The common school controversy: consisting of three letters of the secretary of the Board of Education, of the State of Massachusetts, in reply to charges preferred against the Board, by the editor of the Christian Witness and by Edward A. Newton, Esq. of Pittsfield, once a member of the Board; to which are added extracts from the daily press, in regard to the controversy

Boston: J. N. Bradley & Co, 1844. 8vo, pp. 55, [1]; self-wrappers; spine with cloth reinforcement, first leaf with 2" tear at the top gutter (some loss of paper but no loss of letterpress), ex-Garrett Bible Institute, Evanston, Illinois with several old library rubberstamps (released); good copy. Mann had taken the Unitarian - and liberal - view, that while the Bible should be taught in school, it should be done without comment. Some religious groups charged him and the Board of Education with creating a godless system of schools. American Imprints 1612-13. Sabin 44318. (Inventory #: 57242)