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University of Delaware: A History: Francis Alison's Academy

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The opening of Alison's "Free School" was an event of importance both for the school's impact in its time and for its eventual development into a much larger and more comprehensive institution. The school was founded in 1736 by Francis Alison, a Presbyterian minister who had come to the middle colonies from Scotland. This is a historical accounting of how it grew to become the University of Delaware.

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