[J. Thomas Scharf (1886)] ' 1 had ended. During his administration the roll show-Led at one time eighty students. After this for some i i years, at different dates, no report whatever was made, I j and in the year 1827 it was found necessary to call the t attention of the patrons of the institution to its con-I dition, which appeared to indicate decay. A resolu-tion was adopted that the academy buildings be re-paired and placed in good order etc., and then is ap-pended a list of names, forty-eight in number, of con-' tributors of from one to twenty-five dollars each for this purpose. Among the names are those of Pierre ' Van Cortlandt, Jr., Peter Jay Munroe, Lewis Morris, I Stephen De Lancey, John Quick, etc. Epenetus Wallace, M.D., was at this time clerk of the board. I The reports of subsequent years show a decided in-i crease in the number of pupils and the prosperity of i the academy. Among the teachers mentioned are I the Revs. Herman Daggett, Abraham Purdy, A.M.,, and Hiram Jelift", the two first-named being ministers II of the North Salem Presbyterian Church, and Dr. I Samuel B. Mead, Ebenezer Close, John C. Jones and '■ [ G. S. Tozer. Under the more recent regime John F.