...1670, there was not a single free school within the Pilgrim borders. The provision in Massachusetts, "to the end that learning may not be buried in the...graves of our forefathers in church and commonwealth," bears date in 1647; and the school system was in full force here sixteen years before Prince called...

...children and apprentices so much learning as may enable them perfectly to read the English tongue." " To the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers," it was 1047 ordered in all the Puritan colonies, " that every township, after the Lord hath increased...

...In 1636, they established Harvard College. In 1647, " it was ordered," to use their own laguage, " to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, that every township, after the Lord hath increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall...

...in 1620 ; in 1638 Harvard College was founded. The General Court of Massachusetts, in 1647 : •• To the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of the forefathers, ordered, that every township, after the Lord has increased them to the number of fifty...

...colony of Massachusetts Bay, and by a law then passed " to the end," as the preamble sets forth, " that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers," it was ordered that every township with fifty families should provide a school where children might...

...the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknown tongue . . . ; and to the end that learning may not be buried in the...in church and commonwealth, the l^ord assisting our endeavors, — It is therefore ordered," etc. Every town of fifty householders was required to establish...

...the knowledge of the Scriptures, as in former times, keeping them in an unknown tongue . . . ; and to the end that learning may not be buried in the...of our forefathers in church and commonwealth, the I/ord assisting our endeavors, — It is therefore ordered," etc. Every town of fifty householders...

...the Original might be clouded with false Glosses of Saint seeming deceivers ; and that Learning might not be buried in the Graves of our fore-fathers in Church and Colony, the Lord assisting our endeavours : It is therefore Ordered by this Court and the Authority...

...college had been already gathered in 1638. Now the school house went up. The General Court, in 1647, " to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, Ordered, that every township, after the Lord had increased them to the number of fifty house-holders,...

...enable them to perfectly read the English tongue." And in 1647 it was ordered in all Puritan colonies " to the end that learning may not be buried in the graves of our forefathers, that every township, after the Lord has increased them to the number of fifty householders, shall appoint...