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HISTORY
OF
WESTERN MASSACHUSETTS.
THE COUNTIES OF
HAMPDEN HAMPSHIRE, FRANKLIN, AND BERKSHIRE.
EMBRACING AN OUTLINE, OR GENERAL HISTORY, OF THE SECTION, AN
ACCOUNT OF ITS SCIENTIFIC ASPECTS AND LEADING INTERESTS,
AND SEPARATE HISTORIES OF ITS ONE HUNDRED TOWNS.
BY
JOSIAH GILBERT HOLLAND.
IN TWO VOLUMES and THREE PARTS.
VOL. I.--Parts I and II.
SPRINGFIELD:
PUBLISHED BY SAMUEL BOWLES AND COMPANY.
1855.
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There is currently no available "Beginner" label. The following is the default level label: The Massachusetts School Law of 1647 was a historic first for North America: it was the first time a government ordered all towns to support a public school. This was the foundation of the public school system in America. Of course, the motivations for keeping a school have changed. Here, the Puritan General Court ordered schools to prevent "that old deluder, Satan," from gaining a foothold among the youth. Consequently, all of the schools created under this law were, by definition, religious in nature. This excerpt from an 1855 history of the Commonwealth of Massachusetts celebrates the law. By 1855, most of states around Massachusetts had adopted free and compulsory public education, but in many parts of the country that idea had not yet caught on and would not until the 1870s or even later.
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Excerpt from Massachusetts School Law of 1647
publisher Samuel Bowles and Company |
author Josiah Gilbert Holland (1819-1881) |
date 1855 |
location Springfield, Massachusetts |
height 7.75" |
width 5.25" |
process/materials printed paper, ink |
item type Books/Book |
accession # #L02.143 |
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