An essay by a Horace Mann School principal on her remembrances of Alexander Graham Bell and his association with the school. Bound volume includes photographs of Mabel Adams, Alexander Graham Bell, and other Horace Mann teachers and students.
Creator
Adams, Mabel Ellery
Source
Collection 0420.047 Horace Mann School for the Deaf records, box 2 folder 8
Anonymous letter of complaint to the Committee on the Fire Department
Subject
Broad Street Riot
Description
Anonymous letter directed to the Chief Engineer of the Fire Department complaining about mistreatment of the Irish
Source
0140.014 City Council Committee on the Fire Department, City of Boston Archives
Date
ca. 1837
Rights
This work is free of known copyright restrictions.
Please attribute to City of Boston Archives
Format
paper
Language
english
Type
text
Text
Sir, is it possible that you as a chief engineer did not know any of the rioters - or did you choose not to tell who they were becas [sic] they were yankies [sic]. o for shame - you are for treating the Irish here worse than the Mexicans do the yankies [sic] at samhill O for shame - where is your shame.
a yanky [sic]
did you expect to stop the riot by driving the Irish back and then allowing the yankies to follow them? o shame
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