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Average Price:$325 —— Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) of Lancaster was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth and Superintendent of Common Schools by Governor Joseph Ritner (1835-39), under the School Reform Act of 1834. He later served again as Superintendent in the Civil War years, during which he organized the Soldiers' Orphans Schools. At his death he was serving as president of the State Agricultural College (now Pennsylvania State University). The main portion of the book contains brief descriptions (and small...

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Thomas Henry Burrowes (1805-1871) of Lancaster was appointed Secretary of the Commonwealth and Superintendent of Common Schools by Governor Joseph Ritner (1835-39), under the School Reform Act of 1834. He later served again as Superintendent in the Civil War years, during which he organized the Soldiers' Orphans Schools. At his death he was serving as president of the State Agricultural College (now Pennsylvania State University). The main portion of the book contains brief descriptions (and small...

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