Committee for Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction records, 1821-1823.

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Committee for Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction records, 1821-1823.

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Series I includes correspondence, votes, reports, and records of the business of the Committee. One significant item is a detailed description by William B. Fowle of his visit to the Free Schools in New York City. Series II includes the reports of the schoolmaster, William B. Fowle, which provided attendance statements, tallies of tokens distributed and redeemed, and minutiae concerning the functioning of the school. Series III includes reports of visits to the school by various committee members.

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City of Boston Archives & Records Management Division

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Boston (Mass.). Committee for Superintending the School for Mutual Instruction

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The mutual (or monitorial) system of instruction, which had been created by English educator Joseph Lancaster, was widely popular in the early part of the nineteenth century. The Lancasterian system relied upon having the older or more advanced students instruct the younger or weaker students under the supervision of the schoolmaster. Tokens with an attached pecuniary value were distributed as rewards for successful students. The students could redeem the tokens for books and other prizes. On 2 ...

Fowle, William Bentley, 1795-1865

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