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Hanson, William 4 00
Homer, Capt. Jas. B. 45 00 Libby, Charles
Hill, Miss Nancy
11 63
Hill, Jr., Amos, Guar-
Hagan, John
19 02
J.
Jordon, John
1. 50
Jefferes, George
1 50
Jarvis, Est. of John .. 24 19 Jenkins, Est. of Isaiah 12 09 Johnson, Nathaniel .. 44 76
Joyce, John
1 50
K.
Kenefick, John
1 50
Kent, W. H.
12 75
Kelley, John
1 50
Kelley, Patrick
1 50
Kimball, Stephen 11 63
Kenney, Thomas 1 50
Kenniston, Charles
11 34
Kenney, Michael
4 63
Kidder, Joseph T 5 07
Keith, James 1 50
King, Andrew
1 50
Kent, James W.
3 06
Kenney, Andrew 1 50
Kenney, J. W. 1 50
Kenney, Timothy
3 86
Kent, Heirs of Wil- liam V. 31 68
L.
Lawrence, Henry L. 42 66
Lawrence, John P. .. 1 50
Lawrence, Theodore M. 1 50
Lee, Marshall 1 50
Lewis, Henry 1 50
Lewis, Francis 1 50
Leland, Henry 1 50
Lyons, Thomas
1 50
1 50
4
26
TAXES.
Locke, William
Laduke, Peter 2 75
Lahee, Daniel 1 50
Lawrence, John W. 1 50
Link, Eusabus 1 50
Locke, B. F. 1 50
Locke, Thomas 1 50
Lines, Bartholomew .. 1 50
Lyons, Richard 1 50
Locke & Brothers, Lo-
renzo 102 44
Locke, Henry J. 1 50
Locke, Adelaide L. .. 32 50
Lennon, Martin 1 50
Lacy, John 3 38
Leary, Jeremiah
9 75
Locke, Davis
22 77
Lilwall, John.
1 50
Lawrence, Abel 2 75
M.
McDonald, Matthew 1 50
Mitchell, Thomas 1 50
Maloney, James 1 50
McCarty, John 1 50
Mullen, John H. 1 50
McCarty, Michael 1 50
Marsh, John
1 50
Locke, William P. 1 50
Lakin, N. B.
1 50
Muzzey, Mrs. Sarah 12 50
Mahoney, Dennis 1 50
McCarty, John 1 50
Murphy, Michael 1 50
McDonald, Robert 1 50
3 47
Locke, Benjamin D 5 88
Morton, Thomas
9 51
Lane, Esq. W. J. 34 47
Marsh, George M.
1 50
Lane, George W. 1 50
Monnehan, Peter
1 50
Lynch, Samuel S. 3 53
Mott, Wid. Susan
6 25
Lynch, Edward R. 1 50
McCarty, 1st, Dennis
1 50
Locke, Edwin 41 00
McCarty, 2d, Dennis 1 50
Locke, Edwin, Ropes
Mason, Joseph 1 50
Estate, 6 19
Locke, Edwin, imp.
by Higgins, 18 31
Locke, William H. .. 19 31
Locke, George A. 60 14
1 50 | Locke, Wid. Hannah
B. 40 22
Locke, Caroline A. 11 88
Locke, Wid. Ann 24 62
Locke, Wid. Eliza- beth 5 06
Locke, Est. of Abel .. 6 75
Locke, Heirs of Ben- jamin, 14 91
Locke, Heirs of Ben- jamin, imp. by O. Winship, 21 66
Locke, Wid. Amos .. 15 63
Locke, Mrs. Hannah 22 50
Locke, Samuel B. 1 50
Lapoint, Frank
1 50
Lamarsh, George
1 50
Locke, Horatio 32 04
Locke, B. Benjamin 1 50
Locke, Henry 2 75
Libby, Ira 3 38
Locke, Elbridge G. .. 60 93
Locke, Elbridge G.
Prentiss Estate, 14 13
Larkin, William 2 77
Morton, Marcus 1 50
Locke, Charles D. 1 50
Leary, Dennis O. 1 50
Lewis, Samuel 64 91
Locke, Stephen 58 44
Locke, Hannah C. 20 25
Monnehan, Edward
Morrow, James 1 50
McCarthy, Timothy .. 1 50
Murray, Andrew, 1 50
McCarty, Cornelius 1 50
Mayo, David 1 50
27
TAXES.
McCarty, John 1 50
|Nickerson, Jonas C. .. 15 42
Marsh, Charles V. 1 50 Niles, William J. 90 19
McGennis, Hugh 4 16 Noland, John 1 50
Motree, Conrad 4 63
Mahoney, James 1 50
McCarty, Cornelius, .. 1 50
Mead, Patrick 1 50 Oakes, Miss Nancy .. 18 75
Murphy, Cornelius 6 81 O'Brien, Edward 1 50
Moulton, Arthur 1 50 Ober, Joseph E. 4 00
Merideth, Edward 1 50
Murdough, George, .. 6 00
Mahoney, Timothy .. 1 50
McCarty, Dennis 1 50
McCarty, Maurice 10 50
Mayo, Capt. Henry L. 35 09
Mott, Henry 18 44
Mott, Henry & Wil-
liam T. Dupee, .... 23 38
Merrifield, Joseph A. 24 56
Mc Neil, Daniel 5 25
Mahoney, Bartholo-
mew 1 50
Maroney, James 2 91
Monroe, James 1 50
Pinckney, John
1 50
Morrow, William 1 50
Mayo, Jesse, 1 50
Marsh, Mansir W. 55 50
Pierce, Benjamin H. 1 50
Prior, William 1 50
Patterson, Nicholas 1 50
Poland, Benjamin F. 1 50
Prentiss, Samuel P. .. 1 50
Patterson, Matthew ..
1 50
Pierce, Louisa 6 25
Phippin, Ann H. 12 50
Proctor, William 1 50
Nichols, John F. 4 63 Paine, William 1 50
Norris, William
1 50
Pierce, Winslow, J. 6 50
Noyes, James L. 3 19
Puffer, David 53 15
Newell, Charles H. 1 50
Peabody, John 47 10
Nourse, Nathan 6 28
Peabody, James 60 16
Norcross, Elijah 1 50
Proctor, Moses 39 69
Neil, Eugene O. 1 50
Poland, Benjamin 50 56
Nesmith, John P. 1 50 Prices, William 2 63
Noland, Patrick 1 50 Pierce, Abner 161 18
Nickola, Matthias 1 50
Patrick, M. 1 50
Nason, Charles H. 1 50
P.
Parker, William 1 50
Perlette, Paul 1 50
Perkins, H. 1 50
Pendigrass, James 1 50
Pierce, Francis E. 1 50
Parks, Thomas 1 50
Pilsbury, Valentine 1 50
Prentiss, William 1 50
Plummer, Frederick 1 50
Perry, John 4 00
Pierce, Thomas B. 1 50
Mosher, James 1 50
Mott, Est. of Joseph B. 11 88
N.
Noland, Bryan 1 50
Nichols, George H. 1 50
O.
O'Neil, James 1 50
Osborn, John 9 44
Pierce, James H.
1 50
28
TAXES.
Pierce, Henry A. 1 50
Prentiss, Amos E. 15 25
Pierce, Capt. George 85 59
Pierce, Mrs. Harriet .. 12 50
Pratt, John 33 53
Pattee, Enoch D. 1 50
Price, James 1 50
Pierce, Eben 1 50
Pierce, James A. 1. 50
Prentiss, Mary 2 81
Prentiss, Wid. F. R. 15 19
Pierce, Thomas P. .. 72 02
Pierce, Thomas W. .. 1 50
Pierce, John A. P. .. 65 01
Pierce, Ebenezer P. .. 41 13
Parmenter, Esq. Wil-
liam 7 75
Pattee, Jesse P. 87 06
Palmer, Nathaniel 1 50
Pattee, William H.
1
50
Pratt, Nathan
133 94
Patterson, Matthew 8 49
Parks, Alfred 10 82
Prescott & Proctor, .. 106 25
Prescott, Edwin R. .. 18 13
Proctor, Abel R. 29 94
Pierce, Thomas P.
Trustee 6 88
Prentiss, Estate of
George 53 84
Prentiss, George 21 09
Peck, Abel G. 640 57
Prentiss, Samuel 4 63
Pierce, Wid. Lydia . 25 41
Pierce, Abel 50 09
Pierce, Oliver H. 10 88
Pierce, Wid. Jonas
8 16
Pierce, Lydia L.
63
Peck, Abel G., Stark-
weather, Estate, 15 19
Pinton, Richard 1 50
Percill, James 2 11
2.
Quigley, Patrick 1 50
R.
Russell, Jeremiah 51 85
Russell, Walter 34 99
Robbins, Henry R. .. 1 50
Roper & Com. James 3 00
Robinson, Isaac 1 50
Russell, Alfred 1 50
Robinson, Finley W. 1 50
Rich, John 1 50
Richardson, William H. 1 50
Robbins, Daniel 35 56
Robbins, Alvin 1 50
Russell, William H. 1 50
Rauber, Frederick 1 50
Robbins, Nathan, imp.
by D. Puffer, 5 24
Russell & Kimball 16 25
Rawson, Warren 79 45
Roper, Joseph
1 50
Rider, Patrick 5 61
Richardson, Jr., Rich-
ard 1 50
Ryan, Michael 1 50
Russell, Wid. Rebec-
ca, imp. by Henry Deblois, 34 05
Ruffly, Henry 1 50
Richardson, Mark A. 8 50
Russell, Benjamin F. 56 91
Robbins, Joshua 43 00
Riley, James 1 50
Russell, 2d, James 59 88
Richardson, Geo. B. .. 67 44 Ramsdell, Thomas .. 58 38 Russell, Thomas H. 7 91
Russell, Albin O. 1 50 Russell, Capt. Edw'd 11 64 Richardson, William H. 35 22
Russell, George 24 56
Rowe, Patrick 1 50
Russell, George H. 1 82
Reardon, Peter 2 91
Russell, James S.
13 31
29
TAXES.
Russell, Bowen 29 95
Swan, James 2 29
Russell, Ira 3 38 Stearns, Jr., Leonard 10 41
Russell, Wid. Rebecca 14 63
Sweeney, Patrick 1 50
Robbins, Nathan 416 02
Smith, Clinton 1 50
Spaulding, Lewis 1 50
Richardson, Richard 14 26
Sumner, Walter S. 1 50
Russell, Amos 34 52 Sullivan, Michael 1 50
Russell, Oliver
29 01
Shaw, James
1 50
Russell, J. W. 3 06
Stokes, Alfred 1 50
Russell, Josiah H.
58 22
Speatman, Robert 1 50
Robbins, James
2 13
Shattuck, Isaac 56 39 Squires, John P. 48 97
Russell, Wid. Rebec-
ca, imp. by S. Har- dy, 3 94
Swan, 2d, Charles 1 50
Russell, Mrs. Sarah .. 2 81
Stowe, William 20 25
Sweeney, Daniel
1 50
Swan, Samuel 34 88
Storer, Edward 18 32
Swain, B. D. 16 19
Stevens, John R. 1 50
Schwamb & Brothers, 13 13
Schwamb, Theodore 1 50
Schwamb, Charles 1 50
Shay, Henry 8 25
Swan, Henry 30 01
Swaim, Rev. S. B. .. 17 13
Shepard, James
2 75
Solomon, Edward 1 50
Swan, Stephen 83 73
Sears, David
1 50
Stanwood, Theodore 5 25
Stines, James 1 50
Stanwood, Daniel R. 5 25
Stacy, William 1 50
Smith, Edward 45 28
Shehan, Michael 1 50
Swan, Wid. Phebe 24 19
Schwamb, Frederick 1 50
Swan, Timothy 57 24
Scanlan, William 1 50
Swan, Martha 4 38
Stetson, Andrew S. ..
1 50
Spear, Joseph S. 32 26
Smith, Arthur 1 50 Simpson, Alonzo 40 28
Southwell, William 1 50
Stearns, Leonard 50 58
Schweizer, John 1 50
Stearns, George 52 59
Smith, Francis 11 00
Sullivan, Jeremiah 1 50
Splan, Daniel 3 43
Shaw, Harrison 6 50
Shattuck, Ralph W. .. 12 56
Stearns, George A. .. 1 50
Schouler & Company, John 85 38
Strahan, Thomas
1 50
S.
Smith, Lewis 15 40
Smith, Lewis A. 1 50
Snow, Samuel 1 50
Sweeney, Jeremiah ..
1 50
Russell, Heirs of Jas.
imp. by M. Proctor, 25 32
Robbins, Eliza E. 6 88
Sanderson, Wid. Mary
3 38
Russell, Col. Thomas 305 53
Russell, George C. .. 116 84
Russell, George C.
Trustee, 6 25
Russell, Thomas J. .. 79 16
Russell, Esq. James .. 188 56
Sheen, Timothy 1 50
Smith, Joseph 6 56
Schouler, Robert 82 65
Richardson, William 81 98
30
TAXES.
Soles, William 6 69 | Toomey, Michael 1 50
Setchell, William F. 13 88
Schouler, Jr., James .. 24 00
Smith, Rev. S. A. .... 11 50
Smith, Rev. S. A., Guardian for E. P. Smith, 10 00
Smith, Rev. S. A.
Guardian for S. A.
Smith,
11 88
Smith, Rev. S. A.
Guardian for E. D.
Smith,
13 13
Swan, Estate of Hen-
ry, 22 16
Schouler, John 106 82
Snelling, Estate of Charlotte, 15 75
Society, Baptist, Trus- tees of, 78 95
Symmes, Stephen 70 35
Symmes, Jr., Stephen 21 87
Swan, Heirs of Ger- shom, 25 59
Swan, Charles 1 50
Studley, Sarah 4 38
T
Tinkham, Sylvanus .. 1 50
Thompson, William .. 1 50
Taylor, William 1 50
Tilton, Elbridge G. .. 1 50
Tuttle, Joseph 1 50
Teel, Joseph, imp. by William H. Whit- temore, 26 34
Toomy, Cornelius 5 25
Thornton, Thomas A. 1 50
Toland, James 1 50
Thorpe, Alfred 1 50
Tufts, Capt. Benj. I. 18 16
Teel, Joseph
24 75
Thorpe, Thomas 16 69
Tufts, Ephraim 121 23
Trask, Moses C. 20 25
Thaxter, James 11 34
Teel, Albert L. 18 19
Teel, Albert L. Guar- dian, 1 25
Thorpe, Thomas E.
1 50
Tufts, Henry A.
31 63
Teel, George S. 26 31
Tufts, Horatio 1 50
Tufts, Wid. Helen 2 97
Teel, Estate of B. C. 12 24
Teel, Est. of Thom- as H. 101 51
U.
Underwood, Napoleon 31 50 Underwood, Dr. Jos. 19 06 Usher, Est. of Almira 5 63
W.
Witherell, O. D.
3 38
Woods & Comp. Wil- liam T. 8 13
Whittemore, Wm. A. 1 50
Whittle, Robert
1 50
Wheelwright, George W. 7 75
Welch, Richard 1 50
Welch, Morris 1 50
Wyman, James M. 1 50
Weeks, Joseph P. 1 50
Winhold, Ernest 1 50
Whitney, Hannah 10 44
Whittemore, Wm. H. 74 47 Welton, Taaac H. 11 54
Woods, Cyrus 4 63
Whitten, J. W.
49 94
Wright, George 1 50
Walker, Robert 1 50
Woodbridge, S. F. . 120 09
Woodbridge, S. F. imp. by Hadley &
others,
24 19
Wright, Stephen E. ..
1 50
31
TAXES.
Warren, Marshall S. .. 1 50
Whittemore, Charles 39 00
Wood, Willard 4 63 Winship, Oliver 2 91
Woods, B. F. 16 69
Walker, E. R. 8 25
Woodman, Charles 1 50
Wyman, James
27 31
Whittemore, Wid. Re- becca 45 53
Whittemore, Henry .. 43 13
Whittemore, Henry, Trustee for J. Cof- fin, 6 25
Whittemore, Henry,
Trustee for E. A. and H. C. Whitte- more, 96 25
Whittemore, Henry C. 4 63
Whittemore, Gershom 29 81
Woods, William T. .. 15 56
Wells, Sarah 8 94
Wyman, Wid. Mary .. 13 13
Warren, Joseph P. ... 1 50
Whittemore, F. H. .. 10 56
Whittemore, Estate of
Jonathan, 113 34
Whittemore, Wid. E. L. 5 91
Whittemore, Estate of Elbridge 9 84
Wyman, John P. 27 13
Wyman, Abner P. 1 50
Woodbridge, J. M. 3 01
Winn, John 14 95
White, Nathaniel 1 50
Winn, Est. of Sarah 3 94 Winn, Albert 117 57 Wellington & Swain 12 75
Wellington, David K. 21 58
Wait, Wid. Cynthia 37 19
Woodbridge, Samuel 3 03
Wyman, Joseph 86 51
Whittemore, Wm. A. 122 39 Wyman, Jr., Luke 16 69
Wyman, Luke 48 63
Wilson, James 2 75
Wilson, Horace 11 35 Winn, Charles G. .... 161 28 Winn, Chs. G. Trus- tee for Mrs. Yates, 6 88
Ware, George W. .... 57 22
Wellington, J. O. .... .117 50
Wiggin, Joseph A. 1 50
Walton, Edmund M. 9 16
Wellington, Estate of Timothy, 116 25
Wyman, A. & J. P ... 124 18 Wyman, Hrs. of Sam- uel, imp. by Ken-
ney & Pierce, 9 38
Wyman, Hrs. of Sam. 55 41 Winneck, Hrs. of Wil- liam B. 30 09
Winn, Russell and Schouler, 12 94
Wilson, Wid. Sally .. 2 25 Wright, Est. of Joshua 11. 25
Whittemore, Widow
Sarah
43 88
Y.
Yoar, Michael 4 63
Yates, Francis E. 4 00
Yates, Joseph 1 50
Yates, Charles H. 2 75
Yates, Wid. Almira .. 30 30
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LIST OF NON-RESIDENTS
AS ASSESSED
FOR THE YEAR 1858.
Jennins, F. M.
7 50 | Westgood, John 2 25
Reed, Joseph
3 26
Butler, Thomas 1 25
Supply, Barney
2 81
Flagg, Hiram 3 75
Hibbard & Ballow, ..
1 54
Leach, Mr. 6 25
Haskins, Philip
5 78
Coakly, John 96
Fisher, Isaiah 1 06
Bunteline, James 63
Thorp, David H.
95 Welch, John
63
Wright, Jacob A.
2 36
Dempsey, Peter 1 18
Downing, Nathan C.
2 81
Holt, Samuel 1 56
Curtain, Jeremiah
2 40 Cochran, William 1 23
Abbott, Alvin
95
Brion, Dennis O
59
Thompson George C.
95 Fayher, Martin 1 91
95 Hayley, William. 1 48
Singleton, Hannah L. Rymill, William H. .. Radduck, Hamilton
71 Kendall, William B. Kelley, Michael
95
and John Gault, .... Park, Joseph H.
3 00
Tulon, Edward 3 14
Russell & James, and Brigham, James, ..
1 05
Wright, Mr.
1 44
Spurgin, William
1 07
Kendall, Wm. B. 1 90
Niles, John N.
2 20 McMurray, Felix 78
Patterson, Charles
95
Alewood, Richard 80
Rogers, Robert B.
1 12
Collins, Mr. 1 05
Robie, Thomas
5 63 McCarroll, James 1 77
Woodbridge, Jas. M.
3 18
Dorrity, James 1 32
Woodbridge, Sam. H. Radduck, Hamilton .. Gault, John
81
Runey, Patrick 1 25
Muldon, John
95
Koil, Richard 1 30
Packard, Naham
11 51
Chennery, W. W.
Brown Estate, 28 31
Smith, Capt. Jona. 28 25
Ayer, Daniel 3 20
Brady, John 3 44
Hewins, William B. 66
Collins, Michael 6 25
Dearing, Thomas 2 63
Gockeritzo, F. 6 25
Kelley, Thomas 1 57
Adams, George S. 56 88
Reardon, Patrick
1 23
Sanger, George P. 4 69
4 29
95 Morrissy, Patrick,
4 92
Lewis, Isaac 96
1 21
Runey, Terrence 97
1 17
McHennecy, John 1 33
Chamberlin, D. U. 95
Koil, Richard. 1 22
TAXES.
Bailey & Pitts, 40 00 | Kingsley, C. W. 14 06 Smith, Benjamin ..
Bailey & Pitts, imp.
by Gage, Sawyer & Co., 31 25
Robinson, Josiah 18 75
Chennery, W. W.,
Wellington, Jr., Henry 24 45
Thayer, Jason
6 25
Russell, Francis
5 47
Lawrence, William ..
6 25
Fessenden, James M. 3 29
Horne, William 1 25 Hagan, John R. 14 38
Heirs of David and
Josiah Kendall, 3 44
Cutler, George D.
6 25
Cutler, Silas 18 75
Brown, Mary A. 11 88
Locke, Heirs of Asa, 5 63
Freeto, Francis 10 76
Locke, Artemas
7 67
Parks, Estate of Em- erson, 9 38
Bowman, Wid. Fran- cis 6 25
Richardson, Wid. Ab- igail 4 38
Deshon, Wid. Daniel 1 56
Cotting, William
107 66
Bright, Josiah 1 88
Coolidge, Josiah
2 50
Russell, Est. of Wm. 25 00
Cutter, Dr. Benjamin 18 75
Lydia Whitney and
Pierce, T. J. 4 96
Ayer, Daniel
45 50
Russell, Levi 18 75
Brooks, John W. 2 81
Shattuck, S. J. 10 00
Porter, Hannah C. 15 00
Payson, Mary P.
24 75
W. H. Russell, ... --
6 25
Horne, Geo. W. 4 69
Stearnes, James 1 25
Bullock, William 2 45
Sanderson, Estate of Isaac, 79
Baker, Almira, imp. by Geo. Hill, 9 84
Tudor, Frederick 193 75
Stearns, Jacob 1 25
Converse, J. W. 47 50
Munroe, William 4 38
Wood, Naham 10 00 Allen, B. F.
Gassett, Lotan
28 75
Tufts, Est. of Anna, 3 13
Cooley, Sarah 9 06
Swan, John
3 45
Dewer, Thomas
1 25
White, Daniel
2 81
Veazie, Joseph A.
40 22
Shepard, Est. of Pres- ton, 15 63
Tudor, Fred'k, imp.
by S. Lynch, ...... .. 38 00
Lewis, William A. .. 6 88
Adams, Samuel 3 13
Gliddon, George W. 6 88
Whittemore, Timothy 25 00
Sullivan, Hrs. of J. L. 9 38
Hanscomb, Jacob 4 69|
66 56 Hutchinson, Thomas 32 41 Robbins, Est. of Ste- phen, 20 63
Lee Estate,
34 38
Allen, Elijah 6 25
Huffmaster, Wid. Su-
san
6 25
Reed, Reuben
19 63
Locke, Est. of Mica- jah, 27 25
Wait, James 8 75
Russell, Levi, Whit- temore Farm, 15 16
Whitney, Lydia, and
15 79
Osgood, George 14 06
Fletcher, J. V. 121 53
Fitts, James L. 3 75
5
33
Walter H. Russell, 18 13
34
TAXES.
Fiske, Elbridge 13 13
Getchell, Moses A. 14 06
Simonds, Marshall 15 00
Kenney, M. C. 30 00
Gleason, Thomas 1 28
Hittenger, Jacob 84 38
Hill, David 14 06
Walker, James, imp. by Ropes, 5 63
Bailey, Thomas H. 1 25
Atkins, Mr. 79
Dadd, Dr. G. H. 10 41
Perry, John B.
15 47
Jacobs, Washington .. 2 50
Prentiss, Wid. James
2 72
White, William 2 50
Potter, J. S.
16 88
Viles, Jonas 5 50
Dodge, J. 2 81
Baldwin, J. M.
2 50
Winship, Oliver M. 7 94
Riddle, Edward 5 63
Cartland, Joseph 30 63
Green, J. D. 3 13
Converse, James C. ..
92 66
Chase, J. C.
15 00
Robinson, T. S. G. ..
95
AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION, FOR THE YEAR 1858. Real Estate, $2,027,991 00
Personal Estate,
1,023,774 00
Total, $3,051,765 00
64 mills on the dollar, $19,073 53
766 Polls,
1,149 00
$20,222 53
Town Grant, $17,000 00
State Tax, 990 00
County Tax, 1,741 85
Overlayings, 490 68
$20,222 53
The above is a true and correct copy of a list of Town, State, and County Taxes, for the Town of West Cam- bridge, assessed upon the Polls and Estates of the inhabi- tants of said Town, and also the Non-residents, according to a valuation, as taken by the Subscribers, on the first of May, A. D. 1858, and committed to Jesse P. Pattee for col- lection for the current year, with their warrant in due form of law.
STEPHEN SYMMES, JR, / Assessors of the WILLIAM DICKSON, Town of
WASHINGTON J. LANE, West Cambridge.
West Cambridge, June, 1858.
REPORT
OF THE
SCHOOL COMMITTEE
OF THE
TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE,
FOR THE YEAR 1857-8.
e
BOSTON: PRESS OF W. & E. HOWE, 39 MERCHANTS ROW.
1858.
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impossible for the children to get the amount of air necessary for their health, without opening the win- dows and causing a very unsafe exposure. Several children have been removed from this school, because their health was suffering from the impure atmosphere of the room to such an extent as to alarm the parents. The atmosphere in this room when heated by a stove, and breathed over and over again by eighty or ninety children, is exceedingly offensive and unwholesome. We are satisfied that, if the parents would visit the school often enough to ascertain the dangers to which they are subjecting their children, by sending them here, this great obstacle to the usefulness of the school, would soon be removed.
SOUTH DISTRICT.
The upper School in this District was for the first two terins of the year under the charge of Mr. A. R. Bullard; the last term, it was taught by Mr. G. S. Newcomb.
Largest number of scholars any term, 40
Smallest 66 66 66 40
Average attendance,
33
This School has suffered for several years the evils consequent upon a frequent change of teachers. At the examination made by the Committee, in the Au- tumn, the school appeared very well. At the public examination this Spring, there were so few scholars present, that we were unable to form a just opinion of the condition of the school. This school, under a good teacher, with the co-operation of the parents, must take a high rank among our schools.
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The Primary School in this District has been taught by Miss Ellen W. Douglass.
Largest number of scholars any term, 41
Smallest 66
31
Average attendance, 28
This School has been broken in upon considerably by sickness the last part of the year. This examina- tion of the small number present, at the close of the term, gave satisfaction to the parents present, and to the Committee.
The law which requires the Committee to make a detailed report of the Public Schools, also requires us to make such statements and suggestions in relation to such schools as we shall deem necessary or proper to promote the interest thereof. In accordance with this requirement, the Committee would call the attention of the citizens, and especially of parents, to our Pri- mary School-rooms. We have one school of ninety scholars, and another of a hundred, in rooms quite in- adequate to their accommodation. These rooms are uncomfortable and unhealthy. According to the lowest estimate ever made of the quantity of air necessary for an individual, these rooms do not afford enough for a much smaller number of children than is daily found in them. Any system of education is perfect just so far as it produces a unity and symmetry in the devel- opement of all the powers. Now in these rooms the physical developement is not only neglected, but the seeds of weakness and disease are sown. Children may there secure a certain amount of intellectual de- velopement, but the proper balance of powers is de- stroyed, for nothing is more strictly true than that " a
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healthy mind resides in a healthy body." Persons thus educated are not well trained to combat error, and to judge of what is true in life, but are fitted to become easy victims to the various delusions with which our age is teeming.
The Primary School-rooms in the Centre and North West Districts, demand immediate attention. In the South District, the urgency of the case is not so great, owing to the small number of scholars, yet the room is far from what it should be. The liberality with which the town responded to the request for an addi- tional appropriation for the schools as soon as the ne- cessity for it was shown, makes the Committee hope that the citizens will visit these schools-rooms, where we are sure they will be convinced of the necessity of a change, and that we shall soon have suitable accom- modations for the schools.
To increase the usefulness of our schools, there is needed a more earnest interest in education among all the inhabitants of the town. The general School Committee and the teachers are not the only guardians of the educations of our children ; every man exerts an influence upon his own children or upon other chil- dren in his neighborhood. The children bring to school the influences that they have felt at home, and which they have felt in the street, in the shops and stores they have entered. Each citizen in town should consider himself bound to obey the spirit of our statute law, and to " exert his influence, and use his best en- deavors that the youth of the town shall regularly at- tend the schools ; " and to aid our school teachers "to impress on the minds of children and youth committed
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to their care and instruction, the principles of piety, justice, and a sacred regard for truth, love to their country, humanity, and universal benevolence, sobrie- ty, industry and frugality, chastity, moderation and temperance, and those other virtues which are the or- nament of human society, and the basis upon which a republican constitution is founded."
Finally, the Committee would call the attention of the town, particularly, to one practical difficulty which has been alluded to, and which should be recognized and understood, although at present it may be incon- venient to meet it with a sufficient remedy. They refer to the imperfect classification of Schools. The division of schools into Grammar and Primary, simply, can hardly be considered a system ; and yet a system- atic arrangement of schools, suited to the different marked degrees of intellectual development in chil- dren, is the only means of securing to all a proper training. For example, the Primary School groups together two distinct grades of scholars : the alphabet children, or beginners, and those who for two years or more have been subjected to educational discipline.
The difference between these two grades is greater than is ordinarily supposed. The child of five years, who is just beginning its school career, is impatient of long restraint and confinement, and in its early steps in knowledge, requires considerable freedom and in- dulgence, and much personal attention on the part of the teacher. It is gently, patiently, and reasonably to be led into the method and discipline by which its young mind is to be developed. After the experience of two or three years, it has learned to submit to order,
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authority and wholesome restraint, and calls for differ- ent treatment and oversight. Now it is impossible to combine in a single school the methods of discipline which these two grades of children require One grade will be governed too loosely, and the other too strictly, if the discipline be uniform ; or if an attempt be made to govern each according to its requirements, there must result confusion in the entire discipline. The Primary School should, therefore, be divided. This has already been done to some extent in the school in the North West District. The assistant teacher has charge of the younger children in the smaller room, and their separation from the other scholars has proved to be to their mutual benefit.
In the Grammar Schools a similar necessity for sep- aration appears. In the first place, the youngest class is ordinarily too young for the Grammar School, but it has been pushed upward to make room for the increas- ing number in the Primary School, from which it has just come. Then the oldest class has attained to the point when the mind begins to appreciate and crave for knowledge, and while no longer needing so much of the artificial restraint under which it has reached its present growth, requires still the constant guidance and aid of the experienced teacher. Here, again, must be a conflict of treatment. The classes below the first have not yet outgrown the discipline which their proper culture demands ; the first class has pass- ed beyond it. The teacher then must adapt his man- agement as he best can, to the wide range of age and mental character of his school. The result must nec- essarily be, that one grade or another of scholars will suffer, through the impossibility of directing the teach- ers' attention to these widely different claims.
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This difficulty in the classification of schools is no new experience. Other communities have suffered from it, and have found its remedy. This consists in a separation of the different grades of scholars into separate schools. The Primary School is sub-divided into Alphabet and Primary Schools. The Grammar School comprises those children who are able to pass into it from the Primary School, according to a scale of qualification ; together with those who are younger than the oldest class of Grammar scholars. The chil- dren composing this oldest class are then placed in a Central, or High School, where they can receive that individual attention, and competent instruction, which their age and mental condition demand.
In the cities, a further sub-division is made, but in a town like this, the system indicated would suffice.
The Committee cannot feel that they have discharg- ed their entire duty, without bringing the necessity of this change of classification of schools to the attention of their fellow citizens. It secures a complete and regular grade of schools, in which children within the school age, receive a training according to their intel- lectual condition and requirement. Uniformity, and progressive advancement are thus obtained in all the schools, and effort on the part of the scholars is stimu- lated, as they see before them the successive steps of attainment, ending at last in the highest school. The character of the schools throughout, arranged under such a system, must be that of life, interest and im- provement.
The Committee ask the careful consideration of these suggestions by parents, and friends of the schools.
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The change proposed is quite practicable. The addi- tion of a room to each school-house, and the employ- ment of an assistant in each Primary School, would effect the necessary division in the younger schools. The Grammar Schools are already provided for. It will remain to make provision for a Central School ; and this is the only alteration which will require any considerable outlay and expense.
Still the Committee are not disposed to press any plan upon their fellow-citizens, until upon examination and reflection the town is prepared to act upon the subject. They are content to leave this general state- ment of the difficulty and its remedy, feeling confident that ere long, the necessity of decided and thorough action will be seen by all.
RICHARD L. HODGDON,
WM. E. PARMENTER, JOSIAH CROSBY, School
JOSEPH UNDERWOOD, Committee.
WARREN S. FROST,
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