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Norfolk County (Va.) Board of Public School Commissioners Records, 1820-1870

Norfolk County (Va.) Board of School Commissioners Records, 1820-1872, are comprised mostly of reports documenting attendance, tuition, and teacher salaries at schools established by the Board for the purpose of educating poor children in the county. The records also include scattered receipts and attendance records, 1827-1830, a survey of school districts in the county, 1845, and copies of resolutions pertaining to the assessment of a schools tax, 1845-1847, including a resolution exempting free African Americans from the school tax, 1845.

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Norfolk County (Va.) Board of Public School Commissioners Records, 1820-1870

Chesapeake (Va.) Circuit Court

Norfolk County (Va.) Board of School Commissioners Records, 1820-1872, are comprised mostly of reports documenting attendance, tuition, and teacher salaries at schools established by the Board for the purpose of educating poor children in the county. The records also include scattered receipts and attendance records, 1827-1830, a survey of school districts in the county, 1845, and copies of resolutions pertaining to the assessment of a schools tax, 1845-1847, including a resolution exempting free African Americans from the school tax, 1845.

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