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Norristown Academy was a private preparatory academy established in 1805 in Norristown, Pennsylvania. Many prominent people have been educated there, including Major General Winfield Scott Hancock, Governor David Rittenhouse Porter, James Madison Porter, and Samuel Medary. It was torn down in 1829.

References

1. ^ Junkin, David Xavier; Norton, Frank Henry (1880). The life of Winfield Scott Hancock: personal, military, and political. New York: D. Appleton and Co. p. 9. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
2. ^ "October 31 marks 150th anniversary of birth of D. R. Porter, first Governor of Pennsylvania". Altoona Tribune. Altoona, Pa. 8 October 1938. LCCN 87080066. OCLC 15348854 – via Newspapers.com.
3. ^ Huskey, Stan (2009). Remembering Norristown: Stories from the Banks of the Schuylkill River. Charleston: History Press. pp. 55–56. ISBN 9781596297234. OCLC 427439580. Retrieved 9 November 2014 – via Google Books.
4. "Biographical Sketches" (PDF). Lafayette College Library. n.d. p. 1. Archived from the original (PDF) on 9 November 2014. Retrieved 9 November 2014.
5. Dorn, Helen P. (1944). "Samuel Medary, Journalist and Politician, 1801-1864". Ohio History Journal. 53/January–March 1944/Number 1: 14–38. ISSN 0030-0934. OCLC 138597892. Retrieved 9 November 2014.

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