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" ... that learning may not be buried in the grave of our fathers in the Church and Commonwealth, the Lord assisting our endeavors. It is therefore ordered, that every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty... "
Report of the Commissioner of Education Made to the Secretary of the ... - Page 160
by United States. Bureau of Education - 1870
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James Russell Lowell - New England - 1898 - 396 pages
...Lord hath increased them to fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their towns to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and read." Passing through some Massachusetts village, perhaps at a distance from any house, it may be in the...
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Chronicle of a Border Town: History of Rye, Westchester County, New York ...

Charles Washington Baird - Rye (N.Y.) - 1871 - 606 pages
...Connecticut laws, every town of fifty house^ holders was required to ' appoint one within their Towne to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read.' The wages of this teacher were to be paid either by the parents or by the inhabitants in general. When...
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Semi-centennial Anniversary. May 2, 1871

English High School (Boston, Mass.) - 1871 - 136 pages
...passed a law requiring towns to tax themselves for the support of schools, and to appoint a teacher " to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read," which may be considered the foundation of the present system of free schools. It is noticeable in the...
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The Life of John Adams, Volume 1

Charles Francis Adams - 1871 - 538 pages
...increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith appoint one within their towns to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wages • shall be paid, either by the parents or masters of such children or by the inhabitants...
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Fanaticism: A Sermon Delivered Before the Executive and Legislative ...

Charles E. Grinnell - Bible - 1871 - 404 pages
...hath increased y™ to yc number of 50 household1'8, shall then forthwth appoint one w"'in their towne to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write & reade, whose wages shall be paid eithr by ye parents or mastrs of such children or In" ye inhabitants...
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The Works of Charles Sumner, Volume 5

Charles Sumner - Antislavery movements - 1872 - 524 pages
...which ordered, " That every township in this jurisdiction, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall then forthwith...children as shall resort to him to write and read," and " that, where any town shall increase to the number of one hundred families or householders, they...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 24

Henry Barnard - Education - 1873 - 860 pages
...enacted the same year (1642), 'that every township within this jurisdiction of fifty householders, shall appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants...
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American Journal of Education and College Review, Volume 24

Education - 1873 - 862 pages
...enacted the same year (1642), ' that every township within this jurisdiction of fifty householders, shall appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wayes shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants...
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The American Journal of Education, Volume 24

Henry Barnard - Education - 1873 - 886 pages
...enacted the same year (1642), 'that every township within this jurisdiction of fifty householders, shall appoint one within their town to teach all such children as shall resort to him, to write and read, whose wages shall be paid either by the parents or masters of such children, or by the inhabitants...
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Annual Report, Volumes 19-20

1873 - 648 pages
...hath increased ym to ye number of 50 housholdrs, shall then forthwth appoint one wthin their towne to teach all such children as shall resort to him to write and reade, whose wages shall be paid eithr by ye parents or masters of such children, or by ye inhabitants...
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