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in the summer of 1877. Later in the year, Dr. Darlington moved the institution to a location just outside the
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as a boys' school but soon thereafter was changed to one exclusively for girls. Richard
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patch in the rear of the dwelling was rendered entirely bare, all of the new growth being scraped off by the friction of the storm-cloud. The injury to the
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Darlington was succeeded in 1861 by his brother, Richard Darlington Jr. who bought the Ercildoun Seminary for Young Ladies. While at Ercildoun, the school had over 1,200 boarders.
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