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Greaves (or "Grieves," as he afterwards spelled

it) must have been a successful teacher, for in Septem-
ber of the same year, he informed the readers of the
newspaper that he would open a day school

the first of September next, for the education
of twenty pupils in the principles of the
English and French languages, writing, arith-
metic, book-keeping, the first six books of the
elements of Euclid, geography, algebra, survey-
ing, navigation, &c.⁴⁷

It must have been about this time when he married
Phebe Herbert, for on September 28 she inserted a notice
in her paper, signing, "Phebe Herbert (now Grieves).⁴⁸

The newspaper continued, with no marked changes,
probably with the schoolmaster serving as editor or
co-editor, until February of 1797. Its cessation be-
causa of financial conditions, as Williams suggests,⁴⁹
is possible, but since the Spy was the only English
newspaper (Johann Gruber had begun publication of Die
Westliche Correspondenz in 1795) in a growing commun-
lty, it hardly seems likely. Perhaps Phebe Grieves
was blooming more occupied with domestic affairs; and
it is altogether possible that her husband, if he was
going to publish a newspaper, should prefer to issue
cise of Ma own, rather than continue wl.tb that of his
wife's first husband. Whatever the reason, the Mary-

47 Ibid. September 14, 1796.

48 Ibid, September 28, 1796.

49 Williams, f.J.C, op. cit, v. 1, p. 92.