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What is the name of the first coeducational university in New England, founded in Lewiston?
Bates College
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Answer
Bates College, founded by local preacher Oren Burbank Cheney in 1855, was the first coeducational university in New England. It was also one of the first universities to admit black students before the Emancipation Proclamation.
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