Medford Historical Society Papers, Volume 3.

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414 The whole No under instruction, averaged on 2812$ The whole Amt paid for support of Schools is $6.79 Cts 2 mills a year to each or .13 Cts per week.

School houses

The Six school rooms now in use are in very good condition, well supplied with heat & light, and rendering the Scholars in them very comfortable. But the new house in the eastern district (in particular) is almost perfect—a model school house, well worthy the notice of Towns & Committees about to build:— And well worth the money that it Cost. The furnace placed in it, fully answers the expectation of your Com, heating sufficiently three rooms, two of of which are very large, and at the same time consumes very little coal, and being perfectly safe.