An address to the Legislature of Indiana, at the commencement of its session, December 6th, 1847. Upon popular education by one of the people.

Author

• Caleb Mills
• John D. Defrees

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Publication Date

1848

Physical Format

online resource 45, [1] pages ; 18 cm |physical_form:online resource

Document Type

Article

Comments

relators:att:person:Mills, Caleb 1806-1879|relators:att:person:Defrees, John D. (John Dougherty) 1810 or 1811-1882|Florida Atlantic University Libraries' Marvin and Sybil Weiner Spirit of America Collection, Pamphlets: Speeches B14F5

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resource_types:Text

Publisher

Printed by John D. Defrees

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45, [1] pages ; 18 cm

Page Number

10030.tif

Description

Appendix, pages [35]-45. "Erratum", page [46]. The second of a series of six address made by Caleb Mills to the Indiana Legislature, 1846-1852, and to the Constitutional convention, 1852. The addresses are reprinted in the Indiana historical society publications, vol. iii, no. vi, 1905, in an article by C.W. Moores, "Caleb Mills and the Indiana school system. Mills lobbied the Legislature of Indiana for a public school system that would provide a free education for every child, showing the advantages of a system of general education.