School Teachers of Early Maryland
by Robert Barnes
MSA SC 5300

Ormsby, John, lately arrived from London, advertised he would teach fencing and dancing at the house of Mr. Fowler in Market St., Philadelphia (Pa. Gazette 9 Jan 1753).  He advertised he would teach dancing at Annapolis, and would also teach dancing and defence at Baltimore Town or Upper Marlborough (AMG 4 Aug 1757). In Oct 1757, he advertised he would open a dancing school in Upper Marlborough. He will also teach the science of defence. He already has a dancing school in Annapolis (AMG 28 Oct 1757). (See PA Mag. of History and Biography 4:124).

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