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  • Collection: Asa Ribelin Papers

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[Contract for employment at the Casper Holtshouser School House, Salisbury, North Carolina. (Asa Ribelin Papers, Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room)]

Articles of an English School of four Months, in consideration by the undersigned…

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[School Record Book (Asa Ribelin Papers, Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room)]

Pages from the log in which attendence, tuition payments, and reasons for closing school was recorded.

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[A page of math problems for the students to solve with a vocabulary word added at the bottom. (Asa Ribelin Papers, Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room)]

What is the Interest on a Note dated July 4th 1830 & paid November the 25th…

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[A page from an book of passages to be copied by the students to teach them penmanship as well as morals and ethics.(Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room)]

Virtue and native honor, are above Fortune;=man kind;
Virtue is the chiefest…

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[Two pages from a book of fortunes, the original of which was thought to be carried by Napolean Bonaparte. (Asa Ribelin Papers, Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room).]

Innocent amusement or

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You are love-sick,
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[These examples are part of a larger collection of household tips and words of advice composed and recorded by Ribelin. (Rowan Public Library, Edith M. Clark History Room)]

How to make a candle burn all night:

To make a Candle Burn all night.…

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A word game composed by Ribelin for his students to solve. Note: We would like this part of the exhibit to be interactive. If you can break the code, let us know and we will add your interpretation to this site. (Asa Ribelin's Papers, Rowan Public…
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