The Genesis of the University of New Brunswick
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Excerpt from The Genesis of the University of New Brunswick: With a Sketch of the Life of William Brydone-Jack, A. M., D. C. L., President, 1861-1885 Doctor William Paine, the first of the signers of the memorial, was a native of Worcester, Massachusetts. At the peace in 1783, he obtained from Governor Parr a grant of Téte Island in Passamaquoddy Bay and went there to live. Writing from thence in August, 1784, he says: "My situation I like very much; my lands are certainly well located, and if Mrs. Paine could content herself I should be well pleased. Her objection is that the children cannot be properly educated. This island will soon be a place of consequence, and ultimately the principal port in British America. Paine´s expectations were based upon the proximity of the fine harbour known as L´Etang, near the mouth of the Bay of Fundy. Dr. Paine was in 1785 elected a member of the first House of Assembly for the County of Charlotte and appointed first clerk of the House. It is said that at a dinner party given by Doctor and Mrs. Paine in Worcester, Mass., shortly before the outbreak of the Revolution, some of the Whigs refused to drink the health of the King, until John Adams advised them sotto voce, to comply, saying, "We shall be able to return the compliment." Accordingly Adams immediately afterwards proposed the health of his Satanic Majesty, the Devil! Paine was very indignant, but his wife with ready woman´s wit turned the laugh on Adams by saying, "My dear, as the gentleman has been so kind as to drink the King´s health, let us by no means refuse to drink to his friend." In 1786 the Governor-in-Council ordered that 2,000 acres of land in the vicinity of Fredericton be devoted to the maintenance of the Provincial Academy of Arts and Sciences. And in the session of 1793, the House of Assembly resolved that an annual sum, not exceeding £200, be allowed for the purpose of assisting in the erection of proper buildings for the Academy. The site selected was near the present Christ Church Cathedral. The Academy was at first little more than an old time Grammar School. In 1800, however, it was established by provincial charter as the "College of New Brunswick," and five years later there was added to its annual income the sum of £100 derived from the rentals of its lands. From time to time the grant was increased until in the time of Sir Howard Douglas(1829) it had reached a sum equivalent to $8,844.48 currency, and this continued to be the annual legislative grant for current expenses until as late, at least, as 1898. 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.
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