The People's vindicator. [volume] (Natchitoches, La.) 1874-1883, 1881-07-23
How a scho tolinilaster% was Paid on Long
$50, Island over 200 Years Ago.:

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The following is a copysof the agree
ment made between the town of Hunt
ington, l.. l., and Jonas Houldsworth,
its first. schoolmaster. This copy has
been made for the Journal Of Educatio's
by. VIM. s: Pelletrau, editor of the
Southampton Town Records, recsnkly
printed b. order of the town:
y Az b6yGnaht -~kd Agreement made
the eleventh day of february 1867 at. q.
corte aor ToWne meeting, Betwixt ye
Inhabitants of ye Towne Of Huntington
bAf4(hrtiA f1dIq61s Houldsworth
Il RH64r pftf3thIreby the said i!
s ts * sB'iI'f t tss TERI; i'm
thirteenth. day. of April next ensuing
tho III idltfsaAtS hereof. Foy,tp.
school such persons or children 'as'
"a t f likewise ina ts Ss al. sal
!9A1aj't Il; ?A t)i3 tss fss ts
build him Q, sufficient house, and to, give
|llnllld WIN SI1 li1Y iDe{sd PARCEL Of
grounde adjoining to it for aocommoda.
ton thereunto. AVA itathermore the
said inhabitants doth likewise engage
themselves tcsaN unto ye said 1ohaS
Houldsworth and IN consideration Of his
said .schoplpS Twenty-Five pounds "a
&ctohpt 8nd Ills dat for the first year,
And also to allow him what more may
come ip, BY s. schooling 81 any that may
come from other parts. The said Twen-
,tY-6ys pounds IS 70 be paid ye said To-
mas toqoweth, Three pounds twelve
shilljngs In butter, at six pence per
pound, and seven pounds two shilliDss
in good well-sized, merchantable 'wam:
pun that is we'll strung, or strand, OF ip
dhkfe3F1$ yjfaaf in may I. suit ~itd him him
by ye first Of October. and three pounds
r., tshillipgs. in corne, qnerhalfe
in wheataad ~ othaS,in Indian, atthree
4 1--WE shAlings per- bushel (provided it
be good, and mefchantable), to be paid
by ye first Of march, and x-teen pounds
IA pounds shillings, in well tiuialug
young cattle, which shall then be be.
kv6xt w & 61r)yeerl I'D, the osahsii
being in the steare kind, these to be de,
livered him ye jyeare is expired. And
also the two next ensuing yeSres. To
pay the said Tomas Houldsworth f35 pc,
yearf,iYith Xe. aforesaid allowance Of
|Mhit tkl cdAefn yhe1 Is come from
other parts. The said E35 ist0 ha paid
g followeth WHY: IS in butter at 6
pence per pound, and El0 in such wan
pun as is above mentioned, or i'm such
|R3E11SxaHSs|ltobas'1%' ' And sss;S ~ :
pounds in corne by ye first MArch
tie hAla ii wheat, And the other in
Indian, at FIVE and three shillings pei
bushel, so that it be good and merchant
hbb&ssAnAfiftaa pounds In we'll thriv'
ing young cattle betwjxt two and foul
,ygearS DID, tie kaN bemE ID the steare
kind..a" These are to be delivered when
the yeare is expired, (beipg valued BY
indifferent menu ~ And the fourth o.
last yeare ~ pay tothe said Ionas Houlds
worth 40 pounds ip such pay as is above
mentioned, according to, the nature and
time hebpoftiouably, and at tho afore.
said timsso payment. Also, i ist9glef1
ofthat hrewood to be gotten and brought
for the schoole when 70 season shall re-
quire it by such a. send their children
! To- schoole. And that the said Iona.
hid swojkh, shlA have liberty yearly
for TO chuse ,fopre men that shall b
Md e1A1kl5js1he true performances
Of the foresaid engagement. '' ~. I Z
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