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Day in the Life

Nov 16, 1860

Journal Entry

November 16, 1860 ~ Friday

I met
^16^ in the evening with the school teachers association at Mrs Pratts
school House Orson Pratts jr was President I ^was^ much interested in the
exercises of the evening. there was some 25 teachers from different
Nations all giving there different modes of teaching school. One German
school teacher gave a vary interesting address upon illustrative
[page torn] [ge]ography for small children evry thing should be illustrated to there minds
by drawings or pictures of Rivers Cities Mountains Continents &c
then they would understand it R. L. Campbell & mysel addressed
the meeting at the close of the exercises. we had a strong wind in the night

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3 mentions
Pratt, Orson, b. 1837
11 Jul 1837 - 6 Dec 1903
11 mentions
Campbell, Robert Lang
21 Jan 1825 - 11 Apr 1874
106 mentions
Missionary

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Dec 1860 - Jan 1861
Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Nov 16, 1860