It appears from the meeting’s records that these masters and mistresses were all Friends, and that the schools which they taught were under the direction of the overseers of the public school.[213] Five years later another report was prepared and presented on the state of schools. At the later date several new names are found among the teachers.[214]
Schools and teachers reported in 1784
1. The Latin and Greek Grammar School is under the direction of Robert Proud, the historian.[215]
2. John Todd still continues in his old place.
3. Isaac Weaver teaches boys reading, writing, and arithmetic.
4. Sarah Lancaster continues in her old position as teacher of young children.
5. William Brown, engaged in teaching a girls’ school.
The five schools above mentioned were under the direction of the school corporation of overseers, and poor children were taught there free of expense. The committee also reported on five other schools, whose masters and mistresses were either Friends or made the professions of that religious society.[216]
Other schools reported