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Contributing Institution
Prince Memorial Library
Publication Date
4-1876
Publisher
Town of Cumberland
City
Cumberland, ME
Language
English
Recommended Citation
Cumberland (Me.), "School Agents’ Census Returns, Cumberland, Maine, 1876" (1876). Cumberland Books. 71.
https://digitalmaine.com/cumberland_books/71
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School Agents’ Census Returns, Cumberland, Maine, 1876 was compiled in April 1876 by the school agents of the Town of Cumberland. Sections 60 and 61 of Chapter 11 of the Maine Revised Statutes, amended by an act approved Feb. 23, 1876, required school agents to present to the Assessors and Superintending School Committee in the month of April a certified list of the district’s “children between four and twenty-one years of age, as they existed on the first day of said month, exclusive of those coming from other places, where they belong, to attend any college or academy, or to labor in any factory therein.” This volume contains the names and ages of the scholars in District 1 (Cumberland Foreside), District 2 (Tuttle Road/Middle Road), District 3 (Cumberland Center), District 4 (West Cumberland/Shawtown), District 5 (Outer Blanchard Road), District 6 (Greely Road), District 7 (Winn Road), District 8 (Chebeague Island West End), District 9 (Chebeague Island East End), District 11 (Crotch/Cliff Island), and District 13 (Bruce Hill Road).