duated in 1642.
In the work of fitting boys for Harvard, Cambridge would naturally have had an early and prominent share.
It chimes in with this theory of an earlier school that Mr. Corlett, when we first hear of him in 1643, was already in the possession of an established reputation as a teacher; he had very well approved himself for his abilities, dexterity and painfulnesse.
His schoolhouse— the first one especially built for him in 1648, not by the town, but by President Dunster and Edward Goffe—was on the westerly side of Holyoke Street, between Harvard and Mount Auburn streets. At one time there were in his lattin schoole five Indian youths fitting for college.
In 1642 the General Court made it the duty of Cambridge as of other towns to insist that parents and masters should properly educate their children, and to fine them if they neglected to do so. In 1647 the Court ordered the towns to appoint teachers for the children, whose wages should be paid either by the parents or
site of his house, 2.
Dunster, Henry, president of Harvard College, 12, 332; denounces infant baptism, 12,236; and Edward Goffe, build the first schoolhouse, 188; removes from Cambridge, 236; burial there, 236; error in marking his grave, 236; se214; secretary of the Humane Society, 270.
Girls, excluded from early schools, 189, 190.
God's Acre, 5, 16, 134.
Goffe, Edward, and President Dunster, build the first schoolhouse, 188.
Goffe, William, 11.
Gookin, Rev. Nathaniel, 236. Goffe, William, 11.
Gookin, Rev. Nathaniel, 236.
Government, municipal, on what it depends, 78; elimination of partisanship in, 78; non-partisanship in Cambridge, 78, 79; machinery of, in Cambridge, 80.
Government. of the City of Cambridge, 401-405.
Graded schools introduced by Cambridge,in, 95, 316.
School Committee, 402.
Schoolhouse, the first permanent, 10; site, 10; built by President Dunster and Edward Goffe, 188.
Schoolmaster's salary in 1680, 10.
Schools in 1800, 33; in 1845, 33.
Schools, graded, 33.
Schools, p
, first elected in 1648.
June 12, 1648. Upon the complaint of Edward Goffe against Richard Cutter for wrongful detaining of calves impoundem of the said Edward Goffe's, wherein Samuell Eldred witnesseth:—Edward Goffe desired his calves of Richard Cutter, promising to pay all damag never come there again; and a second time, being desired to let Edward Goffe have the calves, he answered, No. The Townsmen, having considered the business, they thus order,—that Edward Goffe shall pay fourteen pence damage to Richard Cutter, and Richard Cutter shall pay for the cos
Goodm. Hammond 15
51.
Steven Day 50
52.
John Gibson 80
53. Edw. Goffe 450
54.
William Man 70
55.
Ri. Jacson 200
56.
Willm. Dixon there was chosen Mr. Henry Dunster, Elder Champney, John Bridge, Edward Goffe, and Edward Winship.
The result appears in the Record of the Gethis 17th 12m. 1654, by us, Henry Dunster, Richard Champney, Edward Goffe, John Bridge.
These propositions are accepted of and cons
of a more private or personal character, should not be entirely overlooked, as they throw light on the state of society and the condition of the people.
By the Town Records it appears that Cullers of Bricks were first elected, Nov. 10, 1684: Town Clerk, as an officer distinct from the Selectmen, March 13, 1692-3: Town Treasurer, March 30, 1694: Assessors, July 16, 1694.
The County Records indicate that Thomas Danforth was Treasurer of Middlesex, before 1657, when he was succeeded by Edward Goffe, who died in 1658, and John Stedman was appointed, who held the office until 1683; Samuel Andrew was his successor and remained in office until 1700, except during the administration of Andros.
All these were Cambridge men. In the settlement of the Treasurer's accounts, charges were allowed in 1690, to wit: 52 wolves killed by the English, 20s. per wolf, and one killed by an Indian, 10s., is £ 52. 10s. . . . Paid one half the charge of Cambridge Great Bridge, £ 26. 7s. 6d..
And in 1696,
