Papers, 1844-1903.

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Papers, 1844-1903.

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These papers concern primarily the Sailors' Home. Included here are the Superintendent's reports on activities at the home, receipted bills and financial statements, correspondence relating to fund raising activities in churches throughout the state, and scrapbooks.

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Historical Society of Pennsylvania

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SNAC Resource ID: 6691358

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Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society.

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The Pennsylvania Seamen's Friend Society, Philadelphia was incorporated 1846 to promote "social and moral improvement" of sailors. The Society has been affiliated with the Seamen's Church Institute, Philadelphia, since 1920. The Society maintained the Sailors' Home until 1930 where seamen could receive lodging, financial aid, and spiritual guidance. Much of the reform efforts centered on temperance. From the description of Papers, 1844-1903. (Historical Society of Pennsylvania). Worl...

Seamen's Church Institute

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Seamen's Church Institute (SCI) was founded in Philadelphia in 1919 to care for the moral, spiritual, mental and bodily welfare of seamen, and to generally better the conditions surrounding and affecting "men of the sea." It joined ranks with similar organizations that had established a long tradition assisting the merchant marine, going back to the first decade of the nineteenth century when the Bible Society of Philadelphia singled out seamen as important beneficiaries of their work. Over one ...