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Erected by the Town of Sackville to commemorate the 150th anniversary of the founding of Mount Allison University by CHARLES FREDERICK ALLISON, merchant, philanthropist, churchman and citizen of the town. In recognition of a long and harmonious relationship, May 6, 1989.

Marker placed by Town of Sackville, in 1989.

On Charles Frederick Allison (1795-1858), see Milner, W.C., History of Sackville New Brunswick (Sackville, N.B.: The Tribune Press, 1934), pp. 110-112 (also available online at History of Sackville New Brunswick); Dictionary of Canadian Biography, Vol. VIII, pp. 15,16. On Allison's role in the estaliushment and opening of the Academy for boys, see Reid, John G., Mount Allison University: A History to 1963, Vol. I: 1843-1914, (Toronto: University of Toronto, 1984), pp. 3-25.

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