. Boston, Mass. A brief description of ye ancient town, and also of the best way to get there. Together with an account of the foundation of the publick schools. Illustrated with artiftick engravings . In ^iatnUVaSXWe Siuoed aO. Thy Life to MendThis Both Aiicnd. The Cat dcth playAnd after fl%/. A Doj^ will biteA Thi^f at ni^ht. An Ea^Us flightIs Out of fight. The Idfc ToolIj whipc at School. The New England Primer. Two grammar and three writing fchools werethe only publick fchools in Bofton, before the Revo-lution. They were under the infpection of thefelectmen and a certain number of gentleme
. Boston, Mass. A brief description of ye ancient town, and also of the best way to get there. Together with an account of the foundation of the publick schools. Illustrated with artiftick engravings . In ^iatnUVaSXWe Siuoed aO. Thy Life to MendThis Both Aiicnd. The Cat dcth playAnd after fl%/. A Doj^ will biteA Thi^f at ni^ht. An Ea^Us flightIs Out of fight. The Idfc ToolIj whipc at School. The New England Primer. Two grammar and three writing fchools werethe only publick fchools in Bofton, before the Revo-lution. They were under the infpection of thefelectmen and a certain number of gentlemen ofliberal education, together with fome of the reverendminifters, whofe cuftom it was to make an annualreport to the town of the ftate of the fchools. In1742, when the population of the town was 16,382,there were reported a total of 535 prefent. At thevifitation July i, 1772, there were prefent 823fcholars. During the fiege the town fchools were fuf-pended ; a few children attended the inftructionsof Mr. Elias Dupee, who remained in Bofton, andgratuitoufly devoted himfelf to his employment ofa teacher, in which he took peculiar delight. Novem-ber 8, 1776, there was a vote of the town, that th
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