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2009-100-1Qu1.16 |
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Folders (containers) |
Title |
Schools -1824-1826 |
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This folder, labeled "Schools," 1824-1826, contains the following: School Committee Orders to Pay Teachers Salary 1822-1826 Miscellaneous repairs & wood Leter to Selectmen from School Committee 1. Town of Marblehead to John Bartlett for cash paid advertising for an instructor in Salem Gasette & Ephen Register $2.00. Monthly Journal of Quotation one year $4.00. Postage of 42 letters .$73 - total $6.73. Rec. pay Oct. 2, 1826 2. Town of Marblehead to Peter Green 1826 for 2 cord wook Center School $11, Wood Center School $1.50, North School $5.50, South School $5.50 - $23.50. Rec. Pay Dec. 4. 1826 3. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Cloutman 1826 March to Nov - for 16 attendances on the School Committee @$.50 - $8.00. Rec. $5.33 no explanation. 4. The Town of Marblehead to Joel Reynolds for whitewashing North school house $1.50. Rec. pay Sept. 4, 1826. 5. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Cushing 1826 June 12 - for 5 days work on the Upper school house $7.50 - for 5 days at 6 cts per day for spirit $.30 - total $7.80 Omt. Sept. 4, 1826 6. The Town of Marblehead to Samuel B. Brown for five days work on the Uper school house commencing June 7 ending the 12 - $7.50. For find drink at 6 cents per day - $.30 - total $7.80. Rec. payment Sept. 4, 1826 7. Town of Marblehead to John Bartlett for taking the census of children in the town - $6.00. For making returns of all schools to the Com & to the Legislature $6.00. total $12.00. May 29, 1826 School Committee voted the above amount be paid. John Sparhawk, Secretary 8. The School Committee to Joseph Mansfield 1826 August 28 for services in arranging the Acadamey Hall and attending on them at their publick examination $3.00. for nails and truckage of benches - $.50 - total $3.50. September 4, 1826. 9. Town of Marblehead yo Winslow Turner for instructing the South School January 1824 thru December and two months in 1825 at $33 per month. 10. The Town of Marblehead to for schooling at $2 per week June thru November 1825. 11. Town of Marblehead to Alfred Greenleaf for instructing their Grammar School one month at $450 per year - $37.50 from October 1824 thru December 1825 12. The Town of Marblehead to Sarah Ross for teaching school at $2.00 per week June 1824 thru October 1825 at $2.00 per week. 13. Town of Marblehead to Miriam L. Thompson for instruction of the South West School in April 1824 May thru December 1824 and April thru October 1825 at $2.00 per week. 14. Town of Marblehead to Peter Dixey for teaching the North School from November 20, 1823 thru April 1826 at $33.33 per month. 15. Townof Marblehead to Miriam Barber for schooling at $2.00 per week from June 1824 and up to October 1826 at $2.00 per week. 16. Town of Marblehead to Michael Coombe for instructing the Center School and later the South School May 1824 thru September 1826 at $33.33 per month. 17. Town of Marblehead to Elizabeth M. Brown for one month schooling Sept. thru Nov. 1825 at$8.00 per month. 18. Town of Marblehead to Eliza Graves for the instruction of the primary South School April - October 1825 at $2.00 per week. 19. Town of Marblehead to Frederick Robinson for instructing the Grammar School July 1826 thru February 1827 at $37.50 per month. 20. Town of Marblehead to Mirram Thompson for teaching the Centre School at $2.00 per weekJune 1826 thru November. 21. Town of Marblehead to Mary Tutt for instruction of the scholars in the North School from June to mid October at $2.00 per week. 22. Town of Marblehead to Ruthy B. Graves for instructing the Farm school from May until October 1826 at $12.50 per month - $37.50. Minding door key $.25 - $37.75. 23. Lynn, Feb. 12, 1825 town of Marblehead to Walter Phillips for teaching school 2 months $32.00. 24. Town of Marblehead to Levitt Kingsbury for Board, Lafayette Aug. 27, 1824 $.82 - Oct. 12 - Cords of wook for Center, South, Noth Schools, and Timber for a total of $31.47. Payment Feb. 7, 1825. 25. School Committee to Ellen Andrews for the tuition of 1 school 31/2 months at $8 permonth 1 for 3 months at $16 per month - totoal $76.00. pmt. Nov. 7, 1825. - on back - Plese to pay the within account per order J. Bartlett, Chm, 26. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Bowden - April 27-30, 1825 for days work at 7/6 per day Building Benches at Chamberlain Hall - $5.00 - pmt. June 6, 1825 27. Town of Marblehead to Samuel Bowden 1825, April 27 for a days work at Chamberlain Hall per order of the school committee at 7/6 per day - $5.00 28. Town of Marblehead to AW Swett for the instruction of a school from May 2, to Aug. 2, 1825 - $48.00. Recd. payment Oct. 10, 1825 29. Town of Marblehead to John Gilley - Jan. 7, 1820 for 11/2 cord wood for school house - $7.50. Rec. payment 30. Town of Marblehead to Ira Cheever for instructing the Center School in said town one month ending Jan. 29, 1824 at $41.66. Rec. payment Feb. 4, 1824 31. Town of Marblehead to c for instrucing a school 6 months April thru October $50. pmt. Dec. 4, 1826 32. Lynn, Oct. 28, 1825 Mr. John Bartlett to Mary G. Phillips for teaching school 25 weeks at 12/5 per week - $58.50. recd. payment. 33. Town of Marblehead to Hannah Lampwell 1824 - Oct. 30th for instructing a district school for six months - $50.00. Recd. pay Nov. 1, 1824 34. Town of Marblehead to Mary Tutt for instruction of the scholars in the North District school commencing Aug. 5 to Sept. 5 - $8.00 payment Sept. 4, 1826 35. 1824 - Nov. 6 - Town of Marblehead to Hannah Valentine for 2 month serving as instructor of the East School - $18. pmt. Nov. 5. Sept. for 4 months services at the East School $32. pmt. Sept.6 36. School Committee to Joseph Mansfield 1826 August 26 for services in arranging the Accademy Hall and attending on them at their publick examination - 43.00. For Nails and truckage of benches .50 - total - $3.50. Pmt. Sep. 20, 1826 37. Town of Marblehead to Nathaniel Goldsmith 1820 January 27 for hauling cord and half wood toschool house $.75. payment Feb. 7, 1820 38. Town of Marblehead to John W. Roundey 1827 February 25th for keeping school in the Soiuthern districk for 21/4 months at $20 per month - 445.00. Recd. payment. 37. 1826 - The Town of Marblehead to Saml B. Brown for five days work on the uper school house commencing June 7 and ending the 12th - $7.50. For finding drink at 6 cts per day .30 - total $7.80. Rec. pay 38. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Cusing 1726 June 12 to 5 - Days work on the upper school house at $7.50. For 5 days at 6 cts per day for spirit - $.30 - $7.80. recd. payment 39. Town of Marblehead to Porter L. Green 1826 Nov. 11 - for 2 cord wood Center school - $4.00, Bark $1.50, Wood noth School $5.50 - Wood South School $5.50 - total $23.50. Pay Dec. 4, 1826 40. Town of Marblehead to John Bartlett for cash paid advertising for an instructor in Salem Gazette & Efen Register - $2.00. Monthly journal of Education one year $4.00 Postage of 42 letters $.73 - total $6.73. Rec. pay Oct. 2 1826 41. Town of Marblehead to John Bartlett for taking the census of children in the town $6.00. For making return of all schools to the Com. and the Legislature $6.00 - Total $12.00. Pament May 29, 1826. 42. Town of Marblehead to Joshua Prentiss 1825 - For wrighting a Bond for the Town Treasurer for the present year $1.00. For Recording 8 births since the 6th day of the month of August last at 8 cents - $.64. For Recording 43 deaths since the above time $3.44 - total $5.08. Rec. payment Nov. 5, 1825. 43. Farms proportion of School Tax for 1824 - $75. Jan. 3, 1825 - Richard Homan, Issac Collyer, Assessors. 44. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Hidden 1826 for candles, salt, brooms for schools - total $1.57. Payment rec. 45. 1823 Town of Marblehead to William Harris Septembere 1 -9th - for days work at South School @$1.50 - total $12.00. Payment Feb. 2, 1824 46. Town of Marblehead to Ira Cheever for instrucing the Center School in said town one month edning Dec. 19, 1823 at $41.66 per month. Rec. payment Jan. 7, 1824 Instructing months of March and April at $41.66 each. 47. 1823 Town of Marblehead to Dan Weed February thru December for many items including Paper, Spelling Books, recording deed, Soddering Engine, Cleaning funnel, etc. for a total of $17.39. Payment Jan. 5, 1824 48. Marblehead to J. Johnson 1824 for brooms at schools througout the year $2.50. 49. Town of Marblehead May 1, 1824 to Edmund KImball - June 1823 cord wood $6.90 - 10 pols .80 - $7.70. Rec. payment 50. Town of Marblehead to Porter Green 1823 - April thru January 1824 for Brooms, Nails, Powder for a totl of $4.06. Payment April 7, 1824 51. Lynn, May 5, 1825 Marblehead Farm School House to John Phillips by order of J. Sparhawk for 30 squares of glass and setting $4.00 - repairing lock .50 - total $4.50. Pmt. April 4, 1827. 52. Town of Marblehead to Joseph Bowden repairing seats at the Chapel school house by order school committee 1825 - May 7th $1.25 1 day work - 30 feet boards .45. - $1.70. 53. Town of Marblehead October 3, 1825 to L.M. Bartlett for four weeks schooling at 2 dollars per week - $8.00 54. town of Marblehead to James Alley & others for the Farms portion of the school tax for 1823 - $72.16. Recd. pament Feb. 2, 1824. 55. the Town of Marblehead to Samuel Bartoll 1824 December for work done on windows at Center and Lower Schools - total $16.00. Payment March 7, 1825 56. Toiwn of Marblehead to Mary G. Phillips for instructing the Farm School from May to Nov. 1825 - 26 weeks at 13/6 per week - $58.50. Rec. pay Dec. 5, 1825. To the Gentlemen Selectmen - please to pay the above. Memorandum - Four pupils went to the Farm School who belonged to the Town of Salem, 3 children of (?) and one of Thos. Standley who have never been accustomed to pay the town 12cts per week, which money is due the town. Remember wood repairs of stove 57. Town of Marblehead to L. Bartoll for schooling at $2 per week June through November 1824 at $ or $10 per month depending on number of weeks. 58. 1826 Townof Marblehead to Free School Association for rent of school room 26 weeks ending Nov. 1, 1826 at $6 per week - $26.00. Rec. payment Jan. 1, 1826 Dan Weed, Treas. 59. 1824 The Town of Marblehead to Samuel Martin January 10 for making four school benches $4.33 - For laying platform to well $.90 - total $5.23 Rec. pmt.60. 60. The Selectmen of Marblehead to William Grayy for instructing the Centre School four months and twelve days from April 19, to August 30, 1824 at thirty seven dollars fifty cents per month $105.00. Rec. pay august 2, 1824. 61. Town of Marblehead to Porter & Green 1825 July through December for nails, feet board, hauling board, quile paper, Powder for work at Town House and Farm School House - total $15.15. Payment July 6, 1826. 62. Town of Marblehead to John Sparhawk 1825 March to October for quire paper, brooms flask oil, gin, gunpowder as authorized by selectmen for a total of $4.55. Payment Jan. 7, 1826. 63. 1825 Town of Marblehead to John Carroll February thru June for repairs on pumps in school and bank brick house for a total of $6.40. Payment Jan. 1, 1827 64. Report of School committee April 8, 1824 The Committee to whom was informed the consideration of the question "What improvement can be made in the present mode of instrucing the town schools, what expense would arise from such improvements", by leave respectfully to report. That they have devoted that attention to the subject referred to them, which their leisure and opportunities admitted, are of opinion that much improvement may be made in the plan of our publick schools, that many inconveniences evils now exist with regard to them which it is desirable, should be remedied as soon as the circumstances of the town will admit. Among these evils they would mention 1st - That some of the school houses, owing to the smallness of the buileding, are so crowded during a great part of the year, that it is with difficulty the pupils can attend to all the branches of education, particularly that of writing. This crowding of the schools is in part attributable to the unavoidable admission of boys, who for want of women's schools or other prliminary means of instruction, cannot read except in the alphabet or memorylables, attention to these boys occupies a great part of the time of the instructer. Either these or the higher classes must therefore be neglected. Or, if the instructer attempts to apportion his time to the different classes of the school, so little time must necessarily be alloted to each one, that but little benefit can be derived from his labors. 2nd - Another very serious evil exists, which your committee think ought if possible to be removed, but feel themselves at present unprepared to suggest the remedy. The evil is this - Full half of the children of those inhabitants who claim the benefit of the publick schools, have for one half of the year no opportunities of publick instruction, and during the other half they have but two hours a day allotted to them. We refer to the female children. Now when we consider the stations which these females are hereafter to fill in society, the relation they will probably sustain via that of mothers. When too, we consider that the first most lasting impressions which children receive are those which are made upon them by their mothers, we are decidedly of the opinion that females should have all the advantages of education which possibly can be offered them. 3rd - Another evil affecting chiefly the Center school is its situation. The disturbance occasioned by the carts standing outside and by the noise of persons and teams constantly passing is so great that it is with extreme difficulty that the duties of this school can be properly attended to. Other evils exist, but the consideration of them will be for the present postponed. In consequence of the present depressed state of the financial concerns of the town, the committee forbear recommending any improvement or plan for the Town to adopt at this time, unless they should think that some plan, resembling one, which the Committee have under consideration will be adopted so as to diminish the expense to which the town is subjected. We can only present the outlines of the plan referred to. They are this - That the number of schools in the town be reduced to two. That the North School house be removed to the old work house lot and an addition of 20 or 25 feet be made to it. That the South school house be removed to the SW side of Training field hill and placed on a line with the Gun house and enlarged 20 or 25 feet. That the Town be divided into two school districts North & South - that Meeting house lane and the N Wharf lane being the dividing line. The cost of these removals and additions has been ascertained not to exceed $8000. The saving to the town arising from this plan will be $200 per year of the salary voted by the Town and the fuel of one school The other advantages which is is expected to accrue from the adoption of these plans are these - By having the Lancastrian System introduced in part at least into these schools, more children may be admitted into them and they would be more specificly and more throughly taught the rudiments of education and they would acquire what we think of great importance, habits of order and obedience. The Committee however would observe that the adoption of this plan must be in its own nature an experiment. They would not therefore take the responsibility of vouching that all the good effects would result from the adoption of this or of any other plan, which they may wish or expect. Nor would they, considering the present embarasment of the town, recommend any plan for their present adoption which may occasion expense. If the town should think it expedient to make at present no altercation in the plan of our publick schools, the committee would respectfully suggest the propierty of furnishing to the younger children of parents, some means of acquiring the first rudiments of spelling and reading, other than the present publick schools. All which is respectfully submitted per order J. Bartlett, Chairman School Committee. 65. Payment voucher, $1.00 to Warwick Palfray, Jr., "adv. for school master," April 1, 1824. 66. Payment voucher, $2.25 to William Harris for repairs to South School, November 1, 1824. Certified for payment by W. Turner and paid June 6, 1825. |
Year Range from |
1824 |
Year Range to |
1826 |
Catalog date |
2021-08-24 |
People |
Alley, James Andrews, Ellen Bartlett, John Bartlett, L.M. Bartoll, L. Bartoll, Samuel Boden, Hannah Bowden, Joseph Bowden, Samuel Brown, Elizabeth M. Brown, Samuel B. Carroll, John Cheever, Ira Cheever, Ira Cloutman, Joseph Collyer, Issac Coombs, Michael Cushing, Joseph Dixey, Peter Gilley , John Goldsmith, Nathaniel Graves, Ruthy B. Grayy, William Green, Peter Green, Porter Green, Porter L. Greenleaf, Alfred Harris, William Hidden, Joseph Homan, Richard Johnson, J. Kimball, Edmund Kingsbury, Levitt Lampwell, Hannah Mansfield, Joseph Martin, Samuel Palfray, Warwick, Jr. Phillips, John Phillips, Mary G. Phillips, Walter Prentiss, Joshua Reynolds, Joel Robinson, Frederick Ross, Sarah Roundey, John W. Sparhawk, John Swett, A.W. Thompson, Miriam L. Turner, Winslow Tutt, Mary Valentine, Hannah Weed, Dan |
Search Terms |
Old Town records |
Lexicon category |
10: Unclassifiable Artifacts |
Lexicon sub-category |
Need to Classify |
Collection |
Gosling Collection |
Condition |
Not Rated |