In 1829, the Boston School Committee voted to use Pierpont’s National Reader in the city’s public grammar schools. Pierpont’s replaced Murray’s English Reader which had been previously used. This 1836 edition would have been used for reading and recitation purposes.
Creator
Pierpont, John
Source
0400.008 School History Collection circa 1820-1989
Attendence Records from the School of Mutual Instruction
Subject
Boston Public School System
Description
The School of Mutual Instruction was an experimental school in Boston. It relied upon a system in which older or more advanced students instructed the younger or weaker students under the supervision of the schoolmaster. Tokens with an attached pecuniary value were distributed as rewards for successful students. The students could redeem the tokens for books and other prizes.
Creator
School for Mutual Instruction
Source
0401.001 C ommittee on Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction records 1821-
1823