Dedham Historical Register, Volume 7Dedham Historical Society, 1896 |
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... taught in West Dedham two summers , 1830 and 1831 , and in the Second Middle District in 1834 , having previously taught in Dover , Mass . She was the daughter of Major Elijah and Mary ( Jones ) Perry , born in Natick , Mass . , Sept ...
... taught in West Dedham two summers , 1830 and 1831 , and in the Second Middle District in 1834 , having previously taught in Dover , Mass . She was the daughter of Major Elijah and Mary ( Jones ) Perry , born in Natick , Mass . , Sept ...
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... taught the school in West Dedham a term of sixteen weeks . She was the daughter of John and Becca ( Fisher ) Baker of Fox Hill Street , born Dec. 22 , 1804. She never married and was for many years remarkable for her effi- ciency in the ...
... taught the school in West Dedham a term of sixteen weeks . She was the daughter of John and Becca ( Fisher ) Baker of Fox Hill Street , born Dec. 22 , 1804. She never married and was for many years remarkable for her effi- ciency in the ...
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... taught the East Street School in 1828 , " finishing a term commenced by another teacher . " He was a preacher of good abilities , but is said never to have settled permanently as a minister . According to the Harvard Catalogue he died ...
... taught the East Street School in 1828 , " finishing a term commenced by another teacher . " He was a preacher of good abilities , but is said never to have settled permanently as a minister . According to the Harvard Catalogue he died ...
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Brown University , in 1835 , and subsequently taught a private school in Wickford , R. I. His death occurred in 1875 . Martha Clark taught the East Street School the summer of 1831. She died soon after ; and it is reported that Warren ...
Brown University , in 1835 , and subsequently taught a private school in Wickford , R. I. His death occurred in 1875 . Martha Clark taught the East Street School the summer of 1831. She died soon after ; and it is reported that Warren ...
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... taught in South Dedham in 1831. He was the step- son of the late Samuel Swett of Dedham . Also in 1831 or 1832 Ruth Robinson was the school mistress in South Dedham . She married a Mr. Maynard of Westboro , and removed to the state of ...
... taught in South Dedham in 1831. He was the step- son of the late Samuel Swett of Dedham . Also in 1831 or 1832 Ruth Robinson was the school mistress in South Dedham . She married a Mr. Maynard of Westboro , and removed to the state of ...
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Page 134 - Scottish inroads, and the Norman conquest, that has stood the threatened invasion of the Spanish Armada, now fall prostrate before the House of Bourbon? Surely, my Lords, this nation is no longer what it was! Shall a people that seventeen years ago was the terror of the world, now stoop so low as to tell its ancient inveterate enemy, Take all we have only give us peace?
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