School Regulations
date: label: date made
content: 1799-12-24
notes: label: Description
content: Handwritten school regulation booklet divided into 3 sections and articles and the last page is blank. The 8 pages are covered in thin pressed paper and bound with twine.
label: Description
content: The first page of this booklet outlines several regulations pertaining to town schools. It instructs an unspecified school committee to visit each school under its jurisdiction twice per year. Dated 1799, this booklet may be an early signifier of bureaucratic control over schools.
label: Location
content: Currently not on view
topic: label: used
content: Education
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content: Home and Community Life: Education
creditLine: label: Credit Line
content: Gift of Dr. Richard Lodish American School Collection
dataSource: label: Data Source
content: National Museum of American History
identifier: label: ID Number
content: 2014.0244.362
label: accession number
content: 2014.0244
label: catalog number
content: 2014.0244.36
objectType: label: Object Name
content: booklet
physicalDescription: label: Physical Description
content: paper (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: cotton (overall material)
label: Physical Description
content: ink (overall material)
label: Measurements
content: overall: 19 cm x 16 in; 7 15/32 in x 40.64 cm