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HISTORY AND
REMINISCENCES
OF SCHOOL WORK
IN
CANTON, ILLINOIS
by Mrs. Mary J. F. Law
of Canton
pub. by Daily Register Press in 1894
T ranscription by Dorene Fox-Sprague
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Chapter 1: Pages 3-4
Introductory
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As an introduction to
the following sketch, a remark or two may not be inappropriate. And first, in
the preparation of the work, the design at the outset was merely to give some
account of the very earliest schools, but circumstances, like the links of a
chain, seemed to join and follow each other so closely that no stopping place
appeared at which a break might properly be made: and so the record has been
continued, though much more briefly and with fewer particulars of the latest
schools, till the present time.
Again, the writer knows little personally, of the
schools, teachers and methods of teaching previous to the year 1839, but
considerable effort has been made to obtain reliable information on these
points, and as some who participate in the schools, either as teachers or
pupils, are still living and accessible, the effort has been measurably
successful. And while it will be impossible to name all who have been thus
helpful, not only in giving information but also by manifesting great interest
in the success of the work, yet the obligation is no less deeply felt and
appreciated.
And lastly, it may be added, that while the aim has been to be entirely accurate
as to names, places and dates, a few errors may have occurred, especially in
dates. One’s memory of these, unless associated with some important event in
life, cannot always be depended upon for accuracy. But in this account of the
schools it is claimed that names, places and dates are all approximately
correct.
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