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NYP-F.782.020
2 May 1782:11 (262)
On the first of May will be opened, at Sharon, in
Connecticut, a school, in which children may be instructed,
not only in the common arts of reading, writing, and
arithmetic, but in any branch of academical literature. The
little regard that is paid to the literary improvement of
females, even among people of rank and fortune, and the
general inattention to the grammatical purity and elegance
of our native language, are faults in the education of
youth, that more gentlemen have taken pains to censure than
to correct. Any young gentleman and ladies, who wish to
acquaint themselves with the English language, geography,
vocal music, &c. may be waited on at particular hours for
that purpose.
The price of board, and tuition, will be from six to nine
shillings lawful money per week, according to the age and
studies of the scholar: No pains will be spared to render
the school useful. [signed] Noah Webster.
Sharon, April 16.
N.B. The subscriber has a large convenient store in Sharon,
fit for storing articles of any kind, where they may be
secured at a moderate expence.
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