NH, USA
Phillips Exeter Academy Founded
April 3, 1781
DateApril 3, 1781
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John Phillips executed the deed of gift establishing Phillips Exeter Academy on April 3, 1781, with a founding document explicitly connecting education to republican self-governance — a direct expression of the civic values Exeter had cultivated during the war.
People Involved
John Phillips(Merchant)
Exeter merchant who founded Phillips Exeter Academy in 1781, endowing it with a republican civic mission. His founding deed explicitly connected education to citizens' capacity for self-governance in the new republic.