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ALFRED , a See also:

village in the township of Alfred, Allegany See also:county, New See also:York, U.S.A., about 75 M. S.W. of See also:Buffalo. Pop. of the township, including the village (1900), 1615; (1910 U. S. See also:census) 1590. Pop. of the village (I goo) 756; (1910 U. S. census) 759. The township is served, at Alfred station, by the See also:Erie railway. The village, which. is connected by See also:stage with the station, is situated at the junction of two valleys and commands delightful views of See also:mountain scenery. On the See also:west slope of See also:Pine See also:Hill is Alfred University (co-educational), which embraces a See also:college (non-sectarian), an See also:academy (non-sectarian) and a theological See also:seminary (Seventh-See also:Day Baptist). Closely associated with it also, and under the management of the university trustees, is the New York See also:State School of See also:Clay-Working and See also:Ceramics (igoo), one of the most efficient See also:schools of the See also:kind in the See also:country. In 1908 the legislature of New York appropriated $8o,000 for the See also:establishment of a state school of See also:agriculture in connexion with the university. The institution had its beginning in 1836 in a private school.

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developed into an academy, which- in 1843 was incorporated as Alfred Academy and Teachers' Seminary; in 1857 the university was chartered under its See also:present name. The See also:principal See also:industry of the village is the manufacture of roofing tiles. The township of Alfred lies within the territory See also:purchased by See also:Robert See also:Morris in 1791. He sold it in the same See also:year to a See also:company See also:resident in See also:London, See also:England. Their See also:agent sold most of it to settlers and, it is said, named the township, when it was organized in 18o6, in See also:honour of Alfred the See also:Great. The first See also:settlement within its present limits was made in 1807. For several years most of the settlers were Seventh-Day See also:Baptists, and in 1812 they organized a See also:church here. The village of Alfred was chartered in 1887. J. S. Minard, Allegany County and its See also:People (Alfred, 1896).

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