History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . m 1859 to1870. Judge Nesmith said, in 1875: Thebrick schoolhouse was erected in 1820, andI was the first teacher. I taught the schoolfrom November, 1820, to March, 1821,and was employed by Francis N. Fisk, andboarded at the tavern then kept by LemuelBarker. I cannot state the exact amount of wages per month, butthink about twenty dollars. The price of board was two dollars perweek. The school was above the average of district schools in thisstate at that ti
History of Concord, New Hampshire, from the original grant in seventeen hundred and twenty-five to the opening of the twentieth century; . m 1859 to1870. Judge Nesmith said, in 1875: Thebrick schoolhouse was erected in 1820, andI was the first teacher. I taught the schoolfrom November, 1820, to March, 1821,and was employed by Francis N. Fisk, andboarded at the tavern then kept by LemuelBarker. I cannot state the exact amount of wages per month, butthink about twenty dollars. The price of board was two dollars perweek. The school was above the average of district schools in thisstate at that time, in point of capacity and acquirements. Amongthe pupils I recollect Paul George, Charles West, Charles Emery andhis sister, Mrs. Towle, Miss Coffin, who married in New York city,and Emeline, the daughter of Nathaniel Abbot, the wife of Judge Per-kins, Rev. Mr. LeBosquet, Calvin Thorn, and a few others. Othernotable teachers in this building in later years were, Edwin D. San-born, afterward a professor in Dartmouth college, Chandler E. Pot-ter, Joseph Robinson, Miss Ann Morrill, and Moody Currier, after-ward governor of the Old Noith End School. 1232 HISTORY OF CONCORD. By a vote of the town in 1822 the selectmen fixed upon a locationfor a new schoolhonse to be built in district No. 1, describing it as within the corner of the orchard owned by Ezra Hoit, nearly oppo-site the Horse Hill burying-ground, and within the corner made bythe road leading from said burying-ground to the old school-house,and the road leading from the same burying-ground to old building stood about a third of a mile directly north of thislater site, on the cross road running between the Bog road and theupper road leading from Penacook to Warner. The foundation wallsof the latter are still visible. In September, 1823, district No. 9 purchased a lot of Isaac Shute, 3x4 rods,isnowWest on the north side of whatstreet, a few rods backfrom Main street. Thisbuilding was the secondin town f
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