  in  the  rad- 
ical and  blessed  nature  of  its  effects,  is  the  sublimest  move- 
ment on  the  face  of   the  earth. 


ADDRESS  OF  DR,  CROWELL, 


"When'er  a  noble  deed  is  wrought, 
Wlien'ei-  irj  spoken  a  noble  thought, 
Our  souls  iu  glad  surprise 
To  higher  levels  rise." 

And  our  souls  to-day,  Mr.  President,  rise  to  higher  levels 
under  the  inspiration  of  this  sentiment  of  the  poet.  Seventy- 
two  years  ago,  in  the  little  village  of  Haverhill,  on  the  other 
side  of  the  Merrimack,  a  beautiful  young  woman,  nineteen 
3^ears  of  age,  consecrated  her  life  to  the  work  of  foreign 
missions.  This  determination  so  full  of  novelty,  so  tinged 
with  the  ideal  of  romantic  adventure,  was  a  mystery  to  her 
youthfid  companions,  and  many  of  the  savants  of  the  village 
shook  their  heads  in  grave  doubt  as  to  the  results  of  an  en- 
terprise that  promised  so  little.  But  Harriet  Atwood  had 
made  up  her  mind  to  a  high  resolve.  When  she  gave 
her  life  to  the  service  of  Christ  in  her  conversion,  it  was  no 
unmeaning  ceremony.  It  meant  anything  and  anywhere  with 
the  Divine  Master  for  a  leader,  and  He  who  came  not  to  be 


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BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  9 

ministered   unto,  but    to  minister,  and    to    give    his   life,   was 
to  her  a  complete  pattern  and  guide. 

In  the  ancestral  home,  and  in  the  village  cluircli  in  Ilaver^ 
hill,  she  had  learned  the  story  of  the;  cross.  From  that  little 
band  of  devout  and  earnest  men,  gathered  in  the  old  meet- 
ing house  at  the  foot  of  this  hill  she  heard  the  cry  of  dis- 
tress from  far  off  lands :  from  the  pious  teachers  of  this 
time-honored  Academy,  she  imbibed  the  missionary  spirit ; 
her  jiurpose  became  strengthened,  she  jf)ined  her  life  Avith 
the  life  of  Samuel  Newell,  and  henceforth  Harriet  Newell 
stands  before  the  world  as  one  of  the  pioneers  in  the  work 
of   American  foreign  missions. 

Companion-saint  with  her,  who  shares  with  thee, 
Tlie  ( 'hristian  wreath  of    immortality ! 

Among  her  private  papers  we  find  the  following  record, 
bearing  date,  Aug.  27,  1801> :  "  When  1  entered  my  thirteenth 
year,  I  was  sent  by  my  parents  to  the  Academy  at  Brad- 
ford. A  revival  of  religion  commenced  in  the  neighborhood^ 
which  in  a  short  time  spread  into  the  school.  A  large  num- 
ber of  the  3'oung  ladies  were  anxiously  inquiring  what  tliey 
should  do  to  inherit  eternal  life.  I  began  to  inquire  what, 
these  things  meant.  My  attention  was  solemnly  called  to  the 
concerns  of  my  immortal  soul.  My  convictions  were  not  as 
pungent  and  distressing  as  many  have  had,  but  they  were 
of  long  continuance.  It  was  more  than  three  months  before 
I  was  brought  to  cast  my  soul  on  the  Saviour  of  sinners, 
and  rely  on  Him  for  salvation.  The  ecstasies  which  many 
new  born  souls  possess  were  not  mine,  but  I  was  filled  Aviili 
a  sweet  peace,  a  heavenly  calmness,  which  I  never  can  de- 
scribe. The  character  of  Jesus  appeared  infinitely  lovely, 
and  I  could  say  with  the  Psalmist,  '  Whom  have  I  in  heaven 
but  Thee,  and  there  is  none  on  earth  I  desire  but  Thee.'  " 

Under  date  of  March  1,  1811,  occurs  this  ^  Devotion,'* 
breatliing  the  spirit  of  St.  Augustine :  "  Father  of  lights,  it 
is  the  office  of  Thy  spirit  to  create  holy  exercises  in  the 
hearts  of  Thy  creatures.     Oh,  may  I  enter  upon  this  month 


lO  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

■with  renewed  resolutions  to  devote  myself  exclusively  to  Thee, 
that  at  its  close  I  may  not  sigh  ovei-  misspent  hours." 

And  after  she  liad  decided  to  give  her  life  to  the  work  of 
foreign  missions,  in  a  letter  to  an  intimate  friend,  just  before 
slie  left  her  native  land  forever,  she  writes  :  "'  The  glorious 
morn  of  the  millennium  hastens.  With  an  eye  of  faith  we 
pass  the  mountains  tiiat  now  obstruct  the  universal  spread  of 
the  gospel,  and  behold  with  joy  unspeakable  ihe  beginning 
of  a  cloudless  day,  the  reign  of  peace  and  love.  Shall  we 
be  content  to  live  indolent,  inactive  lives,  and  not  assist  in 
the  great  revolution  about  to  be  effected  in  this  world  of 
sin?  Let  worldly  ease  be  sacrificed;  let  a  life  of  self-denial 
and  hardships  be  welcome  to  us,  if  the  cause  of  God  may 
thereby  be  most  promoted  and  sinners  most  likely  to  be 
saved.'" 

Short,  indeed,  was  her  career.  Within  a  twelvemonth  she 
fell  a  victim  to  disease,  and  after  many  severe  hardships,  and 
much  suffering,  she  found  a  grave  in  the  distant  Isle  of 
P^ ranee,  before  the  work  of  her  mission  was  hardly  begun. 
From  a  worldly  standpoint,  her  career  would  be  accounted  a 
failure.  But,  oh,  what  an  impulse  did  her  sweet  young  life 
give  to  the  great  cause  of  Christian  missions  I  How  did  her 
example  inspire  faith  and  courage  in  many  timid  and  doubt- 
ing souls  !  How  has  her  name  come  down  through  the  gen- 
erations as  a  talisman  to  every  b.eroic  Christian  heart !  How, 
under  its  glowing  beauty,  has  woman  given  up  the  allure- 
ments of  liome  and  friends  and  joined  the  noble  army  whose 
banners  now  stream  in  every  clime  I  Such  a  life  is  not  in 
vain.  It  is  perpetuated  in  a  long  line  of  faithful  followers, 
whose  paths  "  shine  more  and  more  unto  the  perfect  day." 

We  have  before  us  to-day,  a  touching  illustration  of  the 
power  of  this  young  life  in  moulding  and  shaping  Christian 
character.  When  the  memoirs  of  Harriet  Newell  were  pub- 
lished, shortly  after  her  death,  they  fell  into  the  hands  of  a 
young  girl  who  was  deeply  impressed  b}'  the  example  of 
sacrifice  and   self-consecration   set  forth  in  the  little  volume. 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  II 

Her  life,  too,  was  consecmted  to  the  blessed  work  of  minis- 
tration, presented  to  us,  in  beautiful  symmetry,  the  dignity 
of  ti'ue  womanhood.  This  little  book  was  fondly  cherished 
by  this  devout  woman,  wh.),  as  the  wife  of  the  late  Dr. 
Doriis  Clarke,  became  eminent  in  that  faithful  band  of  Chris- 
tian workers  whose  pi-aise  is  in  all  the  churches.  Her  daugh- 
ter, ]Mis.  Hammond,  of  Boston,  presents  this  precious  souve- 
nir to  the  library  of  this  Academy,  to  be  preserved  among 
its  choice  treasui'es. 

It  is  most  fitting  that  Bradford  Academy  should  recognize 
such  a  character  as  that  of  Harriet  Xewell,  for  it  is  but  an 
outgrowth  of  the  svstem  of  instruction  that  has  marked  the 
history  of  this  school  from  its  earliest  inception  to  the  present 
time.  It  is  here  that  the  great  lesson  of  ministration  and 
sacrifice  has  been  persistently  and  faithfully  taught.  It  is 
here  where  pious  teachers  have  given  a  divine  impulse  to 
many  a  youthful  heart  that  has  borne  tlie  fruit  of  a  noble 
life,  not  only  in  the  higher  places  of  the  world,  but  also 

■■  In  the  calm  and  quiet  Avays  * 

Of  unobtrusive  goodness  known." 

And  so,  Mr.  President,  this  graceful  memorial  which  we 
present  here  to-day,  has  been  furnished  by  one  whose  interest 
in  this  school  has  been  unremitting  ;  whose  eail\-  life  came  un- 
der the  influence  of  its  instruction,  and  whose  services  in 
later  years  as  a  member  of  the  board  of  visitors  have  been 
highly  valued  by  the  Trustees.  She  gives  it  to  this  school 
in  behalf  of  the  Center  Congregational  Church  in  Haverhill, 
which  has  been  for  generations  the  religious  home  of  an  hon- 
ored ancestry ;  that  church  whose  early  annals,  under  another 
title,  bore  the  name  of  Harriet  Atwood.  Receive  it,  sir, 
as  a  symbol  of  devotion  to  a  high  and  holy  principle.  •  May 
it  take  its  place  upon  these  walls  beside  the  portraits  of  other 
notable  characters  whose  fame  has  added  dignity  to  this  in- 
stitution. 

And  as  the  pupils  who  are  here  before  us  to-day,  and  those 
who  shall  gather  here    in  the    coming    years,    look  ui)on  the 


T2  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

girlish 'face,  so    faithfully  delineated  by  the  artist,  and  learn 

the  touching  story  that   it    lepresents,    may  they  receive  the 

inspiration  set  forth  b\'  one  of  our  poets,  and  sa}' : 

"  Yet  all  may  win  the  triumphs  thou  hast  won. 
Still  flows  the  fount  whose  waters  strengthen  thee. 

The  victor's  names  are  all  too  few  to  till 
Heaven's  mighty  roll  ;  the  glorious  armory 

That  ministered  to  thee,  is  open  still!" 


MR.  PORTER  S  ADDRESS. 


Mk.  President  and  Friends: 

The  young  ladies  of  the  Academy,  who  present  the  portrait 
of  Mrs.  Judson,  have  assigned  to  me  the  honor  of  speaking 
in  their  behalf,  with  the  request  that  some  delineation  of  the 
life  and  character  of  this  remarkable  woman  might  be  given 
on  this  occasion. 

Ann  Hasseltine  Judson  was  the  daughter  of  John  and  Re- 
becca Hasseltine,  and  was  born  in  Bradford,  Dec.  22,  1789, 
four  years  before  Harriet  Newell,  and  seven  years  before  Ru- 
fus  Anderson.  It  is  interesting  to  remember  that  only  a  few 
weeks  before  her  birth,  General  Washington  passed  through 
Haverhill  and  Bradford  on  his  famous  tour  through  New 
England  in  the  first  year  of  his  administration  as  President 
of  the  United  States. 

Ann,  or  Nancy  Hasseltine,  as  she  was  originally  called, 
was  one  of  seven  childi-en,  and  the  youngest  of  four  daugh- 
ters. The  sons  died  in  youth  or  early  manhood,  but  the 
daughters  who  were  all  educated  at  this  Academy,  lived  to 
be  distinguished  women  in  the  various  stations  in  life  to 
which  they  were  called.  The  eldest,  Rebecca,  married  the 
Rev.  Joseph  Emerson  of  Beverly,  afterwards  with  his  wife 
in  charge  of  the  well  known  school  at  Byfield,  where  Mary 
Lyon  was  trained.  The  second,  Mary,  was  also  a  success- 
ful teacher,  though  preferring  a  retired  life.     Alwaj's  the  most 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  I3 

delicate  member  of  the  faiaily  in  health,  she  yet  outHved 
them  all,  and  was  known  to  many  of  us  as  a  highly  accom- 
plished and  reiined  woman.  The  next  in  order  was  Abigail, 
the  beloved  and  honored  preceptress  of  this  institution  for 
many  happy  years,  whose  genial  face  looks  down  upon  us 
from  yonder  portrait,  as  if  in  grateful  recognition  of  the  gifts 
which  bring  again  to  her  side  these  beloved  companions  of 
her  youth.  The  fourth  was  our  subject,  Ann,  the  brilliant 
girl,  the  noble  woman,  the  devoted  missionaiy,  whose  por- 
trait is  now  unveiled   before  us. 

Surely  here  is  honor  enough  for  one  family  I  Four  such 
daughters  shed  lustre  upon  the  name  of  Hasseltine,  upon  the 
school  which  nurtured  them,  and  upon  the  town  which  they 
delighted  to  call  their  home. 

With  the  others,  Ann  passed  her  childhood  on  this  hill 
under  'the  inspiring  influences  of  the  natural  features  of  the 
place  which  have  since  become  dear  to  so  nmny.  She  was 
one  of  the  early  pupils  of  the  Academy,  and  was  held  in 
high  esteem  as  a  gifted  and  industrious  scholar.  Her  asso- 
ciates found  her  an  open-hearted,  sincere  and  spirited  com- 
panion, ever  ready  to  engage  in  the  recreations  as  well  as  in 
the  studies  of  the  school.  One  of  her  classmates  speaks  of 
her  "  cheerful  countenance,  her  sweet  smile,  her  happy  dis- 
position, her  keen  wit,  her  lively  conduct,"  which  made  her 
a  great  favorite  among  her  companions. 

She  says  herself,  in  one  of  her  private  journals,  that  her 
life  at  this  period  was  far  too  gay  and  careless ;  and  her 
conscience  reproached  her  for  neglecting  many  duties  which 
she  had  been  taught  to  perform. 

The  first  occasion  of  serious  reflection  appears  to  have 
been  one  Sunday  morning,  when  she  was  about  fifteen  years 
of  age.  Just  before  going  to  church  she  accidentally  took 
up  Hannah  Mere's  work  on  Female  Education,  and  the  first 
words  that  caught  her  eye  were  :  "  She  that  liveth  in  pleas- 
tire  is  dead  luhiie  she  liveth.^'  These  words,  which  were 
printed   in   italics,  struck   her,   she    says   to   the   heart.     She 


14  ,  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

paused  for  a  few  moments,  and  felt  that  she  would  like  to 
lead  a  different  life,  but  then  she  thought  that  the  words 
might  not  apply  to  her,  and  so  she  concluded  to  think  no 
more  about  them.  A  few  months  later  she  read  the  Pilgrim's 
Progress,  and  became  much  interested  in  the  stor}',  so  much 
so,  indeed,  that  she  resolved  to  begin  a  religious  life  ;  but 
various  hindrances  of  a  social  nature  intervened,  and  it  was 
not  until  the  next  year,  1806,  that  she  experienced  that  rad- 
ical change  of  heart  Mdiich  brought  her  to  the  Savior's  feet. 
I  do  not  remember  ever  to  have  read  a  more  thorough  and 
convincing  account  of  the  emotions  of  the  soul  in  turning 
to  (xod  than  that  which  Miss  Hasseltine  has  given  in  the 
pages  of  her  journal,  so  full  and  so  profound.  Out  of  the 
darkness  she  came  at  last  into  the  light,  the  light  of  the 
cross.  Her  torturing  load  of  fears  was  gone,  and  gone  for- 
ever ;  and  she  found  peace  and  even  rapture  in  the  contem- 
plation of   the  Savior  who  had  taken  away  her  sin. 

The  quality  of  her  mind  may  be  inferred  from  the  char- 
acter of  the  books  which  she  read  at  this  period  with  the 
greatesli  eagerness.  The  Scriptures,  with  such  commentaries 
as  Guise,  Orton  and  Scott  were  her  daily  study ;  and  Ed- 
wards, Hopkins,  Bellamy  and  Doddridge,  became  her  favorite 
authors. 

On  the  14th  of  September,  1806,  she,  with  one  of  her 
sisters  united  with  the  church  in  this  town,  then  under  min- 
istry of  the  Rev.  Jonathan  Allen.  The  other  sisters  joined 
the  following  year,  a  wide-spread  interest  in  religion  having 
been  awakened  under  the  earnest  and  helpful  guidance  of 
the  principal,  Mr.  Bnrnham,  a  graduate  of  Dartmouth,  and 
afterwards  for  nearly  half  a  century,  the  honored  pastor  of 
the  church  in  Pembroke,  X.  H. 

After  leaving  the  Academy,  Miss  Hasseltine  became  a 
teacher  in  Haverhill,  Salem  and  Newbur}-,  but  the  event  which 
determined  her  future  tile  was  her  meeting  with  Mr.  Judson, 
during  the  sessions  of  the  Massachusetts  Association  at  Brad- 
ford,    in    June,    1810.      Young    Judson    was    a    graduate   of 


liUADFORD     ACADEMY.  I5 

Brown,  and  had  already  taught  school  and  published  two 
text  books,  a  grammar  and  an  arithmetic.  He  was  now  in 
the  last  year  of  his  studies  at  Andover,  and  his  mind  had 
become  seriously  occupied  with  a  plan  to  carry  the  gospel  to 
the  heathen.  At  that  time  there  was  no  organization  in  this 
country  to  support  foreign  missions,  but  the  honor  of  insti- 
tuting one  fell  upon  Bradford  at  this  memorable  meeting  of 
the  General  Association,  when  in  response  to  an  appeal  from 
four  of  the  Andover  students — Judson,  Xott,  Mills  and 
Newell  —  an  organization  was  effected  which  soon  took  the 
name  of  tlie  American  Board  of  Connnissioners  for  Foreign 
^lissions,  a  name  which  has  since  been  carried  into  every 
quarter  of  the  globe  with  the  banner  of  the  cross  unfurled 
before  the  eyes  of  perishing  millions. 

The  deliberations  continued  several  days,  during  which  the 
members  were  the  guests  of  the  people  of  Bradford.  Of 
course  the  hospitable  home  of  Deacon  Hasseltine  would  re- 
ceive its  share  ;  and  we  are  not  surprised  to  find  Mr.  Judson 
there  one  day  at  dinner  with  some  of  the  ministers.  It  is 
related  that  the  youngest  daughter,  Ann,  was  waiting  on  the 
table,  according  to  the  old  New  England  custom.  Her  at- 
tention was  naturallv  drawn  to  the  voung  student,  whose 
bold  missionary'  projects  were  making  such  a  stir  ;  and  his 
attention,  it  seems,  was  somewhat  diverted  from  his  plate, 
althouo-h  the  fair  attendant  little  imaojined  that  she  had  woven 
her  spell  about  his  young  heart,  and  that  he  was  at  that  very 
time  composing  a  graceful  sonnet  in  her  praise.  The  ac- 
quaintance thus  formed  soon  ripened  into  a  mutual  attach- 
ment, and  led  to  ai;  offer  of  marriage.  To  decide  this  ques- 
tion must  have  been,  with  her,  no  easy  matter,  for  it  involved 
the  necessity  of  exile  from  home  and  country,  and  the  proba- 
bilily  of  great  sufferings  in  unknown  lands  beyond  the  sea. 
"We  do  not  wonder  that  she  hesitated.  Her  education,  her 
temperament,  her  social  affinities,  all  (qualified  her  to  fill  some 
place  of  honor  and  usefulness  at  home.  No  missionary  had 
yet  gone  from  this  country  into  foreigns  parts,  and  no  woman 


l6  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

had  thought  of  it,  except  perhaps  Harriet  Atwood,  to  whom 
the  same  grave  question  was  at  this  time  submitted.  No  one 
dared  advise  her  to  go,  such  were  the  uncertainties  of  tlie 
enterprise ;  and  yet  no  one  coukl  persuade  her  to  stay,  so 
great  was  the  fascination  which  the  work  had  for  her.  It 
cannot  be  said  that  her  decision  was  the  result  of  a  romantic 
or  adventurous  spirit,  for  both  she  and  Mr.  Judson  had 
cahnly  and  deliberately  estimated  the  difficulties  and  perils 
that  were  before  them.  This  appears  in  his  manh'  letter  to 
her  parents,  asking  for  their  consent  to  the  marriage.  When 
the  matter  was  finally  decided,  there  was  on  her  part  no 
misgiving,  no  regret.  "  I  am  not  only  willing,"  she  writes 
in  her  journal,  "  to  spend  my  days  among  the  heathen,  in 
attempting  to  enlighten  and  save  them,  but  I  find  much 
pleasure  in  the  prospect.  Yes  I  think  I  would  rather  go  to 
India,  notwithstanding  the  almost  insurmountable  difficulties 
in  the  way,  than  to  stay  at  home  and  enjoy  the  comforts  and 
luxuries  of  life.  *  *  u  Behold  the  handmaid  of  the 
Lord:  he  it  unto  me  according  to  thy  wordy 

They  were  married  on  the  5th  of  February,  1812,  by  Mr. 
Allen,  who  also  preached  a  sermon  on  the  occasion,  from 
John  XI :  52,  tenderi}*  addressing  the  young  missionaries  as 
"  my  dear  children  "  and  closing  the  service  witli  an  original 
hymn  of  his  own  which  was  sung  by  the  large  congregation. 
The  first  stanza  will  show  us  the  character  of  this  interest- 
ing hymn :  — 

Go,  ye  heralds  of  salvation; 

Go,  and  preach  in  heathen  lands; 
Publish  loud  to  every  nation 

AVhat  the  Lord  of  Life  commands. 
Go,  ye  sisters,  their  companions, 

Soothe  their  cares,  and  wipe  their  tears. 
Angels  shall  in  bright  battalions 

Guide  your  steps  and  guard  your  fears. 

Mr.  Newell  and  Miss  Atwood  were  present  on  this  occa- 
sion, and  were  married  four  days  later.  On  the  Gth  of  Feb- 
ruary, the  ordination  took  place  in  the  Tabernacle  Church 
at  Salem,  and  on  the  19th,  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Judson,  and  Mr. 
and  Mrs.  Newell  embarked  in  the  brig  Caravan^  bound  for 
Calcutta. 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  1/ 

Their  chosen  work  was  before  them,  beckoning  them  on 
with  its  animating  promise  ;  and  their  hearts  were  set  upon 
it  more  and  more,  but  the  parting  was  an  ordeal  of  peculiar 
sadness,  because  they  expected  never  to  return  ;  "  My  heart 
bleeds  "  writes  Mrs.  Judson  in  her  journal  that  night,  after 
taking  leave  of  her  friends.  "  O,  America,  my  native  land, 
must  I  leave  thee  ?  must  I  leave  my  parents,  my  sisters  and 
brother,  my  fiiends  beloved,  and  all  the  scenes  of  niy  early 
youth  ?  must  I  leave  thee,  Bradford,  my  dear  native  town, 
where  I  spent  the  pleasant  years  of  childhood  ;  where  I  learned 
to  lisj)  the  name  of  mother  ;  where  my  infant  mind  first  began 
to  expand  ;  where  I  first  entered  the  field  of  science  ;  where- 
I  learned  the  endearments  of  friendship,  and  tasted  of  all 
the  happiness  this  world  can  afford  ;  where  I  learned  also  to 
value  a  Saviour's  blood,  and  to  count  all  things  but  loss  in 
comparison  with  the  knowledge  of  Him.  *  *  *  * 
"Farewell,  happy,  happy  scenes,  but  never,  no,  never  to  be 
forgotten."' 

After  a  voyage  of  four  months,  the}^  arrived  in  Calcutta 
where  they  were  cordially  welcomed  by  Dr.  Gary,  who  in- 
vited them  to  the  English  Baptist  Mission  at  Serampore,  a 
few  miles  up  the  river.  While  there,  they  were  led  to  adopt 
Baptist  principles,  an  event  which  providentially  resulted  in 
the  establishment  of  the  Burman  Mission,  and  an  appeal  to  the 
Baptist  Churches  in  America  to  form  an  organization  for  the 
support  of  Foreign  Missions.  The  policy  of  the  East  India 
Company  was  at  that  time  hostile  to  missionary  operations, 
and  our  friends  were  peremptorily  ordered  to  leave  the  country. 
The  Newells  went  first,  and  after  many  vexatious  delays,  the 
Judsons  arrived  at  the  Isle  of  France,  only  to  receive  the 
startling  tidings  of  the  death  of  Mrs.  Newell  a  few  weeks 
before.  "  O  what  news,  what  distressing  news  !  "  writes  Mrs. 
Judson.  "  Harriet  is  dead.  Harriet  my  dear  friend,  my 
earliest  associate  in  the  mission  is  no  more.  O  death  I 
*  *  *  Could  not  this  infant  mission  be  shielded 

from  thy  shaft  ?      But  thou  hast  only  executed  the  commis- 


l8  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

sion  of  a  higher  power.  *  *         *         Thou  wast  sent 

by  a  kind  Father  to  release  His  child  from  toil  and  pain. 
Be  still,  then,  my  heart,  and  know  tliat  God  hath  done  it." 

The  hostility  of  the  government  fo'dowed  them  here,  and 
they  sailed  for  Madras,  where  however,  they  were  doomed 
to  fresh  disappointment  ;  and  finding  no  vessel  bound  for  any 
other  place,  they  took  an  unseaworthy  craft  for  Rangoon, 
the  chief  port  of  Burmah,  thirty  miles  from  the  sea,  on  one 
of  the  outlets  of  the  Irrawaddy.  The  Iiealth  of  Mrs.  Judson 
had  suffered  from  such  constant  changes  and  hardships,  so 
she  was  scarcely  able  to  land.  She  was  borne  upon  the  shoul- 
ders of  the  natives,  and  as  they  passed  along,  crowds  of  peo- 
ple gathered  fiom  curiosity  to  see  this  strange  looking  white 
woman  in  European  dress. 

Here  at  last  they  found  a  resting  place  where  they  were 
permitted  to  stay.  But  their  real  difficulties  were  only  just 
begun.  How  could  they  attempt  to  evangelize  a  people  whose 
language  they  knew  nothing  of  ?  And  how  v/ere  they  to 
learn  it  ?  There  was  no  grammar,  no  dictionary,  and  not 
even  an  interpreter  to  help  them.  But  they  had  not  come 
across  the  seas  at  such  a  sacrifice,  and  on  such  an  errand  to 
be  thwarted  b}^  obstacles  which  courage  and  perseverance 
might  overcome.  And  so  they  bravely  grappled  with  the 
difficulty,  and  at  last  they  conquered  it.  It  took  them  three 
long  years  to  do  it,  but  they  were  rewarded  for  their  pains 
an  hundred  fold  in  the  oral  message,  the  christian  literature, 
and  the  sacred  Scriptures  which  they  were  afterwards  able 
to  give  the  Empire  of  Burmah. 

In  1815,  their  second  child  was  born,  and  honored  with 
the  name  of  Roger  Williams.  Their  first  child  slept  be- 
neath the  waters  of  the  Bay  of  Bengal,  a  victim  of  the  in- 
tolerance of  the  East  India  Company  which  drove  the  mis- 
sionaries away  from  the  soil  of  India.  And  now  after  a  short 
life  of  eight  months,  the  little  blue-eyed  Roger  sickened  and 
died,  and  was  buried  in  the  garden  of  the  mission.  The  wife 
of   the  Viceroy,  hearing  of   the  death  of  the  child,  came  to 


BRADFORD     ADADEMY.  Ip 

pay  its  mother  a  visit  of  condolence,  accompanied  by  her 
officers  of  state,  and  attendants,  in  all  about  two  hundred 
persons.  An  opportunity  was  thus  afforded,  even  by  this  sad 
bereavement,  to  cultivate  a  more  intimate  acquaintance  with 
the  Burman  people.  The  Viceroy  also  showed  a  kindly  spirit 
by  sending  the  missionaries  an  elephant,  occasionally,  to  ac- 
company them  in  their  excursions. 

Mr.  Judson  commenced  preaching  in  1819,  in  a  building 
erected  for  the  purpose,  called  a  Zayat.  Shortly  after,  the 
first  Burman  convert  was  baptized,  and  a  few  months  later, 
two  others.  Thus  after  a  wearisome  labor  of  six  years  in 
preparing  the  foundations,  the  first  living  stones  were  at  last 
laid  for  the  spiritual  temple  which  was  to  be  erected  to  the 
glory  of  God  in  that  heathen  land. 

In  all  the  work  of  the  mission,  Mrs.  Judson  was  a  genuine 
help-meet  to  her  husband.  She  not  only  managed  the  do- 
mestic affairs  of  the  home,  but  she  taught  the  Burmese  wo- 
men and  children,  besides  writing  tracts,  and  assisting  in  the 
translation  of  the  Bible,  being  herself  an  apt  scholar  in  the 
language,  and  commanding  her  time  with  marvellous  ability 
and  wisdom. 

These  exhausting  labors,  however,  proved  too  much  for 
her  health,  and  she  was  advised  to  visit  India  for  a  change. 
Mr.  Judson  accompanied  her,  and  several  months  were  spent 
at  Serampore,  where  the  kindness  of  friends,  and  the  much- 
needed  rest  secured  such  beneficial  results,  that  they  returned 
to  Rangoon  with  new  hope.  It  was  not  long  however,  be- 
fore they  were  both  attacked  by  a  violent  fever,  which  left 
Mrs.  Judson  in  such  a  precarious  condition  that  it  was  deemed 
necessar}-  for  her  to  have  an  entire  change  of  climate.  Ac- 
cordingly it  was  arranged  that  she  should  visit  America  ;  and 
for  this  purpose  she  sailed  for  Calcutta,  where  some  English 
friends  offered  lier  a  free  passage  to  England.  The  voyage 
proved  advantageous,  and  on  her  arrival  she  was  hospitably 
received  in  London,  as  the  guest  of  Joseph  Butterworth,  Esq., 
M.  P.,  at  wliose  house  she  met  many  distinguished  christians 


20  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

and  philanthropists,  including  Wilberforce,  Babington  and 
Sumner,  the  chaplain  to  George  IV,  who  liad  just  come  to 
the  throne.  She  afterwards  visited  Cheltenham  for  the  sake 
of  the  waters,  and  then  accepted  pressing  invitations  from 
friends  in  Scotland,  to  whom  she  became  sincerely  attached 
through  their  social  courtesies  and  valuable  gifts. 

In  August,  1822,  she  embarked  for  America,  several  Liv- 
erpool ladies  defraying  the  expenses  of  her  passage,  and  es- 
corting her  some  distance  out  of  port.  She  arrived  in  New 
York  on  the  25th  of  September,  and  proceeded  first  to  Phil- 
adelphia to  confer  with  the  officers  of  the  Missionary  Society. 
She  then  came  to  Bradford,  intending  to  pass  the  winter  here ; 
hut  the  excitement  occasioned  by  visiting  the  scenes  and 
friends  of  her  childhood,  and  the  constant  demands  upon  her 
strength,  added  to  the  trying  effect  of  the  weather  upon  a 
constitution  accustomed  to  a  tropical  climate,  compelled  her, 
after  an  experiment  of  six  weeks,  to  change  her  purpose 
.and  spend  the  winter  farther  south.  A  brother  of  Mr.  Jud- 
son  was  at  that  time  a  physician  under  the  government,  and 
.station  at  Baltimore.  By  his  advice  she  decided  to  locate  in 
that  city  and  take  a  systematic  course  of  medical  treatment. 
Excluding  herself  from  society  almost  altogether,  she  followed 
with  scrupulous  care  the  orders  of  her  physician,  giving  her 
leisure  time  to  her  extensive  correspondence  and  to  her  prep- 
aration of  a  History  of  the  Burman  Mission,  which  was  soon 
.after  published  both  in  this  country  and  England.  Dr. 
Wayland,  who  made  Mrs.  Judson's  acquaintance  during  her 
visit  to  the  United  States,  has  thus  described  her  :  "  I  do 
not  remember  ever  to  have  met  a  more  remarkable  woman. 
To  great  clearness  of  intellect,  large  powers  of  comprehen- 
;sion,  and  intuitive  female  sagacity,  *  *  she  added  that 
heroic  disinterestedness  which  naturally  loses  all  conscious- 
ness of  self  in  the  prosecution  of  a  great  object.  These  el- 
•ements,  however,  were  all  held  in  reserve  and  were  hidden 
from  public  view  by  a  veil  of  unusual  feminine  delicacy. 
*      *      *      When   I   saw  her,  her   complexion   bore   that 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  21 

sallow  hue  which  coimnonl}'  follows  residence  in  the  East 
Indies.  As  she  found  herself  among  friends  who  were  in- 
terested in  the  Burnian  Mission,  her  reserve  melted  away, 
her  eye  kindled,  ever}'  feature  was  lighted  up  with  enthusi- 
asm, and  she  was  everywhere  acknowledged  to  be  one  of  the 
most  fascinating  of  women."  It  may  not  be  generally  known 
that  during  her  residence  in  Rangoon,  Mrs.  Judson  adopted 
the  Burmese  dress.  Her  figure,  which  was  of  medium  weight 
is  said  to  have  appeared  much  taller  and  more  commanding 
in  the  oriental  costume,  and  her  rich  Spanish  complexion 
lent  it  an  additional  charm.  Her  dark  curls  were  straight- 
ened and  drawn  back  from  her  forehead,  and  a  fragrant 
cocoa-blossom  would  often  drop  like  a  white  plume  from  the 
knot  upon  the  crown.  Her  saffron  vest,  when  thrown  open 
would  reveal  the  folds  of  crimson  beneath  ;  and  the  rich  silk 
skirt,  wrapped  about  her  fine  figure,  parted  at  the  ankle  and 
sloped  gracefully  back  upon  the  floor. 

It  was  during  her  visit  in  this  country  that  the  distin- 
guished artist  Rembrandt  Peale  painted  her  portrait,  now  in 
possession  of  her  niece,  Miss  Rebecca  E.  Hasseltine,  of  St. 
Augustine,  Florida,  who  has  kindly  consented  to  its  removal 
to  Boston,  in  order  that  a  copy  for  this  institution  might  be 
made  b}'  Miss  Bartlett,  whose  success  has  delighted  us  all 
to-day.  The  face  of  Mrs.  Judson,  as  represented  in  this 
portrait,  is  one  which  will  not  soon  be  forgotten,  combining 
as  it  does  in  an  unusual  degree,  intelligence,  character  and 
grace.  We  can  understand  the  achievements  of  a  woman 
whose  purpose  is  so  evidently  present  in  these  animated  fea- 
tures wdiich  have  been  so  well  caught  and  transmitted  to  us 
upon  the  canvas.  Xor  is  the  picture  any  the  less  interesting 
because  of  its  quaint  dress,  and  the  accompanying  palm  leaf 
fittingly  inscribed  with  Barman  characters.  This  Academy 
is  richer  than  ever,  now  that  it  has  upon  its  walls  such  a 
souvenir  of    such  a  woman. 

Mrs.  Judson  sailed  from  Boston,  June  21,  1823,  for  Cal- 
cutta and  reached  Rangoon  early  in  December,  to  find   tliat 


22  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

war  was  threatened  between  Burmali  antl  the  Bengal  govern- 
ment. Mr.  Judson  had  made  arrangements  to  remove  his 
residence  to  Ava,  the  capital,  a  long  distance  up  the  river^ 
and  soon  after  the  arrival  of  liis  wife,  they  set  out  for  their 
new  home,  "not  knowing  the  things  that  should  befall  them 
there."  Home,  indeed,  it  could  hardly  be  called,  for  they 
found  no  house  at  Ava  to  shelter  them  from  the  burning 
sun  by  day,  or  the  chilling  dews  at  night.  They  had  to  re- 
main in  their  boat  until  they  could  build  for  themselves  a 
small  cottage  outside  the  town  on  the  bank  of  the  river. 
Here  Mrs.  Judson  soon  opened  a  school  for  girls,  two  of 
whom  she  named  Mary  and  Ahhy  Hasseltine,  as  they  weie 
to  be  partially  supported  with  funds  contributed  by  the  Jud- 
son Association  of  Bradford  Academy. 

It  was  not  long  before  the  startling  news  came  that  the 
English  had  captured  Rangoon  with  a  large  force  and  were 
advancing  toward  the  Capital.  Suspicion  of  treachery  rested 
upon  the  few  foreigners  living  at  Ava  and  an  order  was  issued 
for  tlieir  arrest.  Mr.  Judson  was  seized  at  dinner,  thrown 
upon  the  floor,  bound  with  strong  cords  and  dragged  away 
to  prison,  in  spite  of  the  protestations  and  entreaties  of  his- 
wife,  who  was  compelled  to  remain  in  her  house  under  a 
strong  guard.  At  this  juncture,  she  destroyed  all  her  letters 
and  journals,  lest  they  might  disclose  facts  which  would  be 
construed  against  her  in  the  examination  to  which  she  was 
forced  to  submit.  Hearing  that  her  husband  was  confined 
in  the  ^  death  prison,'  and  heavily  loaded  with  irons,  she 
begged  permission  to  visit  him.  This  was  for  some  time  re- 
fused, but  at  last,  through  her  persistent  endeavors,  she  was 
allowed  to  go  as  far  as  the  prison  gate  where  she  had  a  brief 
interview  with  him,  only  to  learn  of  the  horrors  of  the  dun- 
geon in  which  he  was  confined.  And  now  all  the  resources 
of  her  lieroic  nature  were  taxed  to  their  utmost  to  devise  means 
for  obtaining  his  release.  She  appealed  to  the  Governor  of 
the  city  to  the  Queen,  to  the  jailers  and  other  officials,  but 
only  obtained  a  few  evasive  promises,  which  served  little 
else  than  to  keep  her  from  despair. 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY.  23 

Day  after  day,  aiul  month  after  month,  she  went  on  foot 
two  miles  to  the  prison  to  carry  some  word  of  comfort,  or 
article  of  food,  returning  alone,  often  late  in  the  evening 
worn  out  with  fatigue  and  anxiety.  The  only  mitigation  she 
could  gain  was  the  temporary  removal  of  her  husband  to  a 
bamboo  hut  in  the  prison  yard,  where  she  could  minister  to 
liis  necessities.  "-The  acme  of  my  distress,"  she  wrote,  "con- 
sisted in  the  awful  uncertainty  of  our  final  fate.  My  jire- 
vailing  opinion  was  that  my  husband  would  suffer  violent 
death  and  that  I  should  of  course  become  a  slave,  and  lan- 
guish out  a  miserable  though  short  existence,  in  the  tyrannic 
hands  of  some  unfeeling  master."' 

But  the  worst  was  yet  to  come.  "When  the  hot  season  set 
in,  the  foul  atmosphere  of  the  prison  was  insupportable.  Sev- 
eral of  the  prisoners  died,  and  Mr.  Judson  was  seized  with  a 
fever.  Just  then  they  were  ordered  away  from  Ava  to 
another  prison  near  Amarapoora.  Stripped  of  nearly  all  their 
clothing,  they  were  driven  on  foot  without  hat  or  shoes  un- 
der the  burning  sun,  until  their  backs  were  scorched  and 
their  feet  blistered  and  bleeding.  Mrs.  Judson,  on  hearing 
of  their  departure,  ran  from  street  to  street  to  learn  in  what 
direction  they  had  gone.  As  soon  as  she  ascertained,  she 
appealed  to  the  Governor  for  permission  to  follow,  and  started 
early  the  next  morning  carrying  in  her  arms  an  infant  child, 
born  in  the  midst  of  these  overwhelming  sorrows.  At  night- 
fall she  reached  her  husband  and  found  him  in  chains,  ut- 
terly helpless,  and  suffering  from  fever  and  wounds.  Though 
exhausted  herself,  she  summoned  the  feeble  remnants  of  her 
strength,  and  hastened  back  to  Ava  to  bring  their  medicine 
chest,  which  she  had  left  behind  in  her  flight.  She  returned 
with  it  only  to  fall  fainting  upon  a  mat,  from  which  she  did 
not  rise  for  two  months.  In  this  extremity,  she  was  unable 
to  care  for  herself,  her  husband  or  her  child,  and  they  must 
all  have  perished  had  it  not  been  for  a  faithful  Bengali  cook, 
who  did  everything  in  his  power  to  minister  to  their  wants. 

Such,  my  friends,  were  the    scenes   of   cruelty  and    terror 


24  BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 

through  which  this  brave-hearted  Bradford  woman  was  called 
to  pass.  Does  history  anywhere  show  us  an  instance  of  more 
intrepid,  courage  or  unflinching  devotion  ?  Search  the  annals 
of  (i-reek  or  Roman,  mediaeval  or  modern  heroism,  and  you 
will  find  no  name  worthier  to  be  honored  upon  your  walls 
than  hers.  The  late  Mrs.  Sigourney,  herself  one  of  Ameri- 
can's noblest  daughters,  was  so  moved  by  the  story  of  Mrs. 
Judson's  life  that  she  wrote  some  admirable  lines  in  her 
honor,  from  which  I  make  the  following  extract : 

"  Tardy  months  pass  by, 
And  find  her  still  intrepid  at  her  post 
Of  danger,  and  of  disajipointed  hope. 
Stern  sickness  smote  her,  but  she  felt  it  not, 
Heeded  it  not,  and  still  with  tireless  zeal 
Carried  the  hoarded  morsel  to  her  love ; 
Dared  the  rude  arrogance  of  savage  power 
To  plead  for  him ;  and  bade  his  dungeon  glow 
With  her  fair  brow,  as  erst  the  angel's  smile 
Aroused  imprisoned  Peter,  when  his  hands, 
Loos'd  from  their  chains,  were  lifted  high  in  praise." 

As  the  victorious  English  forces  under  Sir  Archibald  Camp- 
bell, approached  the  Capital,  it  became  evident  that  terms  of 
peace  must  be  made  at  once,  or  the  city  would  fall  into  their 
hands.  Accordingly  a  royal  embassy  was  sent  to  the  camp 
with  Mr.  Judson  as  interpreter.  The  negotiations  finally  suc- 
ceeded, and  the  war  which  had  continued  nearly  two  years,, 
was  terminated  b}'  the  Treaty  of  Yantabo,  February  24, 
1826. 

Arrangements  were  at  once  made  by  the  British  comman- 
der, for  the  safety  of  Mr.  and  Mrs.  Judson  and  their  little 
daughter  Maria,  who  were  kindly  received  at  his  headquar- 
ters and  provided  with  a  comfortable  passage  to  Rangoon  on 
a  gun  boat.  Soon  after,  they  removed  to  Amherst,  a  new 
town  at  the  mouth  of  the  Sal  wen,  named  in  honor  of  the 
Governor  General  of  India.  Here  they  were  able  to  rest  in 
peace,  with  the  prospect  of  an  interesting  missionary  work 
under  the  protection  of  the  British  flag.  But,  alas  I  for  hu- 
man hopes.  In  a  few  months,  Mrs.  Judson  was  seized  witli 
a  violent  fever  which  her  enfeebled  constitution  was  unable 
to  resist,  and  she  breathed  her  last  on  the  24th  of  October, 


BRADFORD     ACADEMY. 


25 


1826,  at  the  early  age  of  thirty-seven  years.  She  was  buried 
near  her  home,  under  a  kirge  hopia  tree,  on  a  beautiful  green 
bluff  overlooking  the  sea  ;  and  not  long  after,  her  little 
Maria  was  placed  by  her  side. 

Thus  ended  one  of  the  noblest  lives  ever  consecrated  to 
the  cause  of  missions.  To  Mrs.  Judson,  with  her  husband, 
was  assigned  the  toil  and  the  sacrifice,  the  joy  and  the  sor- 
row of  planting  the  Gospel  in  the  Burman  Empire.  She 
was  permitted  to  reap  with  him,  the  first  precious  fruits  of 
that  harvest  which  has  since  been  counted  by  thousands  of 
sheaves  gathered  into  the  garner  of  the  Lord.  All  honor  to 
them  that  sow  in  tears  ;    they  shall  reap  in  joy. 

To  you,  young  ladies,  and  to  those  who  come  after  you  in 
this  favored  school  of  learning,  we  commit  the  memory  of 
this  lovely  and  devoted  woman  whose  face  in  yonder  por- 
trait will  not  fail  to  inspire  you  to  noble  deeds  when  you 
remember  h?r  as  the  Bradford  girl,  the  consecrated  mission- 
ary and  the  renowned  heroine  of  Ava. 


BRADFORD  ACADEMY, 

BRADFORD,    MASS. 


Incorporated    I804. 


Brnslocs- 


Hon.  GEORGE  COGSWELL.   M.  D.,  Pres.,  Bradford. 

SAMUEL  D.  WARREN,  Vice  Pres.,  Boston. 
Rev.    JOHN  D.  KINGSBURY,  Treasurer.  Bradford. 

JOHN  CROWELL,  M.  D.,  Secretary,  Haverhill. 
Rev.    JAMES  H.  MEANS,  D.  D.,  Boston. 
Rev.    E.  K.   ALDEN,  D.  D.,  Boston. 
Rev.    RAYMOND   H.  SEELEY,  D.  D.,  Haverhill. 

EZRA  FARNSWORTH,  Boston, 
Hon.  WILLIAM  A.   RUSSELL,  Lawrence. 

JAMES  R.  NICHOLS,  M.  D.,  Haverhill. 

ELBRIDGE  TORREY,  Bosto7i. 


Miss  ANNIE    E.   JOHNSON, 

PRINCIPAL. 


©Batl^^rs  niih  JntliirGrs, 


Miss  ANNIE  E.  JOHNSON, 

Studies  of  llie  Senior  Year. 

Miss  MARY  E.  MAGRATH. 

Latin  and  Greek. 

Miss  MARY  F.  PINKERTON, 

English  Literature  and  Language. 

Miss  CAROLINE  L.  WHITE, 

English  Literature,  and  History. 

Miss  ALICE  I.   BROWN.  S.  B., 

Natural  Sciences. 

Miss  MARIE  KETTEMBEIL, 

French  and  German  . 

Miss  MARY  C.  BARSTOW, 

Piano. 

Prof.  SAMUEL  M.   DOWNS, 

piano,  Organ  and  Vocal  Music. 

Miss  LUCY  BELL, 

Drawing'  and    Painting. 

Miss   JENNIE  E.  IRESON, 

Elocution  and   Gymnastics. 

Rev.  JOHN  LORD,  LL.D., 

Lecturer   on  History. 

Prof.  CHAS.  A.  YOUNG,  LL.D. 
OF  THE  College  of  New  Jersey, 

Lecturer  on    Astronomy. 

Mr.    ARTHUR    OILMAN, 

Lecturer  on   Anglo  Saxon  Literature. 


13  R  A  D  1"  O  R  D      A  C  A  1)  1-:  M  Y  . 


Cea^^E  m  ^^nm. 


FIRST   YEAR. 

y    ,.      J  C;esar  or  Xepos. 
^^^'"'  I  Latin  Prose. 
Freuch,  German  or  Music. 

(  Algebra. 
Matliematics.  ]  Geometry. 

(  Trigonometry. 
English  Literature. 

Readings  in  Ancient  and  Mediieval  History. 
Lectures  on  Physiology,  Hygiene,  and  Botany. 
English  Prose  Writing. 
Weekly  Lessons  in  Dra-ning. 


SECOND  YEAR. 

Latin:     Virgil  and  Cicero. 

French,  German  or  Music. 

^,       .  ^  '  Eliot  and  Storer's  El.  ^lanual  and  Cooke's  Chemical. 

Chenustry:     ■'j  pi^nusophy. 

Mineralogy.     Brush's  Blowpipe  xVnalysis. 

Botany:  "Wood,  Gray. 

English  Literature. 

Readings  in  INIodern  History. 

English  Prose  Writing. 

Weekly  Lessons  in  Drawing. 


JUNIOR    YEAR. 

Latin,  Greek,  French  or  German. 

Rhetoric:     Seeley's  English  Lessons. 

Logic:  Jevons. 

Physics. 

Astronomy. 

English  Prose  Writing. 

I^ectures  on  Comparative  Zoology  and  Geology. 

Readings  in  Shakespeare  and  other  English  Classioe. 


BRADFORD      ACADEMY 


SENIOR  YEAR. 

Mental  Science :     Hopkins,  Hamilton. 

Moral  Science:     Alexander  and  Hopkins. 

Natural  Theology:     Paley  and  Butler,  Chalmers'  Lectm-es. 

Evidences  of  Christianity.     Hopkins. 

Histoiy  of  Englisli  Language:     Lounsbnry. 

English  Prose  Writing. 

C  History  of  Art. 

Lectures,  <  History  of  Architecture. 
f  Church  History. 

Lessons  throughout  the  course  in  English  Composition,  Elocution  and  Vo- 
cal Music. 

Private  Lessons  in  Drawing,  Painting  and  Music. 

Familiar  Lectures  through  the  course  in  Physiology  and  the  laws  of  life, 
illustrated  by  a  choice  collection  of  Models  and  Preparations  of  the  hu- 
man body,  forming  a  very  complete  physiological  cabinet. 

The  school  is  furnished  with  well  selected  apparatus  for  illustration  of 
Physics  and  Chemistry,  and  each  pupil  has  facilities  for  personal  work 
in  the  Laboratory. 


PREPARATORY  COURSE. 


The  studies  in  the  Preparatory  Course  are  as  follows:  Arithmetic,  with 
Metric  System,  Algebra,  to  Equations  with  two  unknown  qualities  in 
Olney's  Complete  Algebra,  or  its  equivalent.  English  Grammar,  Allen 
and  Greenough's  Latin  Grammar  and  Leighton's  Latin  Eeader,  Latin 
Prose  in  Leighton's  Latin  Lessons,  Modern  Geography  and  History  of 
the  United  States. 


SPECIAL  COURSES. 


For  advanced  pupils,  who  come  for  a  less  time  than  the  regular  course  re- 
quires. Special  Courses  are  arranged  in  those  subjects  which  they  are 
prepared  to  take. 


COURSE  OF  STUDY  IN   THE   BIBLE. 

PURSUED    DURING    THE    PAST    YEAR, 

For  pupils  of  the  First  Year:     From  Joshua  to  II  Kings. 

For  pufjils  of  the  Second  Year:     History  of  the  Jews  completetl,   and  the 

Projihets. 
For  pupils  of  the  Junior  Year:     Life  of  Christ. 
For  pupils  of  the  Senior  Year  :     Lives  of  St.  Peter,  St.  Paul  and  St.  John.. 

and  the  Epistles. 


B  R  ^.  D  I-  O  I<  D      A  C  A  DEMY 


con^gE  ij\i  jiw. 


Free  instruction  is  given  in  Art,  according  to  the  following  scheiUile. 
Advanced  students  pursue  a  liiglier  course  in  Art  study,  for  which  there 
is  extra  charge : 


FIRST   YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Freehand  drawing,  giving  practice  in  straight  and  curv(.'d  lines.  Exercises 
drawn  from  dictation  and  memory. 

SECOND   TERM. 

Drawings  made  in  outline  from  flowers,  leaves  and  other  simple  forms  from 
nature.  Natural  forms  conventionalized.  Original  designs  made  fi-om 
conventional  forms. 

THIRD   TERM. 

Outline  drawing  from  casts.  Studies  in  foliage  and  architectural  ornaments 
from  engraved  copies.     Shading. 


SECOND   YEAR. 

FIRST  TERM. 

Practice  in  straight  and  curved  lines,  conventional  forms  and  designing. 
Drawing  and  shading  from  casts  and  other  models. 

SECOND   TERM. 

Stuilies  made  of  the  liumau  figure  from  casts,  and  of  landscajies,  and  animals 
from  engraved  copies.  The  last  half  of  the  term  devoted  to  the  study  of 
Perspective. 

THIRD   TERM. 

Studies  in  Perspective  continued.  Drawing  and  shading  in  charcoal  from 
casts  and  other  models,  and  from  natural  forms.  Sketching  from  nature 
when  practicable.     Decorative  work  in  pen,  ink,  and  sepia. 


BRADFORD      ACADE>rV 


C0a^3E  IN  Mosic. 


The  course  of  study  for  the  Piano  P'orte.  iMiibraces  selections  adapted  to 
the  requirements  of  the  pupil,  from  the  following  authors: 

Czerny.  Cramer,  Jensen,  Krause,  Loeschhorn.  Bach"s  Inventions,  de- 
menti's "  Gradus  ad  Parnassum"'  (Tausig).  Eschmann,  Bennett,  Mos- 
cheles.  Bach's  French  and  English  Suites  ;  Grund,  Ilarberbier  (Poesies) 
Chopin.  Henselt,  KuUak's  Octave  Stixdies,  Bach's  '"Well  Tempered  Cla- 
vier," Kubenstein,  KalT,  Brahms,  Eheinberger,  Beethoven,  Mozart,  Schu- 
mann, Mendelasohn,  Saint  Saens,  Scarlatti,  Handel,  John  Field  and  others. 

In  the  study  of  Vocal  Music,  exercises,  embracing  a  Mide  range  in  the 
Italian  and  English  schools  are  used.  Especial  care  is  given  to  the  manner 
of  breatliing,  and  its  practical  application  to  the  formation  of  pure  tones. 
The  study  of  the  diatonic  scale  is  constant  on  the  Italian  vowels,  and  great 
attention  is  given  to  phrasing,  and  clear  enunciation.  The  principal  text- 
books in  Harmony  are  Eichter's  Manual,  and  Emeiy's  Harmony. 

It  is  the  aim  of  the  teachers  in  this  department,  while  developing  the 
technical  skill  necessary  for  the  modern  school,  to  stimulate  the  musical 
sense,  and  cultivate  a  love  for  what  is  best  and  noblest  in  the  art. 


15  U  A  D  F  O  R  D      AC  A  D  E  51  V  . 


C/IIiEND7{R. 


THE    YEAR    1885  36. 

First  Term  opens Tuesday,  September  S,  1SS5 

First  Term  closes Wednesday,  Dec.  2,  18S5. 

Second  Term  opens Tuesday,  Dec.  8,  1885. 

Recess  at  Christmas  time. 

Second  Term  closes  . Friday,  March  5,  1S86. 

Third  Term  opens Tuesday,  March  23,  18S6. 

Third  Term  closes ...  Wednesday,  June  23,  1SS6. 

The  academic  year  closes  on  the  last  Wednesday  but  one  in  June,  and 
consists  of  three  terms. 

The  year  1SS5-86  will  commence  on  the  second  Tuesday  in  September. 


E^PEN3Eg. 


Board,  including  washing,  fuel  and  lights,  First  Term,  .    .    .  $Sooo 

«'             "               "           "                "        Second  Term,  .    .  90.00 

'«             "               "           "                "        Third  Term,  .  .    .  90.00 

Tuition,  including  English  branches,  Latin  and  French,  Greek  or 

German,  and  Vocal  Music  in  Classes,  ($20.00  per  term),  for 

the  year 6c.co 

Total  expenses  for  the  year •    .    .         320.00 

Special  rates  to  daughters  of  Clergymen  and  missionaries. 

No  extras  except  the  following  : 
Tuition  in  Music  and  Art  : 

I  istruction  on  Piano,  per  term, $20.00  to  $40.00 

Use  of  Piano  one  hour  a  day,  per  term 3.00 

I  istruciion  in  Art,  including  Linear  and  Perspective  Drawing  and 

Painting,  according  to  the  ability  of  the  pupil,  per  term,  .  .    .  16.00 


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Tuition  and  one-half  the.  board  must  bo  paid  during  the  first  week  of 
eacli  term. 

There  M'ill  be  no  deduction  in  tuition  for  absence. 

In  case  of  protracted  absence,  one-lialf  tire  board  will  be  deducted  during 
the  time  of  absence. 

There  will  be  no  charge  for  board  to  those  pupils  Avho  remain  at  the 
Academy  during  the  holiday  recess,  and  no  deduction  for  those  who  ai-e  ab- 
sent. During  vacation  in  March,  five  dollars  ^a  week  will  be  charged  to 
those  pupils  who  remain. 

Application  may  be  made  to  Miss  Axnie  E.  Johxson,  Principal.  In 
case  of  a  failure  after  an  engagement  has  been  made,  information  should 
be  given  immediately. 

Applicants  for  admission  are  required  to  bring  certificates  of  good  moral 
standing  from  the  principal  of  the  school  from  which  they  come. 

For  admission  to  the  regular  course,  an  examination  is  required  in  Arith- 
metic, including  the  Metiic  System,  Algebra  to  equations  with  two  un- 
known quantities  in  Olney's  Complete  Algebra,  or  its  equivalent,  English 
Grammar,  Latin  Grannnar,  Latin  I'eader,  Latin  Prose  in  Leightonis  Latin 
Lessons,  Modem  Geography,  and  History  of  the  United  States. 

Pupils  entering  special  courses  nuist  pass  examinations  in  Preparatory 
Studies. 

For  admission  to  an  advanced  class,  an  examination  is  required  in  tlie 
preceding  studies  of  the  course,  or  their  equivalents. 

It  is  expected  that  pupils,  whether  entering  in  September,  or  latei-,  will 
remain  till  the  close  of  the  school  year. 

Each  pupil  should  be  provided  with  towels  and  napkins,  thick  boots  and 
overshoes,  umbrella  and  Avaterproof,  and  have  each  article  of  her  dress 
marked  Avitli  her  full  name. 

Books  and  stationery  can  be  had  at  the  institution. 

Bradford  is  on  the  line  of  the  Boston  and  Maine  Kailroad,  thirty  miles 
from  Boston. 


BRADFORD      ACADEMY, 


Bradford  Academy  is  the  oldest  seminary  for  young 
ladies  in  the  country.  Founded  in  1803,  and  incorpo- 
rated in  1804,  it  has  been  in  successful  operation  ever 
since.  The  school  edifice,  including  the  boarding  and 
school  departments  under  the  same  roof,  is  located  near 
the  centre  of  an  area  of  twenty-five  acres,  twelve  of  which 
are  covered  with  a  fine  growth  of  oaks,  and  are  laid  out 
with  paths  for  exercise  and  recreation.  The  other  portions 
of  the  grounds  are  under  the  charge  of  competent  persons 
with  a  system  of  constant  improvement  to  adorn  the  same 
with  walks,  shrubs,  and  trees,  so  as  to  give  increased  beauty 
and  promote  the  comfort  of  those  connected  with  the  Acad- 
emy. The  situation  is  elevated,  overlooking  the  city  of 
Haverhill,  across  the  River  Merrimack,  and  commanding 
broad  views  on  every  side.  The  air  is  fresh  and  invigor- 
ating, and  the  healthfulness  of  the  location  has  been  abund- 
antly proved  during  the  past  years  of  the  school.  The 
building  is  of  brick,  four  stories  high,  in  the  form  of  a  cross, 
wide  corridors  extending  from  east  to  west,  and  affording 
healthful  promenades  in  inclement  weather.  A  parlor 
and  two  bed-rooms  constitute  a  suite  of  rooms  for  four 
pupils.  These  rooms  are  eleven  and  twelve  feet  high,  and 
receive  a  full  supply  of  air  and  sunlight.  The  school 
hall,  recitation  and  music  rooms,  library,  reading-rooms,  par- 
lors, dining-room,  rooms  for  business,  bathing-rooms,  and 


12  BRADFORD      ACADEMY. 

closets,  are  all  ordered  on  a  generous  scale  for  convenience, 
health  and  comfort.  The  entire  building  is  heated  by  steam, 
and  lighted  by  gas,  and  supplied  with  an  abundance  of  pure 
Avater.  No  efforts  are  spared  to  make  this  a  model  estab- 
lishment. 

An  addition  to  the  west  wing  is  now  completed.  It  is 
86  X  52  feet,  three  stories  above  the  basement,  and  built  of 
brick  and  granite.  There  are  in  it  a  bowling  alley,  gymna- 
sium, laboratory,  art  room,  twelve  music  rooms,  and  an  ob- 
servatory. There  are  elegant  suites  of  rooms  for  the  accom- 
modation of  twenty  more  pupils.  The  finely  constructed 
flight  of  stairs  in  the  south  end  of  the  annex  will  furnish 
perfect  and  ample  fire  escape  for  the  whole  academy — when 
taken  in  connection  with  what  there  now  is.  The  inside  is 
finished  in  the  best  of  western  brown  ash.  This  addition  is 
designed  to  furnish  such  complete  facilities  as  shall  make 
Bradford  Academy,  in  all  its  appointments,  as  perfect  as 
jDossible. 

The  course  of  study  has  been  recently  revised  and  enlarged 
to  meet  the  demands  of  the  present  day,  and  secure  a  thorough 
and  broad  mental  development.  The  course  is  comprehensive, 
embracing  both  the  solid  and  ornamental  branches.  Three 
full  studies  for  each  term  are  assigned  to  each  pupil,  and  are 
considered  sufficient,  as  the  multiplication  of  subjects  leads 
to  superficial  know^ledge,  rather  than  true  growth  of  mind. 
Care  has  been  taken  to  secure  the  best  instruction  in  the 
various  branches  of  study.  Besides  the  regular  teachers,  lec- 
turers of  eminence  in    various  departments  are  employed. 

Rev.  John  Lord,  LL.D.  has  been  for  many  years  connected 
with  the  school  as  a  lecturer  on  history. 


B  R  A  D  F  O  U  D      ACADEMY.  1 3 

Prof.  Charles  A.  Young,  LL.D.,  of  The  College  of  New 
Jerse}^  lectures  on  astronomy. 

The  Library  has  had  large  additions  made  to  it  recently, 
selected  with  great  care  from  all  departments  of  literature, 
furnishing  works  of  the  highest  authority  ;  and  in  the  de- 
partment of  Art,  woiks  of  great  cost  and  beauty.  The  read- 
ing room  is  well  supplied  Avith  current  literature. 

The  natural-history  room  is  furnished  with  a  valuable  cab- 
inet of  minerals,  and  a  collection  of  shells  and  curiosities ; 
and  a  physiological  cabinet. 

Neatness  and  simplicity  of  dress,  and  the  maintenance  of 
a  sound  physical  condition,  are  enjoined  upon  all.  Daily  ex- 
ercise in  the  open  air  is  required  when  the  weather  jDermits  ; 
and  a  room  has  been  recently  fitted  up  with  gymnastic  ap- 
paratus adapted  to  the  wants  of  the  pupils  in  that  regard. 

There  is  also  an  opportunit}^  for  boating  and  skating  upon 
Tupelo  Lake,  in  "  Academic  Grove,"  connected  with  the  in- 
stitution. 

The  pupils  are  under  the  constant  care  of  teachers  whose 
earnest  effort  is  to  form  their  characters  on  the  basis  of  Chris- 
tian principle.  The  Bible  is  read  daily,  and  made  a  study 
in  the  school,  and  all  are  required  to  attend  public  worship 
on  the  Sabbath. 

It  is  the  design  of  the  Trustees  to  surround  all  the  pupils 
who  come  to  this  Institution  with  the  best  of  home  influ- 
ence ;  and  it  will  ever  be  their  care  to  enjoin  upon  those 
who  are  brought  into  immediate  chnrge  of  pupils,  to  spare 
no  pains  in  promoting  their  social  and  physical  good. 


14  BRADFORD      ACADEMY. 


W^  MB^^^Y. 


The  members  of  the  school  have  free  access  to  the  Library 
under  the  charge  of  the  Librarian.  It  contains  nearly  four 
thousand  volumes,  selected  with  special  reference  to  the  needs 
of  the  institution. 

The  following  books  have  been  added  by  donation  during 
the  past  year  : 

From  Hon.  Ebeii  F.  Stone,  MJ^C. 
Report  of  loth  United  States  Census.      lo  Vols, 

From  John  Crowell,  M.  D. 
Jeancon's  "Atlas  of  Human  Anatomy." 

From  Hon.  Eben  F.  Stone,  M.  C. 

Report  of  Smithsonian  Institution. 

Forest  Trees  of  North  America,  with  Maps. 

Report  on  Finance,  U.  S. 

Report  of  U.  S.  Geological  Survey. 

From  Enrean  of  Education. 

Educational  Reports.     2  Vols. 

From  Hon.  L.  Emery,  Jr. 

Geology  of  State  of  Pennsylvania. 

Small's  Legislative  Handbook  of  Pennsylvania. 

From  Mrs.  S.  D.   Warren. 
Drummond's  Natural  Laws  in  the  Spiritual  World. 

From  Dr.  &  Mrs.  Allen. 
Divine  Origin  of  Christianity.     By  Dr.  Storrs. 


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