Title: Philip Denham School-keeping Contract

Date/Date Range :    1802

Extent: 0.1 linear feet

Abstract:

This document is a contract between the State of Tennessee and Philip Denham to teach school in Washington and Carter Counties in 1802. It covers Denham's duties as "School Master," his rate of pay, and the back of the document has a list of students and their time spent at the school, located at Joseph Denton Lane.

Call number: MS-2373

Repository: University of Tennessee Special Collections Library, Knoxville, TN

Aquisition Information:

This collection was purhcased by Special Collections in November of 2001.

Access Restrictions:

Collection is open for research.

Copyright:

The copyright interests in this collection remain with the creator. For more information, contact the Special Collections Library.

Preferred Citation:

[Identification of Item], Philip Denham School-keeping Contract, MS-2373. University of Tennessee, Knoxville, Special Collections Library.

Collection consists of a single folder.

No biographical information could be found on Philip Denham.

This document is a contract between the State of Tennessee and Philip Denham to teach school in Washington and Carter Counties in 1802. It is one of the earliest Tennessee school contracts in existence. The contract covers Denham's duties as "School Master," his rate of pay, and the back of the document has a list of students and their time spent at the school, located at Joseph Denton Lane.

Paul Fink included a transcription of the contract in his book Jonesborough: The First Century of Tennessee's First Town, 1776-1876.

• Denham, Philip.
• Public schools -- Tennessee -- Washington County.
• Public schools -- Tennessee -- Carter County.