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NYG-A.783.009
10 Mar 1783:33 (1/41)
Albany, February 24, 1783. To the public, your old servant,
who has taught school in this city near 22 years (since anno
1760) desired to return his most sincere and hearty thanks
to all those gentlemen & ladies who have favoured him with
their custom;--and as he has followed his business with
unabating diligence and care, and he trusts not without
success, as many in the city can testify by their own
experience; will (God willing) open his school, on Monday
the 31st of March next, at the house of Mr. John 5th
Lansing, near the Low-Dutch Church, where he intends to
teach spelling according to orthography, and how to read
grammar --writing in the useful hands--arithmetic in full,
both vulgar and decimal--Meid's book-keeping, by way of
double entry--and navigation, so far as by dead reckoning,
to conduct a ship or vessel into any sea-port in the world,
and to know their distances and courses. And with regard to
morals, he will teach his pupils, as was usual with him, to
honour God, his sabbaths, and ordinances, by teaching them
their morning and evening prayers, and the several
catechisms now in use in this place, viz. Heidelberg,
Presbyter and Church of England.
I am the public's most obedient, very humble servant,
[signed] Nic's. Barrington.
Prices per quarter, are as follows, viz.
Book-keeping and navigation 40s.
Cypherers, 14s.
Writers or spellers, 12s.
N.B. Said Barrington proposes to all lovers of psalmody, in
the English way, as it practiced in the Presbyterian and
Church of England congregations, to teach tenor and bass
notes, on Wednesdays and Saturdays in the afternoon, from
the hours of 1 to 3 o'clock, and that for the very small sum
of four shillings per quarter, for his own scholars, and
eight shillings for strangers, &c.
[hand pointing right] He intends to teach 6 poor scholars,
gratis.
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