1853-02-26 - Historic Twin Cities
On this date in 1853, the Rev. Edward Duffield Neill obtains a charter for the Baldwin School. This college preparatory school which opened in June 1853 was the forerunner of St. Paul’s Macalester College. Neill served as a chaplain in the Civil War and held positions in three U.S. presidential administrations. In 1849, he traveled […]
