Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 \snake General wear to the box

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William Chesterman (1837–1930)

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Testimonial on Behalf of Miss Marsha Shearer's Moral Character and Ability to Teach Common School, Harrisburg, PA, 1854 \snake General wear to the boxI was happy to find this manuscript letter, written in Harrisburg (then Harrisburgh) PA in 1854 on behalf of a Miss Marsha Shearer, attesting to her (most important) moral character, learning, and ability to instruct, such that she be granted a one year teaching appointment at the town's common school. Lead by Horace Mann, it was in the 1830s that the Common School movement took hold, advocating for (and leading to) the widespread creation of tax