School Register: includes attendance, attainment, examination. School committee meetings. Comments included:
“The harvest not entirely finished and many boys, pupils at the school, being employed gathering apples consequently there were only 7 boys in attendance this day.”
“being sufficiently instructed for his position in life has been dismissed.”
“This boy being so exceedingly stupid it was found necessary to dismiss him.
“obstinate & bad conduct” : “dirty habits”
Many absent, many working with parents