page 713, 717, 722 Bradford SUMNER was Principal of the Academy of Leicester 1818 and 1819. He graduated from Brown University in 1808. Burritt A. SMITH was Principal from July 1849 to August 1852. After the large increase of funds in 1852, extensive alterations and improvements were made in the building. The main building above the school rooms was converted into an audience room and named "SMITH HALL." Colonel Thomas DENNY with William EARLE, made hand-cards on DENNY Hill. In 1802 he began the manufacture of cards, hand and machine, on the corner of Main and Market Streets, which he conducted on an extensive scale til his death in 1814. Leicester National Bank was chartered as a State Bak March 4, 1826 with a capitol of one hundred thousand dollars, which in 1853 was increased to one hundred and fifty thousand dollars. N.P. DENNY was President Oct. 4, 1830; Joseph A. DENNY was president Oct. 1, 1838; Charles A. DENNY was president Dec. 16, 1878. John A. SMITH was cashier May 26, 1826. It was made a National Bank on March 21, 1865.