ABSTRACT
From information J'eceived, it appears that Adult Schools are now opened in various parts uf the nation; and according to accounts transmitted by petsons who have taken an interest therein, they are uniformly attended with the same success as in this city. In most of the Illaces where schools are established, mally IlCrsons of opulence and influence haye patronized the undertaking. In the town of Plymouth, ill the county of DeVOll, a Public Meeting wus cOllYcnpd on the 14th of the 12th Month (1813), in the Town-Hall, at which the Mayor presided: a considerable Humber of the most respectable inhabitants attended, which resulted in a conclusion to establish "A Society for teaching the Adult Poor within the Borough of Plymouth; and that the Institution shall also embrace those of the rising' generation who may ha\'e been apprenticed, or placed out, without being able to read." The rcquhiite ~teps for that purpose were resolved upon, and a subi'Cription entered into.
