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Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 2., The development of the public School of Medford. (search)
re, twenty-four feet long, twenty feet wide, ten feet high, on land already owned by the town. The house was doubtless completed on time or very nearly so, because we find next to the last entry for the year in the Treasurer's Book: Pd Benj. Willis on account of the School House £ 10; and in 1733: Pd. Jona. Watson for work at School House£ 18-10s. Jacob Polly for work at School House1-15s. Sam. Francis for work at School House1-15s. The school house cost up to this time £ 32, but in 1734-5, month impossible of determination: To Cash pd to Deacn Willis for the School house materials £ 20-2s. –6d. Cash pd John Bradshaw for materials for ye school, 6s, making the total £ 52-8/6d. There had probably been a school for three or four months every winter for the thirteen years from the establishment of the first school to the building of the first school-house, but the names of only five of the men who taught the children of Medford during this time have been fo