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1 online resource (xxv, 389 pages) |
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The John Harvard library |
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John Harvard library.
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1. Benjamin Rush: A plan for the establishment of public schools and the diffusion of knowledge in Pennsylvania; to which are added, thoughts upon the mode of education, proper in a republic; addressed to the legislature and citizens of the state -- 2. Benjamin Rush: Thoughts upon female education, accommodated to the present state of society, manners, and government of the United States of America -- 3. Noah Webster: On the education of youth in America -- 4. Robert Coram: Political inquiries: to which is added, a plan for the general establishment of schools throughout the United States -- 5. Simeon Doggett: A discourse on education, delivered at the dedication and opening of Bristol Academy, the 18th day of July, A.D. 1796 -- 6. Samuel Harrison Smith: Remarks on education: illustrating the close connection between virtue and wisdom, to which is annexed a system of liberal education; which having received the premium awarded by the American Philosophical Society, December 15th, 1797, is now published by their order -- 7. Amable-Louis-Rose de Lafitte du Courteil: Proposal to demonstrate the necessity of a national institution in the United States of America, for the education of children of both sexes; to which is joined, a project of organization, etc. -- 8. Samuel Knox: An essay on the best system of liberal education, adapted to the genius of the government of the United States; comprehending also, an uniform general plan for instituting and conducting public schools, in this country, on principles of the most extensive utility; to which is prefixed, an address to the legislature of Maryland on that subject |
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Includes bibliographical references (pages 373-384) and index |
| Notes |
Master and use copy. Digital master created according to Benchmark for Faithful Digital Reproductions of Monographs and Serials, Version 1. Digital Library Federation, December 2002. http://purl.oclc.org/DLF/benchrepro0212 MiAaHDL |
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In English |
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Print version record |
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digitized 2010 HathiTrust Digital Library committed to preserve pda MiAaHDL |
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Education -- United States.
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Education -- United States -- History -- Sources
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HISTORY -- United States -- General.
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Education
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Bildungswesen
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United States
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USA
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| Genre/Form |
History
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Sources
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Electronic book
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| Author |
Rush, Benjamin, 1746-1813.
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Rudolph, Frederick.
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| ISBN |
9780674864597 |
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067486459X |
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0674266501 |
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9780674266506 |
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