| Located
in Andover, Massachusetts, north of
Boston, Phillips Academy was founded
during the American Revolution as an
all-boys school in 1778 by Samuel
Phillips, Jr., a member of the important
revolutionary war family, the Phillips.
The school's great seal was designed by
Paul Revere, and during its first year,
George Washington spoke at the school and
was so impressed that he recommended that
his nephews go there, and they did. John
Hancock, the famous signer of the United
States Declaration of Independence,
signed the school's articles of
incorporation. Phillip's Academy
traditionally educated its students for
Yale, merged with neighboring Abbot
Academy, which was founded in 1829 as the
first school for girls in New England and
named for Sarah Abbot.
Horace M.
Poynter, son of the Rev. Wiley T. Poynter
and Clara Davis (Martin), was educated
here and like many other students,
attended and graduated from Yale
University. He then returned to Phillips
Academy where he was a professor Greek
and Latin. He was married in Oak Park,
Illinois to Miss Elsie F. Pitkin, a
graduate of Wellesley College, and
daughter of Edwin Hand Pitkin.
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