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Ninth annual report of the General Agent of the Board of National Popular Education, with the constitution of the board; January 1856.

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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC06232.01 Author/Creator: Place Written: Cleveland, Ohio Type: Pamphlet Date: 1856 Pagination: 40 p. : Order a Copy

The Board was founded to send New England women to teach in the American West. In original tan wrappers.

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