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>'<¦ : '¦ ¦ ¦ - , ¦ ,. Historical Account of th $ W&r * ... rington , Academy * ? v -. ( Continued Jromp * 5 . } In the course of the summer of
17 57 * the Committee were busily employed in making arrangements for obtaining suitable accommodations for the several tutors , and a public hall , library and class , rooms , wjfcb a view to the com .
mencefnen ^ of , the first session , early in the autumn of the same year . Accordingly , a range of buildings , at the north-west end of the bridge , w $ s engaged , to which was attached a considerable extent of garden * grpiind * and a handsome
terracewaJ k ^ on the ? ba ^ nks of the Mersey ; possessing , altogether , a respectable collegiate appearance . Here tKe Academy continued for several ymrs . 40 ibelr endeavours to collect a ra
1 j ^ ry , ip some degree correspopdent to the extensive plan con * te ^ plated , j n tfci £ institution of the Ac ^^ tfi ^ , the Trustees were par > - tiimari ^ fy . ypi ^ redxn Besides severa l p ^ i y ^ jte . benef ac tions of consider ;^) e v al ue , ( particularly from Mr / J ^ jp es JPercival , of Liverpool , aft ^ rward ^ ofWarringtoq , and from Mr ^ Heprjr K en / JaJ l , of JJ 1 v rstone , ) Mr . Richard Grp ^ venor , son of
the venerable Dr « , 3 enjamkiOros » ve ^ r ^ ' Q ^ ^ nA ojq made an offer , whicj ^ wai ^ th ankfully accepted , of th . ^ npg C 9 jtectjopt # f his venemble ^ S 4 iP ^ ' ^ w 4 ( ji 9 Pr lha ^ they ^ T ^ -tif * : . ^ Mr > tlbe . Mpds of
^ IWli JP fffl&e * - ***™*** * tfcftt t h € y \ M &m WW he ^ gmen pri vate P ^^ fer ' ^' wifi ^ ^ U vfuture ui « y W ^^ fevo ^ rab ^ ^ v ^ nt * , } , ,. ¦' ' ' * \>* ' : ¦ ¦ ' v ¦• ¦¦ - >¦
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80 Historical Account of the Warringten Academy .
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should attend this institution , they ^ migte be ttan ^ fe # recfeto sk ^ tte . ot'M Di ^ s ^ nting QGad ^ tny ; , at ^ lfe ^ sttme t
tina ^ ^ allowifig ^ liberty <^ dte po ^^ of duplicates , w Cf w ^ cfc boqks afc were not inimediatdly- o ^ eftil" Cef the design , provided that 1 the moT ^ e ^ arising from sucb sale ^ ^ bootd ^ be
employed in the puJtjhafie of other books which should also be esteemed a part of the Dr / s libraryi But a still more important acquisition was made of the valuable
library © f the Rev . SamuelStubfe ^ which his brother * Mr ^ SlUbbs ^ f Longdon ^ near Litehfietdv # afe pleitsi ed to signify his iavou ^ & bl e ineJina-i tioii ^ to have emfll&yei&f&r the use of the academy yOtoc ^ n 4 rtion that ;
upon the failure of the i ^ nstit ^ t fdt ^ they should be retorted to MinS or otherwise disposed of &s 3 i ^ should direct ^ for the promotion < tf literature among Protestant tlfe ^ senters . These two large ^ oaltei *^ tions have continued to form ttif ^
basis of the library at Warr * i ^ to % at Manchester ,, and now at ^ 4 # k ~ i in favour of which last iustitUtioh the surviving repr ^ &enr ^ tivei df'tK ^ Stubbs family , has lately * , ihlfc ^ handsomest manner , ivlinqliished all claim to , and conttofct ) Wjh&V uncled books . CdtiMdera Wl ^^^
ditions * have , from ainre--ito fltq < % * been made , as w ^ li © Ul - ' * Sf Chlr funds of the institution , a * in the form of benefactions fram various persons , ( particularly fr <> 4 n SamtMl ^
* May it aot be 4 .- ^ orthy ^ suBj ^ t 6 t the enquiries of your Birmingham cor ^ respondents ^ to endcavpur " ^ o ^ s c ^ ri ^ iu where this gentlemanwa ^ s educateQ , and
where he was ^ a thinistcr ? From , the number and variety of valuable Works w hicb he had colleq * ejd > w& the intpqrtant notes and re ^ efeifce ? , inter ^ per ^ ert in the margins of rhah y of them , g p ^ w j ^ , probabl y a man of ebnif ^ rabte iQartfing and curious fesbarch . ' ^ r '
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Monthly Repository (1806-1838) and Unitarian Chronicle (1832-1833), Feb. 2, 1813, page 86, in the Nineteenth-Century Serials Edition (2008; 2018) ncse.ac.uk/periodicals/mruc/issues/vm2-ncseproduct2425/page/6/
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