Bartlett School
42-44 Spring Street, Fairhaven
(Private residence, not open to the public)
Lewis Bartlett, who had earlier taught at the Fairhaven Academy, opened his own private school on Spring Street in 1842. Mathematics and navigation were among the subjects taught. Manjiro Nakahama, after gaining a basic knowledge of reading and writing in the district schoolhouses, was enrolled in Bartlett’s school. It was most likely here where he was introduced to The New American Practical Navigator, written by Nathaniel Bowditch, which Manjiro later translated into Japanese.
