The NY Public Library has Samuel Waddington Seton's diary, which documents an 1806 trip from New York to Canton, China, aboard the ship Magdalen, and his return voyage on the Jefferson.
Samuel Waddington Seton was a philanthropist and educator, particularly with New York City public schools.
His father was the first president of the Bank of New York, then the second banking-house in the country. He was left an orphan at an early age. He later entered commercial life, and, aided by John Jacob Astor, he made a trading voyage to China. On his return in 1807, he obtained an appointment to the Bank of New York, and in 1823, he was elected by the Public School Society as a trustee of the schools.
In 1826, he was made an agent of the society, virtually, superintendent of schools, the duties of which he discharged until the dissolution of the society in 1853.
In 1854, he was elected by the Board of Education as an assistant superintendent, where he continued until his death.
At the time of his death, he also had been in charge of a Baptist Sunday school (though himself an Episcopalian) for 50 years uninterruptedly.
He was an active associate of Josiah Holbrook and Joseph Curtis, as well as many others, whose efforts were given to improving the methods of common-school instruction.
He never married, and was a writer both in prose and verse, the latter mainly for children. His grave is in the center of the children's plot, in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and Others, Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem, E. Steiger, 1876, Digitized by Google
Samuel Waddington Seton was a philanthropist and educator, particularly with New York City public schools.
His father was the first president of the Bank of New York, then the second banking-house in the country. He was left an orphan at an early age. He later entered commercial life, and, aided by John Jacob Astor, he made a trading voyage to China. On his return in 1807, he obtained an appointment to the Bank of New York, and in 1823, he was elected by the Public School Society as a trustee of the schools.
In 1826, he was made an agent of the society, virtually, superintendent of schools, the duties of which he discharged until the dissolution of the society in 1853.
In 1854, he was elected by the Board of Education as an assistant superintendent, where he continued until his death.
At the time of his death, he also had been in charge of a Baptist Sunday school (though himself an Episcopalian) for 50 years uninterruptedly.
He was an active associate of Josiah Holbrook and Joseph Curtis, as well as many others, whose efforts were given to improving the methods of common-school instruction.
He never married, and was a writer both in prose and verse, the latter mainly for children. His grave is in the center of the children's plot, in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and Others, Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem, E. Steiger, 1876, Digitized by Google
The NY Public Library has Samuel Waddington Seton's diary, which documents an 1806 trip from New York to Canton, China, aboard the ship Magdalen, and his return voyage on the Jefferson.
Samuel Waddington Seton was a philanthropist and educator, particularly with New York City public schools.
His father was the first president of the Bank of New York, then the second banking-house in the country. He was left an orphan at an early age. He later entered commercial life, and, aided by John Jacob Astor, he made a trading voyage to China. On his return in 1807, he obtained an appointment to the Bank of New York, and in 1823, he was elected by the Public School Society as a trustee of the schools.
In 1826, he was made an agent of the society, virtually, superintendent of schools, the duties of which he discharged until the dissolution of the society in 1853.
In 1854, he was elected by the Board of Education as an assistant superintendent, where he continued until his death.
At the time of his death, he also had been in charge of a Baptist Sunday school (though himself an Episcopalian) for 50 years uninterruptedly.
He was an active associate of Josiah Holbrook and Joseph Curtis, as well as many others, whose efforts were given to improving the methods of common-school instruction.
He never married, and was a writer both in prose and verse, the latter mainly for children. His grave is in the center of the children's plot, in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and Others, Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem, E. Steiger, 1876, Digitized by Google
Samuel Waddington Seton was a philanthropist and educator, particularly with New York City public schools.
His father was the first president of the Bank of New York, then the second banking-house in the country. He was left an orphan at an early age. He later entered commercial life, and, aided by John Jacob Astor, he made a trading voyage to China. On his return in 1807, he obtained an appointment to the Bank of New York, and in 1823, he was elected by the Public School Society as a trustee of the schools.
In 1826, he was made an agent of the society, virtually, superintendent of schools, the duties of which he discharged until the dissolution of the society in 1853.
In 1854, he was elected by the Board of Education as an assistant superintendent, where he continued until his death.
At the time of his death, he also had been in charge of a Baptist Sunday school (though himself an Episcopalian) for 50 years uninterruptedly.
He was an active associate of Josiah Holbrook and Joseph Curtis, as well as many others, whose efforts were given to improving the methods of common-school instruction.
He never married, and was a writer both in prose and verse, the latter mainly for children. His grave is in the center of the children's plot, in Greenwood Cemetery.
The Cyclopædia of Education: A Dictionary of Information for the Use of Teachers, School Officers, Parents, and Others, Henry Kiddle, Alexander Jacob Schem, E. Steiger, 1876, Digitized by Google
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