The Early Schools of Naugatuck: A Brief History of Our Schools, Teachers, Text Books, Etc., from 1730 to 1850 by Ward, William - 1906

The Perry Press. 1906. Very Good+; Hardcover; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; Naugatuck, CT; 97 pp, bound in brown cloth. Illustrated with 6 black & white plates (Including frontispiece) featuring early school buildings in Naugatuck Connecticut. Probable first edition. Cloth cover very clean; bright gilt spine lettering. Tightly bound. Moderate wear to spine ends, corner tips. Pages and illustrations very clean, bright, intact. "From the books of Arthur F. Lewis" written in ink on front endpaper. Otherwise unmarked. Contents include: Early Schools of Naugatuck; Brief histories;personages of these School Districts -- Judd's Meadow, Center, Middle, Lewiston, Later Called Pond Hill; Pond Hill, Partridgetown, Southwest, Millville, City, Straitsville, and Union Center; Old Schoolhouses; School Books; Private or Select chools; Tabitha Castle and her School; The Country School. .