Public opinion and the teaching of history in the United States

by Bessie Louise Pierce

[98] General Statutes of Vermont, 1862, ch. 22, sec. 1, p. 169. The selection of the book was to be made as soon as possible, and was to be binding upon all teachers and boards of education until January, 1867. The law appeared in later statute books. Revised Laws of Vermont, 1880, ch. 33, sec. 558, p. 169; Vermont Statutes, 1894, sec. 700, p. 189.

[99] Laws of Vermont, 1872, no. 14, sec. 1, p. 54. “Hall’s Geography and History of Vermont now in use by the authority of law, in the schools of Vermont, or such revised editions of the same as may be issued, shall be continued as a textbook for the term of five years from the first day of November, A.D., 1873.” Approved November 26, 1872. Legislation of this character is found also in 1888 and in 1890. Laws, 1888, no. 9, sec. 171, and 172, ibid., 1890, no. 7, p. 25.

[100] Acts and Resolves of Rhode Island, 1865, p. 153. Report of the Superintendent of Public Education.

[101] Laws of North Carolina, 1879, ch. 93, p. 177. Approved March 1, 1879. John W. Moore, author of textbook.

[102] Code of West Virginia, 1868, 55, p. 308. For Holmes’ History of the United States, Laws, 1873, 58, p. 419. For geography, Knote’s Geography of West Virginia, Mitchell’s New Revised Geographies, Macy-Howe-Smith’s Lessons on the Globe, by laws of 1873 and again in 1891. Laws, 1891, p. 313. Laws of West Virginia, 1895, ch. 37, p. 63. For the General History by Myers, contract price $1.10, contract exchange price 82 cents; for the Leading Facts of American History, contract price 65 cents, exchange price 50 cents; Beginner’s American History, contract price 43 cents, exchange price 35 cents. Lewis’ History and Government of West Virginia, in fixing 80 cents as the contract price, and Dole’s The American Citizen with 65 cents as the exchange price were likewise named in the law.

[103] Code of Virginia, 1887, sec. 1501, p. 404. By a law of 1883-4.

[104] Laws of Indiana, 1889, ch. L, sec. 1, p. 75.

[105] Ibid., 1891, ch. LXXX, sec. 1, p. 100.

[106] General Statutes of Minnesota, 1881, ch. 36, par. 156, 157, p. 498. Contract for books let to D. D. Merrill, St. Paul. Laws of Kansas, 1897, ch. 179, sec. 4, p. 378. Laws of Montana, 1889, sec. 4, p. 211.

[107] Laws of Kansas, op. cit.