23 September 1800 A.D. William Holmes McGuffey [1800-1873]
23 September 1800 A.D. William Holmes McGuffey [1800-1873] Archivist. “September 23: William Holmes McGuffey [1800-1873].” This Day in Presbyterian History. 23 Sept 2015. http://www.thisday.pcahistory.org/2015/09/september-23-2/ . Accessed 23 Sept 2015. September 23: William Holmes McGuffey [1800-1873] Home School Education in the Nineteenth Century They are still being used today! McGuffey Readers, that is. But what an important force they have had from the early days of our land up to the present. In a day when modern textbooks are known to tear down what is right about America and Christian values, the McGuffey Readers would instead reflect the values of hard work, industry, honesty, loyalty, Sabbatarianism, and temperance, or in other words, exactly what is needed today in our modern society. Their name comes from William Holmes McGuffey, who was born on September 23, 1800. From an early...