Essays, read before the Lancaster County teachers' institute, held in Fulton Hall, Lancaster City, January 26th, to January 31st, 1857, inclusive. Together with the names of the members of the institute
by William Scott ; to which are prefixed elements of gesture, illustrated by four plates, and rules for expressing with propriety the various passions, &c. of the mind, also an appendix, containing lessons on a new plan.
With an introduction, embracing the aggregate tables for the United States compared with every previous census since 1790--schedules and laws of Congress relating to the census in the same period--ratio tables of increase and decrease of cities and states, etc. by sex and ages, and color--Table of population of every county, town, townshp, etc., in the United States, alphabetically arranged--together with some explanatory remarks.
Contents
1.Population by counties, classification of ages and color, aggregates--2.Population by subdivision of counties--3.Nativities of the population--4.Births, marriages, deaths, dwellings, and families--5.Progress of the population--6.Deaf and dumb, blind, insane and idiotic--7.Colleges, academies, schools, etc.--8.Attending school during year, as returned by families--9.Adults in the state who cannot read and write--10.Professions, occupations, and trades of the male population--11.Agriculture, farms and implements, stock products, home manufactures, etc.--12.Newspapers and periodicals--13.Libraries other than private--14.Churches, church property, etc.
Physical education: the only solid foundation of moral and intellectual culture and development: an address delivered before the Linnaean Association of Pennsylvania College, Gettysburg, Pa., at the annual commencement, Sept. 19th, 1851
by the late Rev. John Brown ... embellished with elegant engravings.
Place of Publication
New York
Publisher
S. Walker,
Date of Publication
1820.
Physical Description
1, 1222 pages : illustrations ; 45 cm
Notes
In double columns.
"Bible was property of Mr. Jackson's grandparents, Henry & Mary Bair, and his mother Anna Bair Jackson." from donor information.
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