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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.) 4 0 Browse Search
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Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Book III (continued) (search)
conditions in the colonies from the laws or documents concerning the schools or more particularly the colleges—which affected but the few— overlook the most substantial and far-reaching part of the educational system. Many legislative enactments refer to it though as a matter of fact it was not actually necessary to legalize English customs in English colonies. The fullest account of the apprentice system, especially as it was applied to the adult labourer, is given in the diary of John Harrower, a Scotchman, who, having indentured himself for some years to pay for his passage, landed in Virginia in 1774. Like many others he was sold as a schoolmaster; but unlike the many known only through newspaper advertisements, he left a long detailed record of his experience. A good account of the apprentice system as a scheme of education is found in the Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin. Franklin speaks of his father's desire to give him an academic education and of the unattractiven
Cambridge History of American Literature: volume 3 (ed. Trent, William Peterfield, 1862-1939., Erskine, John, 1879-1951., Sherman, Stuart Pratt, 1881-1926., Van Doren, Carl, 1885-1950.), Index (search)
rper, Fletcher, 309 Harper, J. H., 547 n. Harper, W. R., 207, 468 Harper's Latin Dictionary, 463 Harper's magazine, 4, 5, 80, 81, 83, 114, 126, 150, 301, 304, 307-10, 311, 312, 313, 316 Harper's weekly, 325, 326, 334 Harrigan, E., 272, 278 Harriman, E. H., 167 Harris, George, 210 Harris, George W., 53 Harris, Joel Chandler, 12, 86, 89, 316, 615 Harris, W. T., 228, 230, 236-39, 247 n., 254, 265, 422, 477, 478 Harrisse, Henry, 184-85 Harrison, Gessner, 460, 477 Harrower, John, 389 Hart (Carey & Hart), 544 Hart H. and J., 582 Hart Tony, 272 Harte Bret, 4, 7, 31, 53, 53 n., 56, 59, 68, 73, 85, 86, 89, 99, 154, 267, 290, 307, 315, 581 Harvard, 35, 62, 86, 87, 96, 101, 117, 176, 177, 183, 186, 189, 199, 220, 231, 239, 240, 241, 245, 275, 290, 293, 294, 303, 354, 392, 397, 416, 445, 448, 451, 452, 454, 455, 456, 459, 459 n., 460, 461, 462, 463, 464, 465, 471, 474, 475, 479, 483, 484, 488, 490, 493, 533, 541 Harvard Divinity School, 57 Harva