slight attention, but the ‘youth,’ the sons of the better class, whether they knew it or not, formed a privileged order in the community.
As yet there was no real democratic equality in educational matters, and no free schools in the modern acceptation of the term.
A list of those accredited to Charlestown, who graduated from Harvard College previous to 1701, may prove interesting.
(From Bartlett's Address, 1813.)
Comfort Starr, 1647,Nathaniel Cutler, 1663,
Samuel Nowell, 1653,Alexander Nowell, 1664,
Joshua Long, 1653 (?),Daniel Russell, 1669,
Thomas Greaves, 1656,Isaac Foster, 1671,
Zechariah Symmes, 1657,Samuel Phipps, 1671,
Zechariah Brigden, 1657,Nicholas Morton, 1686,
Benjamin Bunker, 1658,Nicholas Lynde, 1690,
Joseph Lord, 1691.
A personal examination of the town records shows that from the opening of this century, almost without exception thereafter, the inhabitants of Charlestown, in town meeting assembled, discussed the welfare of the school and voted the a
Crisis,’ Thompson34
New Haven, Conn.20
New Rochelle, N. Y.12, 13
Nixon, Col.94
Normandy, France10, 12
North, Charles H.45
North Church, Boston38
North Chelmsford, Mass.55
North End School, Boston62
North Weymouth, Mass.4
Norton, John34
Nowell, Alexander60
Nowell, Samuel60
New York City7
New York Independent, The6
Officers Somerville Historical Society24, 48, 72
‘Old Landmarks of Middlesex’87
Old Middlesex Canal, Historical Sketch of49
Old Mill, The13, 66, 81
Old Pound, The26
Nowell, Samuel60
New York City7
New York Independent, The6
Officers Somerville Historical Society24, 48, 72
‘Old Landmarks of Middlesex’87
Old Middlesex Canal, Historical Sketch of49
Old Mill, The13, 66, 81
Old Pound, The26
Oliver Street, Somerville44
‘Only A Keepsake’9
Otis Street, Somerville44
Oxford, Mass.12
Paine, William64
Parker, Ebenezer, Schoolmaster, 172565
Parks, Thomas38
Payson, Prudence33
Pearl Street, Somerville44
Pellock's Island18
‘Pencillings,’ Somerville Journal5, 6
‘Peninsula, The,’ Charlestown15
Pennsylvania, Riflemen of80
Perkins, Luke36
Perkins Street, Somerville44
Philadelphia, Penn.7
Phillips, Lieutenant Eleazer4
Phillips, Wendell104
Phips, Samuel, Schoolma