The Governor's Academy is a co-educational, college-preparatory day and boarding school in Byfield, Massachusetts. Established in 1763 in memory of Massachusetts governor William Dummer, Governor's is the oldest boarding school in New England.
The Governor's Academy
Mansion House, formerly the residence of William Dummer
William Dummer was a politician in the Province of Massachusetts Bay. He served as its lieutenant governor for fourteen years (1716–1730), including an extended period from 1723 to 1728 when he acted as governor. He is remembered for his role in leading the colony during what is sometimes called Dummer's War, which was fought between the British colonies of northeastern North America and a loose coalition of native tribes in what is now New Hampshire, Maine, New Brunswick, and Nova Scotia.
Jonathan Belcher
Page from a 1724 letter by Captain Thomas Stoddard describing plan for Fort Dummer
A 19th century depiction of the death of Sebastian Rale in the 1724 Battle of Norridgewock
Elisha Cooke Jr.