Statistics for occurrence #1 of “Alewife Brook” in chapter 3, page 25 of Historic leaves, volume 7, April, 1908 - January, 1909:
... somewhat more explicit.
But it will be safe to say, I think, that the Milk Row School, the only one in Somerville of that day, was established not far from 1730.
A school a short distance beyond Alewife Brook , on Arlington soil, but drawing its scholars from a point as far south as the Old Powder House, may have been of an equal age; both were for instructing youth in reading, writing, and ciphering.
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† | Alewife Brook (Massachusetts, United States) | 76 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | |
Alewife Brook (Rhode Island, United States) | 14 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Alewife Brook (New York, United States) | 12 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
Alewife Brook (Maine, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes | ||
† | Alewife Brook (Massachusetts, United States) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 user votes |
† This entity has been selected by the automated classifier as the most likely match in this context. It may or may not be the correct match.