Family Papers, 1733-1987.

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Family Papers, 1733-1987.

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Includes correspondence, poetry & other writings, commonplace books, deeds & financial records, and miscellaneous materials. Of particular interest is the journal of Benjamin Swayne of London Grove, the school master's records of Evan Thomas Swayne, the poetical exchange between Edward Swayne and William B. Preston, and the correspondence of Norman Walton Swayne while he was a student at Swarthmore College from 1904-08.

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Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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George School (Bucks County, Pa.)

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Swayne, Edward, 1853-1929

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London Grove Boarding School.

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Swarthmore college

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Founded by members of Baltimore, New York and Philadelphia Yearly Meetings of the Religious Society of Friends (Quakers), Swarthmore College was incorporated in 1864 under a charter from the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania. The College opened in 1869 as an college and preparatory school, although the preparatory division was phased out in the 1880s. The Charter was amended in 1908 to remove any formal links to the Society of Friends. The College continues to operate as a liberal arts college with a...

Swayne, A. B. (Anna Belle), 1864-1931

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Swayne, Benjamin, 1791-1873

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Swayne, Evan T. (Evan Thomas), 1824-1894

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Preston, W. B. (William Barnard), 1858-1888

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Swayne, Norman Walton, 1885-1964

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Quaker family of southern Chester County, Pa. Caleb Swayne was a farmer and tanner, and his son, Benjamin, also operated a tanyard and conducted a school for boys, the London Grove Boarding School. Evan Thomas Swayne also taught at London Grove, but moved to the Eaton Institute, a boarding school for girls in Kennett, after 1865. His son, Edward Swayne, had a greenhouse business and and wrote poetry. Edward's sister, Anna Belle, was a photographer before her marriage to ...