AN ADDRESS, TO THE BENEFACTORS AND FRIENDS OF THE FREE SCHOOL SOCIETY OF NEW=YORK, DELIVERED ON THE OPENING OF THAT INSTITUTION, IN THEIR NEW AND SPACIOUS BUILDING, ON THE ELEVENTH OF THE TWELFTH MONTH (DECEMBER) 1809. PUBLISHED BY ORDER OF THE TRUSTEES. BY DE WITT CLINTON, MAYOR OF THE CITY OF NEW-YORK, AND PRESIDENT OF THE SOCIETY.
New York: Printed and Sold by Collins and Perkins, 1810. 20pp. Disbound; title leaf detached but present. Light wear. Good+ "In early nineteenth-century New York City, free primary education was largely the province of church-run charity schools. For families of means there was also the option of private schools maintained..... More
