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Oak Grove School Document

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Title

Oak Grove School Document

Subject

Ludwig, Isaac (1821-1879)
Hamburg (Va)
Schools-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Teachers-Virginia-Shenandoah County
Ludwig, Jacob
Ludwig, George
Dodson, Jacob
Ludwig, Elizabeth
Ludwig, Reb.
Ludwig, William
Getz, Samuel R.
Shiflet, Edward
Stout, S,
Estep, William
Hoffman, Samuel
Eckhard, John

Description

Half sheet document recording agreement between Isaac Ludwig, teacher, and subscribers supporting the "Oak Grove School" in Hamburg Virginia. Dated 1857.

One side of the document outlines Isaac's responsibilities in maintaining the school, subjects to be taught, days worked, and his salary along with responsibilities of the subscribers. The reverse records subscribers and financial transactions. Only 1/2 page of this document survives.

The Oak Grove School operated in Hamburg from sometime before 1852 to ca. 1865. The exact location of the school is unknown.

Isaac Ludwig was recorded as being a teacher there beginning with this document through at least 1860. In 1869 he was a teacher at the Hamburg Seminary. He died in 1879 in Hamburg.

Creator

Unknown

Source

Folder 4.6 Isaac Ludwig Papers, relating to Hamburg Seminary, the Confederacy, and Madison District, 1850-1871, 1 of 2, Shenandoah County Historical Society Collection, Truban Archives, Shenandoah County Library, Edinburg, Virginia.

Publisher

Shenandoah County Library

Date

1857

Rights

Creative Commons Attribution-Non Commercial (CC-BY-NC)

Identifier

19-0104-001
19-0104-002

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Document

Citation

Unknown, “Oak Grove School Document,” Shenandoah County Library Archives, accessed December 22, 2024, https://archives.countylib.org/items/show/12359.

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