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NORTH SHORE BREEZE 
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A School that made Manchester Famous. 
Few residents of Manchester, outside 
the older portion, know that Manchester 
once had a private school which in its 
day was probably one of the best known 
schools of its kind in this section of the 
country. Not only was Manchester 
young men and women enrolled in_ its 
membership, but young people from all 
parts of the world came to it, owing to 
the reputation that it had gained among 
merchants and shipmates of Salem and 
Boston. ‘ 
The late Deacon John Price kept the 
school, which was located on School 
street, in the building where F. H. Den- 
nis’ grocery is now located. In all 
Master Price numbered among _his 
pupils about 1700. ‘The school was 
started in 1836 and was kept up until 
1872. 
A few days ago a former pupil at the 
school brought into the office a “‘ cata- 
logue of the Teachers and Pupils of 
Chapel school, Manchester, Mass., for 
‘the year ending May 25, 1855,’’ and 
suggested that it migbt make interesting 
older 
readers, if we made mention of this once 
famous school and, perhaps, print a_ list 
of the pupils as they appear in the cata- 
log. 
The teachers were: John Price, 
principal; D. Milton Crafts, assistant; 
Joan L. Allen and Mary B. Carter 
(Mrs. Samuel Knight, ) assistant pupils, 
and Abby Parsons, teacher ‘in drawing. 
In the following list many names. will 
be familiar. These were listed from 
Manchester: 
Horatio L. Allen, Jacob E. Ayres, 
Charles L. Bagley, George W. Baker, 
David F. Bennett, George A. Brown, 
S. Allen Brown, Benj. S. Bullock, John 
W. Carter, Obed Carter, John H. 
Cheever, Samuel Crowell, jr., George 
A. Dodge, Albert C. Douglass, John E. 
Douglass, William H. Elwell, John C. 
Felker, jr., Charles E. Felker, John F. 
Fisher, David A. Goodridge, George 
W. Hall, T. Alvah Hardy, George E. 
Hildreth, William R. Holm, Daniel 
Kelham, jr., Henry P. Kitfield, Edward 
B. Kitfield, Samuel Knight, Lewis 
2d, Charles H. 
Lee, George S. Little, Andrew Mars- 
ters, jr., James A. Marsters, Frederic 
W. Martin, Edward H. Morgan, 
Joseph H. Morse, jr., Hardy P. 
Murray, Elbert E. Pierce, Charles A. 
Preston, William H. Preston, Isaac P. 
Richardson, Frank C. Safford, Samuel 
A. Severance, Augustus A. Smith, John 
C. Webb, jr., Isaac S. West, jr., 
William M. Woodbury. 
The young ladies were listed separate- 
ly and those from Manchester were: 
Joan L., Ruthelia L., Elizabeth K., 
Mary V. and Mary A. Allen, Elizabeth 
A. Annable, Martha T. and Mary I. 
Brown, Susan S., Phebe F. and Louisa 
Burnham, Mary B. Carter, Eliza ‘T. 
Colby, Hannah Crombie, Lydia F. and 
Mary E. Dodge, EmmarA. Drummond, 
Mary A. Eaton, Augusta E. Fitz, Mary 
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DEACON JOHN PRICE 
A. Gentlee, Elizabeth A. Godsoe, Eliza- 
beth M. Haskell, Helen A. and Elsey 
A. Hill, Jane E. Holm, Ellen and Eliza 
H. Hooper, Mary C. Knight, Helen E. 
Knowlton, Helen F., Jane F. and Mary 
‘T. Leach, Elvira M. Lee, Lucretia 
O. Long, Sarah L. Marble, Juliet Mar- 
tin, Eliza B. Parsons, Harriet A. Rich- 
ardson, Charlotte B. Rust, Eliza L. 
Story, Bethiah F. and Elizabeth F. Tap- 
pan, Mary H. Taylor, Martha J. Ven- 
nard and Nancy S. Wells. 
There were 117 pupils in all that year. 
Besides the above from Manchester, 
there were pupils from Salem, Glouces- 
ter, Essex, Cambridge, Roxbury, North 
Andover, Methuen, Brooklyn, N. Y., 
Tamworth, N. H., San Francisco, Para, 
S. A., and Aux Cayes, St. Domingo. 
‘The year then consisted of 44 weeks 
of school, divided into four terms. 
Tuition was $4 per term, and “‘ board 
including washing and mending $2.50 
to $4.00 per week for males, $2.00 to 
$3.00 for females; fuel and light a sepa- 
rate charge.’’ All the pupils were re- 
quired to attend public worship. <A 
charge of fifty cents per term was made 
for a seat in church. 
Letters remaining unclaimed at Manchester, 
Mass., P. O. for week ending April 25: Mr 
Arnold 1, Arthur Beanlien 1, Miss Dorothy W 
Branch, Robert J Crozier 1, Mrs Gurdo L 
Carper 1, Mons Elzear Cote, James N Denni- 
son, Mrs Margaret Doyle 1, Mrs A Lethyou 
Devens, Mr Frank E Goodnew, Joseph 
Houghton 3, Mrs J Knight, Rev Arthur C 
Little, Martin V B Morse, Miss Clever E 
Messer 1, H D Murphy, H Spector 1, George 
Smith, Henry Skifington, Mrs David Thayer, 
Miss L M Tobin, Miss Helen Terrel 1, Mrs 
T H Walsh. 
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