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Ogdensburg and was there also concerned in the interests of the school district library. In 1858 he left the hardware business and came to Detroit, where he interested the board of education in the establishment of the high school. He was practically the founder of that institution and he not only so managed it that it justified itself against strong opposition, but in a short space it ranked with the best in the State, for its graduates were almost annually among those candidates for admission to the University who received scholarships, upon competitive examination, for the best preparation. He was principal of the high school until 1871.
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