a little background: Abolitionist James Marshall DeGarmo (1838-1919) was a birthright Hicksite Quaker in Dutchess County, NY. A pioneer in secondary education, he received an honorary Master of Arts from Princeton and a Doctorate of Philosophy for his success as an educator at the DeGarmo Institute in Rhinebeck and Fishkill-on Hudson (now Beacon). He was …
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