Author: Ketchum, Hiram.
Title: Speech of Hiram Ketchum, Esq. Before a Committee of the Senate of the State of New-York, in Relation to the Public Schools of the City of New-York, and in Reply to the Report of the Hon. John C. Spencer, Superintendent of Common Schools, on the Same Subject.
Description: New-York, 1841. 1841. - Octavo, softcover, bound in printed self-wraps. The covers are soiled and darkened with some chipping to the edges. 16 pages. A very good unopened copy of this pamphlet.

First edition of this speech in support of the Roman Catholic Church's objections to public education.

Compulsory school attendance did not become the law in New York until 1853. Very good .

Keywords: AMERICANA; NEW YORK STATE; EDUCATION; RELIGION; REOMAN CATHOLIC CHURCH; HIRAM KETCHUM; SPEECH; COMMITTEE OF THE SENATE OF THE STATE OF NEW-YORK; PUBLIC SCHOOLS; HON. JOHN C. SPENCER; NINETEENTH CENTURY; 1ST EDITION; 19TH CENTURY; FIRST EDITION.

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