(MASSACHUSETTS) Lease of Boston town land for the use benef

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AMERICA'S FIRST PUBLIC SCHOOL (MASSACHUSETTS.) Lease of Boston town land "for the use & benefitt of the free schoole of Boston." Document Signed by witnesses Isaac Waker and Henry Walton, and lessee John Shaw, with Shaw's seal. 10 1/2 x 16 inches, worn along folds with slight loss of text, laid down on paper. Boston, 28 February 1648/49

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Boston Latin School was founded in 1635 as America's first public school. It was funded largely by bequests and leases such as this. Here, William Colborne and James Penn agree, on behalf of their townsmen, to lease a parcel of land to John Shaw and his heirs for a period of 78 years, with the proceeds used to help fund the school.