Papers, 1845-1848.

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Papers, 1845-1848.

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Photostatic copies of letters to Horace Mann (1796-1859), prominent educator of Massachusetts, from R. B. Gooch, asking Mann's advice concerning the establishment of a system of public education in Virginia; from H. R. West, concerning the education of women in Mississippi; and from J. B. Newby, concerning normal schools for North Carolina. Included also are indentures granting freedom to slaves from their former masters, and one certificate of freedom issued to a Negro.

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Duke University Libraries, Duke University Library; Perkins Library

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Mann, Horace, 1796-1859

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Horace Mann was an educator and a statesman who greatly advanced the cause of universal, free, non-sectarian public schools. Mann also advocated temperance, abolition, hospitals for the mentally ill, and women's rights. From the description of Horace Mann Letter, 1858. (University of the Pacific). WorldCat record id: 213372958 Horace Mann, "Father of our Public Schools," was born in Franklin, Massachusetts on May 4, 1796. His family was poor and his father di...