John D. Everitt Teaching Contracts and Poll List

Contract of 3-October-1815

We the subscribers of the township of Montague and
Sandyston, county of Sussex and state of New Jersey do
agree with John D. Everitt to teach a regular English day
school in the school house near John I. Westbrooks in San-
dyston for the term of three months for which service we
promise to pay the sum of Ten shillings for each schollar
we shall sign or send on or before the expiration of the
above mentioned time said Everitt is to teach Reading,
Writing and arithmetic and we the subscribers do agree to
find said Everitt boarding, and lodging during said time
And we the subscribers agree and promise to furnish and
'provide the above named term our equal proportion of fire
wood according to the number ofschollars we shall sign or
send and we further agree if any one shall neglect to furn-
ish his or her proportion of fire wood after having two days
notice from the teacher and the school is likely to be
broken up for want of wood than the teacher is hereby auth-
orised to purchase a load of wood and to give credit One
Dollar and the school account of him or her who shall so
furnish the school with wood and charge the same to him or
her who shall neglect to bring their proportion Of wood when
notified And the teacher is entitled to the money for every
load of wood so purchased and credited as above mentioned
to commence 10th.           October 3rd, 1815.
 
Subscribers                 Subscribers
Isaac Everitt 2             Reuben W. Curtis 2
Joseph Sarolasco 1
Anne Westbrook 2
Joseph T. Westbrook 1-1/2
Alexr. Ennes 2
Wilhelmns Vanauken 1