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This receipt shows the cost of labor and work done on the school for African American children in 1818. At this time, the schoolrooms were located in the basement of the African Meeting House. The Abiel Smith funds paid for these improvements through the Selectmen of Boston.
Smith Court Stories is a collaborative project of the Museum of African American History and Boston African American National Historic Site – a unit of the National Parks of Boston.
The creators of Smith Court Stories acknowledge that Smith Court in Beacon Hill sits on the historical Massachusett tribe territories.