Rev. Mr. Alden's Academy at Portsmouth Tuition Conditions
Rev. Mr. Alden's Academy for the Instruction of Masters and Misses
Conditions
- One dollar is to be paid, by each pupil, on first entering this institution
- The masters pay seven dollars, a quarter
- Those misses, who attend to the working of muslin and embroidery, pay seven dollars, and the rest six dollars, a quarter
- The room rent is assessed equally on the pupils
- No pupil can be admitted, for less than a quarter. Every one, having begun a quarter, is expected to pay for the whole quarter, at whatever time he or she may leave the institution, unless there may be some special reason to the contrary.
- This institution on the present plan, commenced the 14 of April 1806.
Instruction: $7.00
Room rent: $0.25
Books & Stationary: $0.54
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TOTAL per quarter: $7.79
Timothy Alden Jr. (1771 - 1839) was a Harvard educated pastor who was ordained in 1799 as an associate pastor in the South Parish of Portsmouth, NH. He moved to Boston to open a ladies' school in 1808. Two years later he became principal of the Newark Ladies Academy in New Jersey. By 1817, he was inaugurated President and Professor in the Faculty of Allegheny College,
By all accounts, Rev. Alden was a charismatic and motivated man who pursued opportunities to expand education throughout his life.
A sampler worked by Sally Blunt (American Needlework Treasures: Samplers and Silk Embroideries from the Collection of Betty Ring, p. 19. fig. 28) is attributed to Rev. Alden's Academy, c. 1807
DATE:
13 October 1806
SIZE:
8.5" x 6.5" x 0.5"
CONDITION:
With foxing, darkening, creases, and small hole.