tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post899095216657685722..comments2024-03-28T04:26:30.557-05:00Comments on Boston 1775: Reenactment at Spell Hall, Coventry, 16-17 MayUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger3125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-9026322317490524022016-04-01T10:25:11.449-05:002016-04-01T10:25:11.449-05:00Greene was raised a Quaker and was therefore denie...Greene was raised a Quaker and was therefore denied a formal education, although he did eventually amass a large book collection and was well-read, hosting many of the great New England intellectuals at his Coventry home, he was always self-conscious of his lack of education and became a big supported of public education. When he took over the Greene foundry in Coventry, he employed over 100 men from the local village at the Forge, blacksmith shop, grist and saw mills. Most of these men had families and children, but there was not a local school, so Nathanael hosted the first elementary school in his parlor. We believe that the student who came to the house to learn spelling, dubbed it Spell Hall, and the name stuck.<br />On education he wrote "Here then lies the foundation of civil liberty; in forming the habits of the youthful mind, in forwarding every passion that may tend to the promotion of the happiness of the community, in fixing in ourselves right ideas of benevolence, humanity, integrity and truth."<br /><br />Dave Procaccini, President<br />Gen. Nathanael Greene HomesteadNathanael Greene Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613446461315477796noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-25322939340017819342015-05-12T14:27:30.502-05:002015-05-12T14:27:30.502-05:00Thanks! I also saw Greene use it as a reference to...Thanks! I also saw Greene use it as a reference to his old home after he settled in South Carolina, indicating the name wasn't just an in-joke among Greene and Samuel Ward and perhaps a few more friends. But how did he come up with it? J. L. Bellhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15405157000473731801noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28102666.post-83266507733222263112015-05-12T12:53:56.371-05:002015-05-12T12:53:56.371-05:00We have found reference to Spell Hall in Greene le...We have found reference to Spell Hall in Greene letters as early as 1772. <br />Dave Procaccini, President<br />Gen. Nathanael Greene HomesteadNathanael Greene Homesteadhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12613446461315477796noreply@blogger.com