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William Huddleston’s son, Thomas, that the
School was first given financial assistance hy
.Trinity Church. Under Hildreth, again, it was
decided to move the School to a separate building
on Rector Street. This structure was of two
stories, the first for the Head Master and the
second, a single large room, for instruction. In
November, 1749, the scholars moved into this
new building and in February it burned down.
The persons in authority decided to rebuild the
School at a cost of four hundred pounds. That
this expenditure did not provide complete com­
fort is suggested by the purchase, in 1759, of
an iron stove from Philadelphia to supplement
the fireplace.
Shortly before Hildreth’s death in 1 777, the
School again burned down, this time in the great
fire of September 21, 1776, following the retreat
of Washington. In the same fire, a quarter of
New York City was destroyed. Hildreth went
on undaunted, and, while the Collegiate School
Trinity School, T'arick and Cana! Sheds (1S21-57) was forced to skip about eight years of operation,
by October he had twenty-five boys and ten girls
enrolled.
Although the School did go into somewhat of

Trinity School, fifth doorway from the right (1873-89)

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