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	Some repairs were carried out to the schoolhouse in Bell's time but, to judge by their frequency, either the work was done very much on a piecemeal basis or it was very badly executed. Thus in 1775, the erection bailiff was ordered to repair the "floor, roof and windows"; two years later he was to repair "the windows, floor and hearth... and to provide a Lock for the Door"; in January 1779 he was to carry out repairs "where wanting in the Tiling and Seiling"; in the spring of 1783 it was the turn of the "Tiling and Stove Chimney Piece" to be attended to; and three times more within a twelve-month period the bailiff was ordered "to repair the Grammar School", once being required "to make the Conveniences according to the Estimate of the Surveyor... amounting to £3-19s-6d".		Some repairs were carried out to the schoolhouse in Bell's time but, to judge by their frequency, either the work was done very much on a piecemeal basis or it was very badly executed. Thus in 1775, the erection bailiff was ordered to repair the "floor, roof and windows"; two years later he was to repair "the windows, floor and hearth... and to provide a Lock for the Door"; in January 1779 he was to carry out repairs "where wanting in the Tiling and Seiling"; in the spring of 1783 it was the turn of the "Tiling and Stove Chimney Piece" to be attended to; and three times more within a twelve-month period the bailiff was ordered "to repair the Grammar School", once being required "to make the Conveniences according to the Estimate of the Surveyor... amounting to £3-19s-6d".

	November 1775 found Bell "desired to attend at the next Hall, Complaint having been made to the Corporation of his having made an improper use of the School-Yard". He did not do so, explaining that he was "obliged to be out of Town this Day", whereupon it was ordered "that Mr Bell be desireed to attend the next Hall". but the minutes of that next meeting make no mention of the subject. This, it seems, may have been the beginning of a long-running dispute between the master and the corporation over the fact that he had a doorway opening into the [[~~Beast Mart\|~~mart yard]] to establish "a conveniency" for the boys.		November 1775 found Bell "desired to attend at the next Hall, Complaint having been made to the Corporation of his having made an improper use of the School-Yard". He did not do so, explaining that he was "obliged to be out of Town this Day", whereupon it was ordered "that Mr Bell be desireed to attend the next Hall". but the minutes of that next meeting make no mention of the subject. This, it seems, may have been the beginning of a long-running dispute between the master and the corporation over the fact that he had a doorway opening into the [[mart yard]] to establish "a conveniency" for the boys.

	Just what a deplorable state Boston Grammar School had reached when Bell died in 1790 is revealed by this comment by the king''s counsel to whom the corporation turned for advice on the appointment of a successor:		Just what a deplorable state Boston Grammar School had reached when Bell died in 1790 is revealed by this comment by the king''s counsel to whom the corporation turned for advice on the appointment of a successor:

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	Just what a deplorable state Boston Grammar School had reached when Bell died in 1790 is revealed by this comment by the king''s counsel to whom the corporation turned for advice on the appointment of a successor:		Just what a deplorable state Boston Grammar School had reached when Bell died in 1790 is revealed by this comment by the king''s counsel to whom the corporation turned for advice on the appointment of a successor:

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	Those Mr I Mansfield, of The Temple, had in mind, though he did not name them, must have been Bell, Thomas Bateman and [[James Muscut]].		Those Mr I Mansfield, of The Temple, had in mind, though he did not name them, must have been Bell, Thomas Bateman and [[James Muscut]].

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-'''Obadiah Bell''' (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.
+'''Obadiah Bell''' (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769 and was licensed to the school on 3 October 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.
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	'''Obadiah Bell''' (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.		'''Obadiah Bell''' (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.
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	Obadiah Bell (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.		'''Obadiah Bell''' (died 1790) was appointed as headmaster of [[Boston Grammar School]] on 28 September 1769. He was at the school until his death in 1790.
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			== See Also ==

			*[[:Boston Grammar School Staff]]