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Links of Interest:

  • John Quincy Adams, Sixth U.S. President

  • (1825-1829) Son of 2nd President, John Adams

  • Horace Mann (1796-1859) "Father of American Education"

  • "Elected to the Massachusetts legislature in 1827, Mann, a brilliant orator, soon became the spokesperson for the common school movement. He led a campaign to organize the schools in Massachusetts into a state system and to establish a state board of education."

    Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 127 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010

  • Education: Massachusetts abolishes rate bill

  • "Until the 1820s or 1830s, the only really free education was that provided by the charity schools, or in certain other schools if the parents were willing to declare themselves paupers. Often local or county taxes levied on specific activities, for example, liquor licenses or marriage fees, provided partial support for the schools, but the remainder of the expenses were charged to the parents in the form of a rate bill. The rate bill was, in effect, a tuition fee based on the number of children in the family attending school. Even though the fee might be small, poor parents often could not afford it, so their children either did not attend school or took turns attending... In 1827, Massachusetts became the first state to abolish the rate bill. Other states soon followed these examples and by constitutional or legislative enactment adopted the concept of public support for public school open to all children. But it was not until 1871 that the last state (New Jersey) abolished the rate bill, making the schools truly free."

    Source: Foundations of American Education, Sixth Edition page 134-135 / L. Dean Webb, Arlene Metha. Published by Pearson Education. 2010 see 1830 for next event...

  • Fur Trade

  • Mr. Henry, the first American who trapped upon the head-waters of the Columbia river in 1808, and General Ashley of Missouri "established a post on the banks of the Yellowstone River in 1822" and pushed a band of trappers across the Rocky Mountains by 1823. "In 1825 a footing was secured, and a complete system of trapping (was) organized beyond the mountains"  (Irving 30).  Source: Irving, Washington. The Adventures of Captain Bonneville. G.P. Putnam and Son, New York, 1868. Originally published in 1837.

  • Reverend Jeremiah preached in Kentucky churches

    "I had to go up the ladder into the Cupalow of the Court House, up to whare the bell was, and take hold of the Clapper and Strike one side of the bell as fast as i could hit it. This was the signal that thar was preaching at the Baptist meeting House. How many times have I hammerd that old Cort house Bell for Therodrick Boullard, Jacob Creath, Jeremiah Vardaman...and many more that i could name and for my work i got one dollar per month" (Memoir of Ebenezer Stedman).
    Source: “Bluegrass Craftsman.” Edited by Frances L.S. Dugan and Jacqueline P. Bull, Google Books, University of Kentucky Press, 1959, books.google.com

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