APPLICATION FOR THE SCHOOL HOUSE FOR A SINGING SCHOOL

by Education, Charlestown Free School, Women's Studies, Music

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Charlestown, MA : Jan. 7, 1827. Single sheet, folded to 30.5 x 19 cm. 4 pp., including a one page manuscript petition signed by 14 citizens, two blank pages, and addressed on last. An appeal to the school trustees to make available a suitable building for the instruction of 50 or 60 students, composed of youth of both sexes from the different religious societies in Town, to learn sacred music under the guidance of Col. D. R. Newhall, of Boston, a gentleman of acknowledged ability. The

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