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Dummer name falls out of favor

By Kathy McCabe
Globe Staff / December 22, 2005

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With his flowing locks and fancy waistcoat, Colonial-era Governor William H. Dummer would seem a bit eccentric on the leafy campus of the boarding school in Newbury named for him. (Full article: 359 words)

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