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Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Charlestown schools within the peninsula Revolutionary period (search)
to £ 55, and in January the bill for repairs on the schoolhouse amounted to £ 14 11s. May 12, 1766, upon petition of William Harris, writing teacher, desiring an addition to his salary, the town agreed to give him the same as the grammar master rece to the town school is under date of March 6, 1776, less than a fortnight before Evacuation Day, when it was voted that Mr. Harris have an order for his salary in full as writing teacher to April 19, 1775. This entry seems to us a significant one. We will leave this part of our subject, to speak of the two teachers to whom frequent reference has been made. Captain William Harris was the only son of Cary Harris, of Boston. He was born July 2, 1744, and married in 1767 Rebecca, the daughter tinguished divines of his time. For many years he was settled over the church at Dorchester, where he died in 1842. William Harris must have begun his school duties in Charlestown in 1765, for December 7, 1767, the selectmen voted him £ 1 16s. for
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Charlestown schools within the peninsula Revolutionary period (search)
he was chosen town clerk till the March meeting. In May, 1761, and perhaps earlier, he was serving in that capacity permanently. He held this office until his death, which occurred suddenly January 15, 1778. His school labors, like those of Mr. Harris, may have ended with the disastrous events of 1775. An obituary notice of him may be found in the Boston Gazette, under date of his death. Seth Sweetser, Jr., born February 5, 1704, was of the fourth generation from the original settler of te days of Seth Sweetser?) Mr. H. P. Sweetser was added to the committee to see about a grammar master. June 19, 1786. It is voted to sell the old schoolhouse, which is not worth repairing, and build a new one, and to raise £ 100 to build it. Mr. Harris, Samuel Swan, Jr., and H. P. Sweetser, are a committee to build the school, and sell the old one to Captain Calder, and to set the school on Town Hill. July 17 this committee is enjoined to go about their work immediately. Captain Calder is t
Historic leaves, volume 3, April, 1904 - January, 1905, Index (search)
Hadley, Eng., 25. Hale, Edward Everett, 39. Hamlet, William, 53. Hancock, Rev., John, 84. Hanover Street, Boston, 4. Harding (family), 43. Harlackenden, Roger, Esq., 75. Harris, Cary, 48. Harris, Thaddeus Mason, D. D., 48. Harris, William, 46, 47. Harris, Captain, William, 48, 64, 67. Hartt, Abijah, 44. Harvard College, 18, 44, 48, 65, 70, 82. Harvard Square, 75, 78, 82. Harvard University, 9, 51, 66. Hastings, Samuel, 79. Hawes, Frank Mortimer, 11, 43, 64, 87. HawkHarris, Captain, William, 48, 64, 67. Hartt, Abijah, 44. Harvard College, 18, 44, 48, 65, 70, 82. Harvard Square, 75, 78, 82. Harvard University, 9, 51, 66. Hastings, Samuel, 79. Hawes, Frank Mortimer, 11, 43, 64, 87. Hawkins, Nathaniel, 89, 90, 91. Hay, John, 67. Hayes, A. A., 9. Hayes, John S., 36, 60. Haymarket Square, Boston, 4. Hays,——--, 67. Hayward, N., 88. Hemans, —, 64. Henley, Samuel, 43. Henley, Samuel, Esq., 67. Henry I., 50. Henry VIII., 25. Hills, John, 66. Hills, Thomas, 66. Hillsboro, N. H., 38. Hingham, Mass., 34, 44. Historic Genealogical Register, New England, 80. Historic Heights and Points, 60. History of Medford, Brooks-Usher, 15. Hittenger, —, 40, 65. Holb