Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tual desti-tution among them. \Miile these people had been felling treesand raising crops, the churches and schools began to languish forwant of pastors and teachers. What makes the condition ofthese congregations the more deplorable and worthy of our sym-pathy, he wrote in his appeal, is that most of them are not evenprovided with a good schoolmaster. Few even of such as arefound qualified can be prevailed upon to labor in this work, be-cause the poor people are not able to contribute enough to enablea schoolmaster, who devotes his w
Pennsylvania, colonial and federal : a history, 1608-1903 . tual desti-tution among them. \Miile these people had been felling treesand raising crops, the churches and schools began to languish forwant of pastors and teachers. What makes the condition ofthese congregations the more deplorable and worthy of our sym-pathy, he wrote in his appeal, is that most of them are not evenprovided with a good schoolmaster. Few even of such as arefound qualified can be prevailed upon to labor in this work, be-cause the poor people are not able to contribute enough to enablea schoolmaster, who devotes his whole time to his calling, to sup-port himself and family even with the greatest care and economy.(Harbaughs Life of Schlatter, page 205.) Hearts werestirred in Holland, Switzerland and England. A society wasestablished; the king contributed one thousand pounds and othersof the nobility made liberal subscriptions. In all about twentythousand pounds were raised. What ultimately became of thisfund is not known, but for eight years the income was applied to 8. Samuel Breck Member legislature 18171821; congressman1823-1825; in 1832 elected to State chairman of joint committee of the twohouses of Legislature in the session of 1833-34,to frame the free school law The Educatii^nal System aid in maintaining schools at Reading, York, Easton and otherplaces. The movement was favored by the patriarch of the Lu-theran church, Henry Melchior Muhlenberg. At his suggestion aprinting press was established for the issue of books in two lan-guages. Schlatter was made supervisor or visitor, with an annualsalary of one hundred pounds, and continued in the discharge ofthese duties until about the middle of the year 1757. when he wassucceeded by Dr. William Smith. These schools were designedfor the youth of all Protestant denominations. Instruction wasto be given in both the German and the English language, inwriting, keeping accounts, and in the principles of religion. Girlswere to be tau
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