By way of recapitulation, we add the following table, which is a continuation of the one on page 16, Vol. III. The larger sum was the whole amount appropriated for schools; the less sum the amount devoted to schools beyond the Neck. Committee of management for the schools outside the Neck:—
May 13, 1754, Nathaniel Francis, Samuel Kent, Joseph Phipps; £ 180; £ 24.
May, 1755, and May, 1756, Samuel Kent, Joseph Phipps, Henry Putnam (same amounts).
May 10, 1757, Samuel Kent, Henry Putnam, James Fosdick (same amounts).
May, 1758, and May, 1759, Samuel Kent, Henry Putnam, Captain John Hancock (same amounts).
May, 1760, ‘61, ‘62, ‘63, ‘64, Samuel Kent, Henry Putnam, Joseph Lamson; £ 180; £ 25 6s 8d.
May, 1765, ‘66, ‘67, Isaac Mallet, Samuel Kent, Walter Russell; £ 180; £ 34 10s.
May, 1768, ‘69, ‘70, Samuel Kent, John Lamson, Walter Russell (same amounts).
May, 1771, and May, 1772, Peter Tufts, Jr., John Lamson, Lieutenant Samuel Cutter (same amounts).
May, 1773, ‘74, ‘75. The selectmen, a committee for the schools within and without the Neck.
1776, ‘77, John Hay, Timothy Tufts, Walter Russell, Samuel Gardner; £ 60 (for all the schools).
May 11, 1778, Caleb Call, Samuel Tufts, Samuel Gardner, Philemon Russell; £ 140 (for all the schools).
May 20, 1779, Samuel Tufts, Samuel Gardner, Amos Warren; £ 500 (for all the schools).
[Committee within the Neck, Nathaniel Gorham, Eben Breed, David Wood.]
May 8, 1780. ‘The selectmen, with Samuel Gardner, a committee to regulate the schools’; £ 6,400 (£ 400, 1. m.).
1781. The selectmen and Lieutenant Samuel Cutter a committee for the schools.
‘Voted that Hon. Nathaniel Gorham be a committee to raise £ 100 for the support of the schools.’
