Norristown Academy Explained

Norristown Academy was a private preparatory academy established in 1805 in Norristown, Pennsylvania.[1] [2] [3] Many prominent people have been educated there, including Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, James Madison Porter,[4] and Samuel Medary.[5] It was torn down in 1829.

Notes and References

  1. Book: Junkin . David Xavier . Norton . Frank Henry . 1880 . The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political . New York . D. Appleton and Co. . 9 . 9 November 2014 .
  2. 8 October 1938 . October 31 marks 150th anniversary of birth of D. R. Porter, first Governor of Pennsylvania . Altoona Tribune . Altoona, Pa. . 87080066 . 15348854 . . subscription .
  3. Book: Huskey . Stan . 2009 . Remembering Norristown: Stories from the Banks of the Schuylkill River . Charleston . History Press . 55–56 . 9781596297234 . 427439580 . 9 November 2014 . .
  4. Web site: Biographical Sketches . n.d. . Lafayette College Library . 1 . PDF . 9 November 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20141109040458/https://archives.lafayette.edu/sites/default/files/porterfamily_0.pdf . 9 November 2014 .
  5. Dorn . Helen P. . 1944 . Samuel Medary, Journalist and Politician, 1801-1864 . . 53/January–March 1944/Number 1 . 14–38 . 0030-0934 . 138597892 . 9 November 2014 .

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