Monks of the Meerschaum.

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Monks of the Meerschaum was a social club formed in 1859 after Jesse Y. Burk, a student at the University of Pennsylvania, drew a picture of a monk with a pipe suspended from his girdle on the fly-leaf of his textbook. His friend, Edwin F. King, after seeing the drawing, suggested a brotherhood be formed called the "Monks of the Meerschaum." Burk went on to become secretary of the Board of Trustees of the University of Pennsylvania.

Other members of the club included Samuel Pennypacker (former Governer of Pennsylvania); Jacob William Schuckers; George F. Bensell; Edmund B. Bensell; Chester N. Farr, Jr.; Reverend Charles Logan; Addison B. Burk; William P. Fodell; Edward A. Stockton; George S. Jones; Nathan T. Folwell; John B. Moffitt; William S. Kochersperger; and G. Morgan Eldridge.

From the description of Minutes and letters, 1890-1911. (University of Pennsylvania Library). WorldCat record id: 63615197

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creatorOf Monks of the Meerschaum. Minutes and letters, 1890-1911. University of Pennsylvania Libraries, Van Pelt Library
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associatedWith Bensell, Edmund Birckhead, b. 1842. person
associatedWith Bensell, George F. 1837-1908. person
associatedWith Burk, Addison B. person
associatedWith Burk, Jesse Y. person
associatedWith Eldridge, G. Morgan. person
associatedWith Farr, Chester N. person
associatedWith Fodell, William P. person
associatedWith Folwell, Nathan T. person
associatedWith Jones, George S. person
associatedWith King, Edwin F. person
associatedWith Kochersperger, William S. person
associatedWith Logan, Charles. person
associatedWith Moffitt, John B. person
associatedWith Pennypacker, Samuel W. 1843-1916. person
associatedWith Schuckers, J. W. 1831-1901. person
associatedWith Stockton, Edward A. person
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Active 1890

Active 1911

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