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The History of Drury Academy -689- HE HISTORY of Drury Academy dates back to the building of the original edifice in 1843 upon the height which the present building now crowns. , In 1840, Nathan Drury, seriously ill and feeling that the end must soon come, made a will wherein, among other evidences of his large-hearted generosity, he bequeathed 593,000 for the purpose of founding a school, to be known as Drury Academy. The building was completed in 1843 and for nine years the school was conducted by Lyman Thompson who had been selected as principal. Drury was at that time, as the reader understands, a private school. At first the school was very successful, the membership at one time amounting to about one hundred, but under Mr. Thompson's charge it finally fell into a decline and its condition became very discouraging. The trustees accordingly voted in 1850 to choose a committee of three to advise with Mr. Thompson and the school committee in relation to establishing a high school in connection with the academy. An arrangement to this end was effected and in 1851 a free high school was first established in North 6
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