Records, 1765-1956 (bulk 1838-1956).

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Records, 1765-1956 (bulk 1838-1956).

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Correspondence, accounts, minutes, will, deed and misc. financial papers. Business correspondence, chiefly on financial matters (1891-1956); treasurer's accounts and reports of Samuel M. Bines (1879-1883), Josiah W. Leeds (1891-1895), George Vaux (1912-1927) and Alfred G. Scattergood (1928-1956); trustees' minutes (1838-1884); receipts, bills and inventories; also a published copy (1839) of Samuel Emlen's will and a deed (1765) to land in Warminster, Bucks Co., Pa.

ca. 1, 200 items (4 boxes)

Haverford College Library

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Haverford College Library

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Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent.

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The Emlen Institution for the Benefit of Children of African and Indian Descent resulted from a bequest of Samuel Emlen, a Burlington, N.J. Friend who died in 1837. The bequest provided for the education " ... in school learning and in agriculture and mechanical trades or arts, of free male orphan children of African or Indian descent." Located originally in Carthagena, Ohio on property purchased in 1841 from Augustus Wattles, the first superintendent of the school, the Institution was moved to ...

Bines, Samuel M., d. 1917.

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Emlen, Samuel, approximately 1765-1837

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Leeds, Josiah W. (Josiah Woodward)

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Reformer. Josiah Woodward Leeds (1841-1908) was the son of Benjamin S. Leeds. Born in Philadelphia, he moved to West Chester, Pa. in 1868 and joined the Society of Friends in 1870. In 1877 he published a United States history textbook notable for its lack of battle illustrations. Leeds authored numerous tracts and was active in his opposition to what he perceived as damaging to the public welfare. From the description of Scrapbooks, 1872-1907. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat re...

Scattergood, Alfred Garrett, 1841-1907.

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Vaux, George, 1863-1927

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