Chapter X: Part 10

At A meeting of the Select men in Dover the 20^{th} of May 1723
ordered that 2 Schoolmasters be Procured for the Towne of Dover for
the year Ensuing, and that ther Sallery Exceed not £30 Payment a Peece
and to attend the Directtions of the Select men for the Servis of the
Towne in Equi’ll Proportion.

Test

Thomas Tebets, Towne Clark

At the Same time Mr. Sullefund Exseps to Sarve the Towne above^{sd} as
Scoole master three months Sertin and begins his Servis y^e 21^{th}
Day of May 1723, and also y^e S^d Sullefund Promised the Selectmen if
he left them Soonner he would give them a month notis to Provide
themselves with a nother, and the Select men was also to give him a
month notis if they Disliked him.

Test.

Thomas Tebbets, Towne Clark.

Dover Town Records, A. D. 1723.

Footnote 12:

This name has also been rendered Darby.—EDITOR.

NOTE. As Master John Sullivan here states that he was the son of Major
Philip O’Sullivan, his own name was, therefore, originally O’Sullivan.
At what period, and under what circumstances he dropped the “O,” is
not now known.—ED.

Footnote 13:

This sketch was written by Miss Fitzgerald, for the American-Irish
Historical Society, at the request of the Knights of St. Patrick of
San Francisco. The latter organization is, collectively, a life member
of the Society. Miss Fitzgerald is a granddaughter of Mr. Murphy, the
pioneer here mentioned, and resides in Gilroy, California, in the
beautiful Santa Clara valley.

Footnote 14:

Grandson of Mathew Carey. This memoir is mainly compiled from a paper
contributed by Mr. Baird to _The American Bookseller_, New York City.

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TRANSCRIBER’S NOTES

1. Silently corrected typographical errors and variations in spelling. 2. Anachronistic, non-standard, and uncertain spellings retained as printed. 3. Enclosed italics font in _underscores_. 4. Enclosed bold font in =equals=. 5. Superscripts are denoted by a caret before a single superscript character or a series of superscripted characters enclosed in curly braces, e.g. M^r. or M^{ister}.