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Jones & Tufts
5 60
Hall, Isaac 13 52
Hurley, Timothy 2 00
K.
Kelley, Patrick 2 20
Kelley, John
2 00
Higgins, Dennis
11 40
Kimball, W. William 2 00
Higgins, Thomas
2 00
Kidder, William A. 2 00
Huntress, N. C. 9 20
Kimball, Stephen
14 96
Hill, Horace 2 00
Hurley, William 2 00
2 00
Kenney, Timothy 6 62
Healy, Orin
12 80
Kenney, James W. 2 00
Hill, Eber 2 00
Hobbs, Jacob F. 31 20
4 80
King, Andrew 2 00
Hobbs, John C.
42 00
Hobbs, Alfred
2 00
Hobill, John
2 00
Hill, Addison
55 06
Hill, Horace K.
2 00
Lawrence, John 2 80
Long, John
2 00
Hill, Nathaniel
12 16
Leary, Jeremiah
13 32
Head, Samuel
2 00
Larkin, William
5 22
Horton, L. B.
53 14
Locke, Davis 33 88
Locke, Davis 2 88
Locke, Davis
6 31
Harrington, Rebecca
8 64
Hill, Mary, Miss.
17 20
Locke, Horatio
37 48
Lawrence, Abel
2 00
Hill, Betsey, Mrs. 27 60
Hodgden, R. L., Dr.
Gammell, Estate, 21 60
Horton, L. B. 12 00
Hurley, Daniel 2 00
J.
Libby, Jackson H. 5 24
Jones, William 2 00
L.
Hadley, William F. 6 80
36 64 Lawrence, Henry L. 65 48
Hill, Harrison
Hall, Ammi 2 00
Howe, Andrews 1 20
Locke, Davis
2 53
Locke, Henry 34 84
Lines, Richard 2 00
Lougee, Albert 2 00
Lines, Batholomew 2 00
Lapoint, Frank 2 00
Lahay, Daniel 2 00
Keith, James 2 00
Hill, Amos
Kidder, Joseph T. 16 68
Kenney, Thomas 2 00
Hill, Charles
Kenney, Andrew 2 00
Hanson, William 2 00
Hanson, Henry 2 00
Jones, James C. 2 00
S 40 Johnson, James 2 00
37
TAXES.
Lapham, Luther 186 00 | McCarty, Dennis 2 00
Lane, W. J. 46 48 Mahoney, Timothy 2 00
Lane, George W. 6 00 Mitchell, Thomas 2 00
Locke, Amos, Mrs. 19 60 Murphy, Cornelius 10 20
Lawrence, John W. 2 00
Murphy, Michael
2 00
Locke, Benjamin D. 38 00
Maynard, George C.
9 20
Locke, Hannah, Mrs. 24 48
Mayo, Seth, Estate, 22 80
Locke, Lorenzo 31 60
Martin, George W. 2 00
Locke, Lorenzo & Bros. 127 72 Locke, Benjamin B. 4 00
Mott, Henry 22 88
Locke, Henry J.
4 00
Martin, James 2 00
Lacy, John
4 40
Madden, John 2 00
Lacy, Edward 2 00
McCarty, John 2 00
Laughlin, Robert M. 2 00
Murphy, James 2 00
Locke, William P. 2 00
Martin, Franklin 2 00
Locke, Elbridge G. 88 46
Mitchell, Theodore 92 40
McCarty, Michael 2 00
tiss Estate, 18 08
Mallen, Patrick 2 00
Locke, William H. 21 20
Mayo, Jesse
10 80
Locke, Charles D. 2 00
McCarty, Dennis 2 00
Locke, Stephen 71 00
Mead, Patrick 2 00
Locke, Stephen
7 76
Mayo, L. Henry, Capt. 2 00
Landres, James 2 00
Murphy, James 2 00
Lewis, Samuel
56 12
McCarty, Cornelius 2 00
Lewis, Samuel
92
McComerick, John 2 00
Lewis, Henry
2 00
Mullett, William H. 2 00
Laduke, Peter
3 60
Mullett, Frank 2 00
Mahoney, Bartholomew 10 20
Mahoney, James 2 00
Leary, Jeremiah 5 60
Moore, Edward B. 2 00
Locke, Hannah C. Miss. 30 88
McCarty, John
2 00
Locke, Elizabeth, Mrs. 6 48
Meredith, Edward
2 00
Locke, Anne, Mrs. 31 52
McMeans, George
2 42
Locke, Abel, Estate, 8 64
Morrow, James
2 00
Morrow, John
2 00
Morrow, William
2 00
Miller, Archibald
2 00
M.
McCarty, Cornelius 2 00
Mason, Henry F. 2 00
McCarty, Dennis
2 00
Merrifield, Joseph A. 17 24
Merriffeld, Joseph A. 16 80
Mott, Henry 29 92
McCarty, John 2 00
Mott, Susan, Mrs. 18 99
McCarty, Maurice 13 52
Muzzey, Sarah, Mrs.
25 60
Lane, W. J. Guardian for
W. Carnes, 20 00
Maroney, James Mahoney, Dennis 2 00
Mason, J. D. Dr. 29 60
Mc Means, Andrew 2 00
Mahoney, James 2 00
McGrath, Patrick 2 00
18 64
Lagrow, Joseph 2 00
Locke, Rebecca R. Mrs. 32 00
Locke, Elbridge G. Prin-
Merrill, Frank S. 2 00
38
TAXES.
Mitchell, Frank
2 00 | Peabody, James
S6 68
Peabody, James 6 00
Peirce, Abner
8 40
Pierce, Harris J. 2 00
N.
Noyes, James L. 2 00
Nelegan, Peter
2 00
Noland, John
2 00
Nichols, John F.
13 60
Nichols, John
2 00
Nickerson, J. C. 21 04
Noble, E. T. 41 08
Nourse, Nathan S 12
Niles, W. J. 189 52
Niles, George E. 2 00
Nason, Charles H. 2 00
Nesmith, George W. 2 00
O.
O'Donnell, Michael 2 00
O'Connell, William 2 00
O'Brien, Dennis 3 60
O'Brien, John 2 00
Owen, Terrence 2 00
O'Donnell, John 2 00
O'Brien, Dennis 2 00
Peck, Abel G.
257 80
Poland, Benjamin
60 40
Poland, Benjamin F.
2 00
Phippen, Ann H. Mrs.
..
16 00
Prescott & Proctor, 136 00
Price, William 6 64
Pattee, Jesse P. S3 84
Pattee, Jesse P. 5 60
Pattee, Jesse P. 26 40
Pattee, Jesse P. 2 40
Pattee, Jesse P. 9 84
Pattee, John A. 2 00
Pattee, William H.
2 00
Palmer, Alanson 6 60
Peabody, Joseph 2 00
Parker, O. G. 4 00
Parmenter, Wm. E. Esq. 10 00 Puffer, David 1 S4
Purcell, James 7 20 Prentiss, Mary, Miss. 3 60
Puffer, David 79 08 Prentiss, Fanny R. Mrs. 19 44
Peabody, John 97 00 |Patten, J. M. 2 00
Pool, L. Frederick 2 00
Pierce, George, Capt. 93 00
Pierce, George, Capt.
1 60
Pierce, George, Capt.
7 04
Pierce, George, Capt.
12 80
Pierce, George, Capt. 9 60
Pitts, Lemuel, Jr. 2 00
Pierce, Harriet, Mrs.
16 40
Prentiss, Amos E.
28 20
Patterson, Matthew 2 00
Pratt, Nathan 138 96
Pratt, Nathan
16 24
Pratt, Nathan
47 52
Payson, Mary P. Miss.
31 68
Prentiss, Samuel P.
2 00
Preintss, Abigail W. 5 18
Potter, John S.
39 60
Poor, Edward E. 6 80
Osborn, John
86 00
Osborn, John 21 20
Ober, Joseph E. 6 80
O'Conner, Morris 2 00
O'Leary, Dennis
2 00
O'Conner, Michael 2 00
4 00
O'Brien, Edward 2 00
O'Brien, Peter 8 33
P.
Proctor, Moses 45 59
2 00
Morse, T. D.
McMullin, John
2 00
Peirce, Henry A. 2 00
Pierce, Francis E. 2 00
Patch, William F.
2 00
Pierce, Winslow J.
72 44
Prescott, Edwin R.
67 28
Peck, William G. 2 00
O'Neil, James
39
TAXES.
Proctor, Abel R. 40 40 Russell, George 24 40
Proctor, Abel R.
32 40 Russell, J. Willard 4 40
Price, James
8 96 Richardson, Geo. B. Est. 100 61
Pierce, Thomas W. 5 20 Rude, Daniel C. 2 00
Pierce, Jonas, Mrs. 10 44
Richardson, Orlando B. 2 00
Pierce, James A. Prentiss, Samuel
2 00
Russell Walter 48 44
Prentiss, William
6 00
Russell. George C. 142 54
Pierce, Jonas L.
2 00
Russell, Frank F. 2 00
Paine, William
2 00
Robbins, James 2 80
Paine, William, Jr.
2 00
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 370 86
Palmer, Wilson
6 80
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 16 00
Pierce, Thomas P.
88 62
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 14 40
Pierce, Horace B.
6 92
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 12 00
Pierce, Ebenezer P.
57 52
Russell, Thomas, Col. .. 8 80
Pierce, Thomas B.
2 80
Russell, Thomas J. 76 60
Pierce, John A. P. 60 32
Pierce, Oliver H. 14 00
Robbins, Nathan 427 88
Pierce, Abel 56 0S
Robbins, Nathan 6 71
Pendagast, John
3 43
Robbins, Nathan 40 19
Proctor, William
3 60
Robbins, Nathan 10 50
Pierce, Thomas P. Trus- tee, for Mrs. Grant, 8 80
Russell, Theodore E. 2 00
Pierce, John A. P.
12 00
Robbins, Alvin S. 2 00
Pierce, John A. P. 57 86
Richardson, David W. .. 2 00
Pierce, Lydia Mrs. 32 52
Richardson, William H. 55 52 Robbins, Eliza E. Mrs. 7 76 Rowe, Patrick 2 00
Rauber, Frederick 2 00
Russell, Benjamin F. 66 92
Russell, Bowen 38 46
Russell, Benjamin F. 6 00
Russell, Ira L. 10 00
Russell, & Kimball 23 20
Russell, J. S. 19 52
Robbins, Joshua 55 00
Reardon, Peter 4 24
Russell, Jeremiah 88
92
Richardson, Mark A. 14 00
Russell, Jeremiah 6 40 Russell, Amos F. 2 00
Russell, Jeremiah 13 33
Russell, Thodore L. 2 00
Russell, Jeremiah 2 40
Russell, Marcus M. 2 00
Robinson, Isaac 2 08
Ruffley, Henry 2 00
Rawson, Warren 141 95
Roper, James 2 00
Roper, Barnard 9 20
Russell, Rebecca, Est. ..
10 40
Russell, James, Hon. 246 96
Russell, Rebecca, Est. .. 39 76 Russell, Rebecca, Est. .. 4 40
Ramsdell, Thomas 36 40
Ramsdell, Thomas 12 00
Russell & Lawrance, ..... 31 92
Ramsdell, Thomas 3 20 Russell, M. M. W. Mrs. 52 00
Ramsdell, Thomas 29 60 Russell, M. M. W. Mrs. 18 72
Russell, Thomas H. 23 60
Russell, William W. 18 00
R.
Rawson, Warren 8 16
Reardon, Michael 2 00
6 00
Russell, Amos 36 20
40
TAXES.
Russell, Sarah Mrs. 3 60
Russell, George C. In Trust, for Ed. Russell, 8 00 Russell, Edward, Capt. .. 14 98 Robinson, Ann, Mrs. ... 13 60 Richardson, William H. In Trust, 4 00
Richardson, George. B. Mrs. 4 80
Richardson, George B.
Mrs. Guardian for her Children,
9 60
S.
Smith, Nelson 2 00
Sullivan, Daniel
2 00
Splan, Daniel 5 70
Speatman, Robert 2 00
Sullivan, Michael
21 20
Schwamb, Jacob 2 00
Shattuck, Isaac
81 80
Scanlan, William 2 00
Sullivan, Jeremiah 2 00
Squires, John P. 71 16
Symmes, Stephen 89 15
Sawyer, Charles C. 6 00 Symmes, Stephen, Jr 24 45
. Stowe, William E.
2 00
Stowe, William
34 00
Stowe, William, 2d. 98 00
Shattuck, R. W. 44 00
Sweeney, Jeremiah 2 00
Sweeney, Daniel 2 00
Sanderson, Mary, Mrs. 4 32
Stines, James 2 80
Smith, Arthur P. 6 00
Swan, Samuel, Estate, 34 72
Swan, Timothy, Estate, 66 92
Spear, Joseph S. 34 96
Schouler, John 150 56
Swan, Phebe, Mrs. 30 96
Swan, James 6 80
Stanwood, Theodore 8 40
Stanwood, Daniel R. 7 20
Swan, Gershom, Estate, 32 76 Swett, William L. 2 80
Smith, James E. 2 00
Storer, Edward 24 52
Stevens, John R. 2 00
Smith, Samuel A. Trus-
tee for Smith, E. D. 16 80
Spaulding, Lewis 2 80
Swain, S. B. Rev. 30 00
Setchell, William F. 17 84
Stakes, Alfred 4 40
Southwell, William 22 00
Swan, Henry 44 0S
Schouler, James 32 40 Schouler, Bros. & Locke, 107 72 Strahan, Thomas 2 00
Shay, Henry 10 64
Soles, William 7 04
Sullivan, John 2 00
Schwamb, Theodore 3 60
Schwamb, Charles
2 00
Scott, Thomas 2 00
Schwamb, Frederick 2 00
Swan, Stephen 113 10
Soloman, Edward 2 00
Sterling, John 2 00
Staples, Frank 2 00
Schouler & Pattee, 12 80
Swan, Charles 2 00
Swan, Henry, Estate, .. 26 76 Schwamb & Brothers, .. 8 80
Society, Baptist, Trus. .. 101 06 Schouler, Mary N. 2 00
Schouler, Robert 43 96
Schouler, Robert 14 80
Schouler, Robert 8 40
Schouler, Robert 9 60
Schouler, Robert 8 40
Schouler, Robert 11 60
Squires, John P. Pierce, Estate, 97 60
T.
Teel, Thomas R.
18 00
Toomey, Cornelius
2 00
Smith, Samuel A. Rev. 38 40 Trowbridge, John T. 14 00
41
TAXES.
Tufts, Benj. I. Capt. 20 00 Warren, Joseph P. 2 00
Thorpe, Thomas 19 44
Warren, Marshall 2 00
Teel, Joseph 43 76 Woods, Benjamin F. 22 84
Teel, William F. 2 00 Walker, Edwin R. 10 64
Toomey, Michael
2 00
Teel, B. C. Estate, 16 06
Tingley, T. C. 3 60
Wharten, Charles H. 2 00
Thompson, S. F. 2 00 Whittemore, John F. 3 60
Thorpe, Thomas E. 2 00
Thelisphore, Amio
2 00
Tufts, Ephriam 137 66
Thompson, William 2 00
Thurston, Samuel 2 00
Tufts, Henry A.
50 16
Tufts, George D. 2 00
Tukey, John 2 00
Teel, Albert L. 18 56
Trask, M. C.
25 98
Taylor, William 2 00
Thaxter, James 14 60
Thornton Thomas A. 2 00
Toland, James
4 41
Tann, H.
2 00
Tibbetts, Robert
2 00
Tarbox, Michacl 2 00
Teel, Thomas H. Est. 3 20
Teel, Thomas H. Est. .. 97 92
Teel, Thomas H. Est. .. 26 40
Tufts, Helen W. Mrs. .. 3 20
U.
Underwood, Napoleon .. 42 60 Underwood, Joseph, Dr. 19 68
V.
Vogel, A. C.
2 00
W.
Whittemore, William H. 95 44 Whittemore, William H. 42 12
Whittemore, Henry W. 2 00 Whittemore, Charles 26 00
Wood, Cyrus 60 96 Winn, John 21 24
Whittemore, Henry, Est. 25 36 Whittemore, Henry, Est. 29 20 Whittemore, Henry, Es- tate of, Trustee for E. A. & H. C. Whit- temore, 123 20
Whittemore, Henry, Es- tate of, Trustee for Isaac Coffin, 8 00
Whittemore, Rebecca 56 53
Whitten, J. W.
41 20
Wood, William T.
49 20
Wyman, John P.
119 92
Wyman, John P.
45 20
Wyman, Samuel, Heirs, 38 12
Wyman, Samuel, Heirs,
Imp. by Pierce & Hall, 20 00
Wells, Sarah, Mrs.
10 64
Welch, Richard
2 00
Whittemore, F. H. 17 60
Whittemore, Jona. Est. 145 72
Whittemore, E. L. Mrs. 6 91 Whittemore, E. Estate, 7 00
Wyman, Abner P. 168 48
Wyman, Abner P.
3 20
Wyman, Abner P.
2 40
Wilson, James
10 20
Wellington, T. Estate, .. 151 04
Wellington, George Y. .. 2 00
Wood, Charles P. 42 SS
Wyman, James 41 8S
Wright, Nancy Mrs. 6 40
Whitney, Hannah Mrs. 13 36
Wright Stephen E.
2 00
Whittemore, Wm. A. Jr.
2 00
Waters, Eugene S. 2 00
Whittemore, Henry C. .. 2 00
Webster, James 2 00
Winn, Adolphus 2 00
42
TAXES.
Woodbridge, James M. .. 3 92
Wellington, D. K. 27 28
Wright, George
2 00
Walker, Robert W.
2 00
Wyman, Joseph
128 94
White, Nathaniel
2 00
Waugh, Michael
2 00
Winship, Oliver
3 00
Walton, Henry P.
2 00
Woodbridge, Saml. F. _. 136 23
Woodbridge, Saml. F. .. 10 00
Woodbridge, Saml. F. .. 7 60
Woodbridge, Saml. F. .. 22 24
Winn, Sarah, Estate, 5 04
Woodbridge, Samuel .
..
3 64
Woodbridge, Stephen A. 2 00
Woodbridge, Henry W. 28 84
·
Warren, John
2 00
Whittle, Robert E.
7 60
Winn, Albert
164 48
Winn, Albert
4 32
Winn, Albert
15 12
Whittemore, P. Heirs, .. 32 00
Whittemore, Wm. A. ..... 156 42
Wyman, Luke, Deacon, 113 26
Wyman, Luke, Jr.
21 44
Wyman, James
9 70
Whittemore,
Rebecca,
and Heirs, of William
A. Russell, 64 00
Wilson, Sally, Mrs.
6 00
Wyman, Mary, Mrs.
17 20
Wellington & Swain, ..
16 32
Winn, Russell & Schou- Jer 16 56
Wright, Joshua, Estate, 14 40
Waite, Cynthia, Mrs.
49 20
Wilson, William
9 80
Winship, Mary
24 00
Y.
Yore, Michael
...
2 00
NON-RESIDENTS.
Supply, Barney
1 20 | Alewood, Richard
1 03
Singleton, Hannah L. 1 20
Collins, Mr. 1 35
Harkins, Phillip 11 09
Carroll, James 1 40
Thompson, George C. 1 20
Rooney, Patrick 1 60
Rymill, William H. 1 20
Farwell, J. S.
1 67
Spurgen, William 1 37
Haynes, William T. 2 22
Niles, John N. 2 80
Leach, Jacob H. 8 00
Peterson, Charles 1 20
Coakley, John 1 23
Robey, Franklin 2 40
Kendall, William B. 7 33
Kimball, Daniel
1 34
Anderson, Charles E. 2 33
Rider, Patrick 5 40
Comeire, Joseph 1 20
2 01
Taplin, George 3 60
Reardon, Patrick
1 57
Packard, Nahum
21 20
Westwood, John
2 88
Parker, Benjamin 1 97
Dempsey, Peter
1 51
Tewksbury, William
2 40 Pollard, Joshua H.
1 58
Jennings, F. M. Estate,
9 60
Gleason, Thomas
1 64
Reed, Joseph H.
4 17
Fahay, Martin
2 44
Fisher, Isaiah
1 36
Welch, John
80
Thorpe, David H.
1 20
Ayer, Daniel
4 10
Wright, Joel H.
3 02
Sleeper, Oliver 4 19
Abbott, Jacob
1 20
Russell, Levi, and Heirs,
Chamberlin, U. D.
1 20
of Wm. A. Russell, .. 14 60
Teulon, Edward
9 10 Russell, Levi 4 80
Farwell, J. S.
1 66
Flagg, Hiram 4 80
Kendall, William B. 2 43 Haley, William 1 90
McMurry, Felix
99 Holt, Samuel 2 00
Kelley, Michael
1 20 Draper, Daniel
69 75
Parks, Joseph H.
3 84
Kelley, Thomas
44
TAXES.
Draper, Daniel
51 48 |Cooley, Sarah, Mrs.
11 60
Brighton Bank, 19 20 Osgood, Geerge 18 00
Brighton Bank, 46 40 Adams, Samuel 4 00
Jones, Thatcher L. 24 00 Hobbs, Lorenzo 5 76
Russell, Wm. A. Heirs, 33 60
Porter, Hannah C. 20 80
Snelling, Charlott, Est. 20 16
Griffiths, Charles W. 4 SO
Whittemore, Gershom 13 44
Safford, M, F. 6 40
Frost, Varnum 38 40
Perry, John 19 80
Cutler, George D. 8 00
Huffmaster, Susan, Hrs, 8 00
Allen, B. F.
11 40 Horn, William, Heirs, .. 1 60
Locke, Francis 2 60 Locke, Micajah, Heirs, 17 28 Russell, Levi 24 00 Locke, Asa, Heirs, 9 60
Patch, Daniel A.
33 20
Hanscomb, Jacob 6 00
Emery, Marshall 57 83
Hutchinson, Thomas 48 40
Usher, Daniel 7 20
Fessenden, James M. 4 20
Hill, David 18 80
Waitt, James 11 20
Sheehan, Michael 2 16
Bowmen, Francis Heirs, 8 00
Whiton, Royal
4 00
Cotting, William Heirs, 93 56
Dwight, Edward
17 20
Pierce, T. J. 6 35
Collins, Michael 8 00
Brooks, John W. 3 60
Reed, Reubin 26 56
Whittemore, Sarah
35 20
Cutler, Silas 12 40
White, Daniel
2 40
Cutler, Silas
2 80
Fiske, Elbridge 16 80
Cutler, Silas 9 60
Prentiss, James, Mrs. 3 48
Fenno, George A. 8 80
Dodge, John 3 60
Simonds, Marshall 19 20
Winship Oliver M. 11 36
Whitney, Lydia 16 00
Pierce & Hall,
41 60
Hagan, John R. 18 40
Twiggs, Patrick 3 20
Carnes, Edward 33 84
Morton, Thomas 8 40
Fletcher, J. V. 8 00
Shepard. Preston, Estate, 20 00
Wells, Samuel 80
Frost, Jonathan
S 40
Bailey & Pitts,
51 20
Frost, Varnum S. 6 60
Bailey & Pitts, 40 00
Frost, Artemus C. S 40
Frost, Isaac 5 60
Lawrence, William, Hrs. 6 00
White, W. & W. K. 1 60
Bonney, George W. 2 65
Hartz, John P. Capt.
2 65
Elliott, George N.
3 37
Carnes, Edward
11 96
Whittemore, Henry, Es-
tate of,
4 50
Sawyer, Timothy T. 20 SO
Frost, Silas 36 00
Frost, Henry S 00
Green, Samuel 1 20
Sargent, Cyrus 3 13
Demmon, R. E. 18 00
Whittemore, Timothy .. 32 00
Sullivan, John L. Heirs, 8 00
Hill, Henry Y. & Fran- cis 30 00
Hill, William 14 40
Frost, Newell C. 16 SO
Hill, Amos 2 40
Thorpe, Thomas
3 00
Munroe, William 6 00
Tufts, Anna, Estate, 4 00
45
TAXES.
AMOUNT OF TOWN VALUATION, FOR THE YEAR 1862.
Real Estate, $1,639,948 00
Personal Estate,
S47,462 00
$2,541,410 00
Rate of Taxation, $8.00 on the Thousand,
$20,331 28
684 Polls $2.00 each, 1,368 00 ·
$21,699. 28
Town Grant,
$14,000 00
State Tax,
4,806 00
County Tax,
1,974 83
Overlayings,
918 45
$21,699 28
The record of this book 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 inhabitants of said Town, and also the Non-Residents, according to a valuation as taken by the Subsbribers, on the first of May, A. D. 1862, and committed to ABEL R. PROCTOR for collection, for the cur- rent year, with their Warrant, in due form of law.
WASHINGTON J. LANE, Assessors of the STEPHEN SYMMES, JR., Town of SAMUEL S. DAVIS, West Cambridge.
West Cambridge, June 1, 1862.
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SCHOOL REPORT.
TO THE TOWN OF WEST CAMBRIDGE : -
The School Committee submit their Annual Report.
NORTH-WEST GRAMMAR SCHOOL.
WILSON PALMER, Teacher. A. FRANCES RUSSELL, Assistant.
MR. PALMER has finished another year of service, and with it his con- nection with the School. He resigns with the intention of changing his profession. The praise we may bestow will not avail him, therefore, as a teacher, and must serve only as an expression of gratitude, for work con- scientiously performed, and rich with good result. He has labored dili- gently, persistently, and discreetly, to the last moment. He returns his School to the Committee, improved, especially in regard to its general and uniform activity and progress.
The School has lost its oldest class of pupils, which was one of its chief ornaments. The Committee observed that in this, and in the other Gram- mar School, the number of pupils above fifteen years was small. Some of these had left, as a matter of necessity, to engage in outside employment ; but there are other causes for withdrawal, which will be alluded to in an- other part of this Report. The annual examination, therefore, was limit- ed to the Grammar branches, and in these the School maintained its well established proficiency.
Miss HILL, the former assistant, resigned at the close of the Winter Term. She was succeeded by Miss A. FRANCES RUSSELL, who had been a very meritorious pupil in the Russell School. The classes of the new assistant appeared well, and experience will develop in her good qualities as a teacher.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
NORTH-WEST INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. ELIZA A. SIMMONS, Teacher.
Miss SIMMONS has given constant attention to her severe task in this School, and the effect of her exertion is apparent. At the examination, the reading was excellent, the spelling good, and the recitations in Arith- metic prompt and accurate. The School exhibits marked improvement in deportment, and in methodical instruction, and in all respects the founda- tion is well laid for rapid advancement.
NORTH-WEST PRIMARY SCHOOL. FRANCENA R. FESSENDEN, Teacher.
This School has passed another year in its narrow and crowded enclosure,. for school-room it should not be called. It is surprising that Miss Fessenden should be able to teach at all in the apartment in which she and her School are confined, and a marvel indeed, that she should teach so well. The Committee can no longer be accessory to this "murder of the innocents," and therefore call upon the Town for largely increased accommodations for this School, and the other Schools kept under the same roof.
It is useless to particularize faults in the present building. It must be transformed into a commodious edifice by the most thorough re-modelling, or its place must be supplied with something much better. The alterations made a few years since, were insufficient, and their cost was money thown away. The Town should be wisely economical in the change asked for, and make its appropriation large enough to provide for the wants of the District in respect of School accommodations for many years to come.
RUSSELL GRAMMAR SCHOOL. ALANSON PALMER, Teacher. LIZZIE S. MORSE, Assistant.
The Committee gave an entire day to the examination of this School. The faithfulness of the teachers is undoubted. In a School of the ordina- ry number of pupils, the success would have been complete. In one so numerous, and various in age and studies as is this, impossible results must not be looked for, and merit of the teachers must be measured by relative improvement. No sign is wanting of diligence or ability on their part, but when both these qualities are exhausted, there is failure of entire ful- filment of the purpose of the School. Relief must come to the School by separation, not laterally but upward ; not by creating two similar Schools, but by removing the older pupils into a School by themselves.
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REPORT OF THE
RUSSELL INTERMEDIATE SCHOOL. CAROLINE C. TURNER, Teacher.
This, and the attendant Primary School, have been regularly graded, and there is no halting in their improvement. The arrangement of this School, combined with Miss TURNER's approved experience and excellence, as an instructor, has had the happiest effeet upon its comfort, harmony and progress.
RUSSELL PRIMARY SCHOOL. ELLEN CUTTER, Teacher.
The Committee cannot too highly praise Miss Cutter's earnestness, pa- tience, and well-applied skill in training her young charge in their first steps in education. The grading of this School has been to its marked benefit.
EAST SCHOOL. MARY S. CADY, Teacher. LYDIA MARIA CROSBY, Assistant.
The division of this School into Intermediate and Primary Departments, should have taken place a year ago. Nothing but the lack of School ac- commodations prevented. These should be at once supplied, so that no time be lost in changing the organization of the Schools. So far as the convenience of the rooms would permit, classes of pupils have been as- signed to the separate control of the teachers, but the division is, of course, incomplete. The Schools require distinet rooms. With due allowance for serious disadvantages, the School is in a highly satisfactory condition, and its teachers are fully qualified for their position.
The Committee in thus presenting a cursory Report of the Schools, adhere to their usage, of avoiding all unfavorable personal criticism ; and in naming defeets, of limiting themselves to those which can be removed by public action only. The passing trouble is otherwise met. A teacher who should be inefficient, would be quietly dismissed. If short-comings in study or deportment, among pupils are observed, they are made the subject of free comment and advice within the School-room. The Committee have seen, with peculiar pleasure, the emulation among the Schools, to redress the faults which from time to time have been indicated to them. The extent of tardiness noticed last year, as reprehensible, has been diminished by two- thirds. If reformation can privately be effected, what need is there of parading the delinquent School in the printed Report.
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SCHOOL COMMITTEE.
Beyond these considerations, it would be unfair to hold the Schools to strictest account, while the principle on which they are established is as yet imperfectly carried out. The superiority of the system is unquestion- able ; its partial development only, makes its success partial. The system embraces in its scheme, a complete series of graded Schools, commencing with the Primary Schools, and culminating in a High School. With every year there has been a gradual approach to completeness. The end of the School year now beginning, will find a perfect sub-division of the younger Schools, with graded Intermediate and Primary departments. But one step more will remain to be taken ; that is, to relieve the Grammar Schools, by crowning the series with a High School. The Committee have more than once endeavored to impress upon the Town, that its plan of Schools was of its own adoption, if indeed it were not evolved from local peculiarities and wants, and had taken shape as time and circumstance compelled. That it is not the invention, whim, nor experiment of those who lately have had charge of the Schools, is surely the case, for it is found by reference to the Reports of former Committees, that the plan is in no way a novelty. The Report of the School Committee, made in the year 1840, contains the following :
" The solicitude which has manifested itself among the inhabitants of the Town, during the last few years, to elevate the standard of education has effected a change which must be apparent to all who visit the Schools." ****
" The new arrangement of separating the large scholars from the small. in different apartments, and under teachers with different literary acquire- ments, has, in the opinion of the Committee, tended to elevate the standard of education."
" With the advantages at present enjoyed by the youth of the Town, much may reasonably be expected, and we have strong assurances that these advantages have not been, and will not be lost on them."
The School Committee were, JAMES RUSSELL, ABNER PIERCE, JOHN FOWLE, TIMOTHY C. TINGLEY.
The above extracts, to be found in the Report of the Secretary of the Board of Education, for 1839-40, show conclusively that nearly a quar- ter of a century ago, the plan of Schools had made its inception, and that the sagacions Committee of that day appreciated its benefits and prospects.
The simple arrangement described in this old Report, by which the older are separated from the younger pupils, and each School placed under its fit teacher, is the key to our system of Schools. It includes the whole theory of graded Schools. The educational experience of many years in this Commonwealth, has demonstrated the system of gradation to be the
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