Author: (Hooker, Josiah).
Title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Municipal Register of the City of Springfield, for 1865: Containing City Officers and Committees; Mayor's Address; Reports of the Various Officers; Recent City Ordinances; Members of the City Government Since the Adoption of the City Charter. Published by Order of the City Council.
Description: Springfield: Samuel Bowles and Company, Printers, 1865. 1865. FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSIAH HOOKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Bound in full red leather, titled in gilt on the front cover with decorations in blind on both the front & rear cover. The covers are stained, rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners. The leather is splitting along the joints with tears and chips out from the spine. 180 pages. There is evidence of early worming to the top front corner of the rear pastedown and last few leaves. Good. From the library of Josiah Hooker, Chairman of the School Committee, with his name and title embossed in gilt beneath the title on the front cover. The Chairman of the School Committee, the Springfield lawyer and Justice of the Peace, Josiah Hooker (1796-1870) served as a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, President of the Springfield Savings Bank, and was also clerk and treasurer of the Bridge Company for 40 years. Prior to the Civil War, Springfield, Massachusetts was divided into 12 school districts, each responsible for taxing residents and all other phases of education. With their focus on lowering taxes instead of education, these school districts proved inefficient. In the late 1860s, Josiah Hooker led a large scale reform of the city's public schools resulting in establishing a new high school and six new grammar schools. All but the Indian Orchard School were located near the city's downtown. The latter was located at the corner of Myrtle and Worcester Streets in the far Northeastern corner of the city in order to serve the factory village of Indian Orchard. Good .
Keywords: AMERICANA; SPRINGFIELD; MASSACHUSETTS; EDUCATION; JOSIAH HOOKER; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MUNICIPAL REGISTER OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, FOR 1865; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; CITY OFFICERS; COMMITTEES; CITY ORDINANCES; CITY CHARTER; CITY GOVER
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Title: Commonwealth of Massachusetts. Municipal Register of the City of Springfield, for 1865: Containing City Officers and Committees; Mayor's Address; Reports of the Various Officers; Recent City Ordinances; Members of the City Government Since the Adoption of the City Charter. Published by Order of the City Council.
Description: Springfield: Samuel Bowles and Company, Printers, 1865. 1865. FROM THE LIBRARY OF JOSIAH HOOKER, CHAIRMAN OF THE SCHOOL COMMITTEE - Octavo, 9-1/4 inches high by 6 inches wide. Bound in full red leather, titled in gilt on the front cover with decorations in blind on both the front & rear cover. The covers are stained, rubbed and scuffed with wear to the corners. The leather is splitting along the joints with tears and chips out from the spine. 180 pages. There is evidence of early worming to the top front corner of the rear pastedown and last few leaves. Good. From the library of Josiah Hooker, Chairman of the School Committee, with his name and title embossed in gilt beneath the title on the front cover. The Chairman of the School Committee, the Springfield lawyer and Justice of the Peace, Josiah Hooker (1796-1870) served as a member of the Massachusetts Legislature, President of the Springfield Savings Bank, and was also clerk and treasurer of the Bridge Company for 40 years. Prior to the Civil War, Springfield, Massachusetts was divided into 12 school districts, each responsible for taxing residents and all other phases of education. With their focus on lowering taxes instead of education, these school districts proved inefficient. In the late 1860s, Josiah Hooker led a large scale reform of the city's public schools resulting in establishing a new high school and six new grammar schools. All but the Indian Orchard School were located near the city's downtown. The latter was located at the corner of Myrtle and Worcester Streets in the far Northeastern corner of the city in order to serve the factory village of Indian Orchard. Good .
Keywords: AMERICANA; SPRINGFIELD; MASSACHUSETTS; EDUCATION; JOSIAH HOOKER; COMMONWEALTH OF MASSACHUSETTS. MUNICIPAL REGISTER OF THE CITY OF SPRINGFIELD, FOR 1865; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 19TH CENTURY; CITY OFFICERS; COMMITTEES; CITY ORDINANCES; CITY CHARTER; CITY GOVER
Price: US$ 125.00 Seller: Blue Mountain Books & Manuscripts, Ltd.
- Book number: 97183
- Book number: 97183
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