The Roxbury Latin School-An Outline of Its History.

The article presents an exploration and overview of the history of the Roxbury Latin School in Boston, Massachusetts. Details are given highlighting the school's fame as the third oldest educational institution in the United States. Accounts are given discussing the events surrounding the founding of the school by the local pastor John Eliot, its operations within the first decade of its establishment, and its financial administration in the following centuries. The author's own connection to the school is also described, relating anecdotes of the school's administration during the 1840s.