Packard Business College
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Packard's Business College or Packard Business College was a post-secondary business college
Business college
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 in New York City
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which provided a concentrated one-year education in practical business subjects, such as arithmetic, bookkeeping, penmanship, and business correspondence. The school was well respected for the quality of its graduates.

The school was founded 1858, under the name of Bryant, Stratton & Packard's Mercantile College, by Mr. S. S. Packard and was the New York branch of a chain known as the Bryant & Stratton chain of business colleges. In 1867 Mr. Packard purchased the Bryant & Stratton interest in the New York College, and changed its name to Packard's Business College.

The teachers employed in the college were chosen for their practical as well as their theoretical knowledge of business affairs.
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