Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . e importance of establishing a school in the north-western part of the City and having received informationthat a room in the building corner of Grove and HudsonStreets could be procured from the City for school pur-poses, appointed a committee consisting of Thomas , Najah Taylor and John R. Murray, to make ap-plication for the premises, and if found suitable, to pre-pare them for the reception of pupils. On May 1st itreported that arrangements had been made and ShepherdJohnson, who had been trained in Free School No. 1,was appoi
Valentine's manual of the city of New York, 1917-1918 . e importance of establishing a school in the north-western part of the City and having received informationthat a room in the building corner of Grove and HudsonStreets could be procured from the City for school pur-poses, appointed a committee consisting of Thomas , Najah Taylor and John R. Murray, to make ap-plication for the premises, and if found suitable, to pre-pare them for the reception of pupils. On May 1st itreported that arrangements had been made and ShepherdJohnson, who had been trained in Free School No. 1,was appointed teacher at a salary of $500 per year. Hewas the pioneer of a large number of teachers who weretrained under the direction of the Society and he con-tinued in its employ until 1825. Grammar School No, 3 was therefore opened on May25th, 1818, with 51 pupils. It increased in numbers sorapidly that at the meeting of the Board held on June23rd, it reported that 216 scholars had been admitted witha regular attendance of over 200. The room not being [36]. Gf«mm»T School No. 3, drove and Hudson Streets,Organized U18. This building, greeted ISfiO, dnlroyed by llrr February, of Mr. Wltilam S. EJ<ty large enough, application was made for the use of an-other apartment in the same building and it was granted. On December 4th the Board of Trustees took the fol-lowing action: Resolved, that, on account of the increased size of ShepherdJohnsons school, and the satisfactory discharge of duty on hispart, his salary be increased to to date from the 1st ofNovember last. The great increase in the number of pupils at No, 3rendered additional apartments necessary. A committeewas appointed and in December a report was submittedrecommending that a new building be erected on the lotsgranted by Trinity Church at the corner of Grove andHudson Streets and at the same time plans and esti-mates were submitted for it, the estimated cost being$8,500. The recommendations were a
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