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Benjamin Franklin

The Old Library Company of Pennsylvania (founded by Franklin)

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Thomas Jefferson

Thomas Jefferson

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Noah Webster

One of Noah Webster's "American" textbooks

The cover of Noah Webster's "Blue-back Speller"

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Benjamin Rush

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The Land Ordinances of 1785 and 1787

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Monitorial Instruction

A monitorial classroom

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Early American Colleges

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The Dartmouth College Case

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The Yale Report of 1828

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Education in early New Harmony, Indiana

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An instance of discipline in an Early National school.