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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Charlestown schools in the Eighteenth century. (search)
Charlestown, viz.: a wood lot of 45 1/2 acres, it was found that this lot and lot 67 fell short 101 acres, & we offered to settle the bounds with Mr. Joseph Underwood, we to abate 7 acres and he 3 1/2 acres, which he refused. But we settled bounds & drove down stakes accordingly. Thomas Jenner, Town Clerk. Rev. Daniel Russell, son of Richard, in his will, 26 December, 1678, bequeathed to the town of Charlestown for the free school, if it is effected in a year's time, 95 acres wood. May 8, 1723. We may judge something of the school fund at this time from the following: Of the £ 60 for the schoolmaster, £ 20 was voted from the town treasury. The rent of Lovell's Is. £ 15; rent of ye school lott £ 5; the interest of £ 300 & part of ye Lynn farm £ 20, to make up the remainder. April 6, 1724. Mr. Joseph Stimson, gramer school master resigned. This reverend gentleman was the son of Andrew Stimson, Jr., of Cambridge, where he was born February 7, 1700, and graduated from the col<