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W-MCP1-1.028a NOTICE OF LETHERHEAD BOARDING ACADEMY, from Rev. Thomas Baker's files.
Jan 1 1832 [estimated date]
To: [Whitehern Museum Archives]
From: Letherhead, Surrey, England

CLASSICAL, COMMERCIAL, MATHEMATICAL
and

BOARDING ACADEMY


LETHERHEAD,
Surrey
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THE REV. T. BAKER receives into his family, and associates with his Sons a limited number of YOUNG GENTLEMEN, whom he proposes to instruct in Reading, Writing, Arithmetic, History, Geography, the use of the Globes, Mathematics, and in the English, Latin, and greek Languages.
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TERMS


INCLUDING THE USE OF A SELECT SCHOOL LIBRARY, WASHING, &C.
Under Twelve years of age.........Thirty-five Pounds per Annum
Above ditto...........Forty...ditto...ditto

DRAWING AND FRENCH
on the usual terms
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No Spoon, Towels, &c. expected at the entrance of a Pupil; nor Quarter's notice previous to his leaving. New Pupils joining the School between the quarters, will only be charged their proportion of the current quarter.
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Vacations at Midsummer and Christmas, one month each.
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LETHERHEAD is pleasantly situated within the easy distance of 19 miles from LONDON, and on the road to BRIGHTON, BOGNOB, WORTHING, DORKING, GUILDFORD, &c.
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References kindly permitted to the Rev. Dr. Henderson, Highbury College; and to the Rev. Messrs. T. Lewis, Islington; G. Clayton, Walworth; J. Leifchild, Berkeley Square; A. dawson, Dorking; J. Harris, Epsom.



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M. B. Ede, Printer, Dorking


1 We have dated this brochure on the basis of a letter from one of the references mentioned here, T. Lewis, who wrote a letter to Rev. Baker in 1832 when Baker was in England before he came to Canada to live, see W2816. For more information on Rev. Thomas Baker, click on "Family" and then on his picture for his brief biography.




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