Archives, 1666-1981.

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Archives, 1666-1981.

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Minutes, correspondence, account books, legal, business and financial papers, illustrations, photographs, published material, artifacts, microfilm, etc. comprising the archives of the William Penn Charter School of Philadelphia. Records of the Corporation of Overseers include minutes (1712-1970); account books (1734-1957); legal, business and financial papers consist of charters (includes 1701 charter signed by Penn), reports of committees, deeds and other land related papers, indentures of apprentice teachers, papers related to various legacies, bills, receipts, building accounts, faculty accounts, etc.; correspondence (ca. 1725-1969) includes faculty correspondence, topics include discussion of moving school to Germantown; papers of Richard Mott Jones (Headmaster, 1874-1917); papers (ca. 1895-1917, 1930-1935) of Frederick L. Smith (teacher, 1895-1925; Headmaster, 1917); papers of Richard M. Gummere (Headmaster, 1918-1934); lists of Overseers, teachers, students, books in library; material on the history of the school includes clippings, essays, addresses, letters, catalogs, school logs, memorabilia, school and student publications, etc.; rules for students and teachers; illustrations and photographs of Overseers, buildings, faculty and student groups; 59 volumes comprising the original library of the school; microfilm of minute books and cumulative record cards (1940-1973) for classes; artifacts (1666-1932); additional persons represented in the records are Anthony Benezet, Edward Bettle, Rebecca Jones, Robert Proud and others.

ca. 42 ft.

Haverford College Library

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Proud, Robert, 1728-1813

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Quaker educator and scholar. From the description of Papers, 1754-1806. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 27357783 Philadelphia educator and historian. From the description of Quotations and translations from Virgil and Cato : AMsS : Philadelphia, 1801 May 9-July 18. (Rosenbach Museum & Library). WorldCat record id: 122316913 Pennsylvania educator and historian. From the description of Notebook, 1791 and later. (Rosenbach Museum &...

Penn, William, 1644-1718

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The British colony of Pennsylvania was given to William Penn (1644-1718) in 1681 by Charles II of England in repayment of a debt owed his father, Sir Admiral William Penn (1621-1670). Under Penn's directive, Pennsylvania was settled by Quakers escaping religious torment in England and other European nations. Three generations of Penn descendents held proprietorship of the colony until the American Revolution, when the family was stripped of all but its privately held shares of land...

William Penn Charter School

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The William Penn Charter School, an independent college preparatory school, had its beginnings in the Public Grammar School founded in 1689 as a result of instructions from William Penn to the Provincial Council of Pennsylvania. Thomas Lloyd, president of the Council, requested Philadelphia Monthly Meeting to take charge of the matter. In 1708 Penn signed a charter removing the responsibility for the school from the Meeting and giving it to an appointed Board of Quaker Overseers. Fro...

Benezet, Anthony, 1713-1784

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Anthony Benezet, born Antoine Bénézet (January 31, 1713 – May 3, 1784), was a French-American abolitionist and educator who was active in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania. One of the early American abolitionists, Benezet founded one of the world's first anti-slavery societies, the Society for the Relief of Free Negroes Unlawfully Held in Bondage (after his death it was revived as the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting the Abolition of Slavery); the first public school for girls in North America; and t...

Smith, Frederick Stanley

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Confederate officer, 7th Regiment, South Carolina Volunteers. From the description of Papers, 1863-1863. (Duke University Library). WorldCat record id: 20314774 Confederate Army officer and commissary first for Kershaw's Brigade, South Carolina Volunteers (Infantry) and later for Butler's Brigade, S.C. Volunteers (Cavalry). From the description of F.L. Smith military records, 1862-1864. (The South Carolina Historical Society). WorldCat record id: 37521830 ...

Gummere, Richard M. 1883-

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Jones, Richard Mott, 1843-1917.

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Bettle, Edward, 1841-1912.

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Jones, Rebecca, 1739-1817

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Rebecca Jones was a Quaker minister from Philadelphia. She was born in Philadelphia, 7mo. 8 (old style), 1739, of pious parents of the Church of England. Her father, William Jones, was a seaman, and was lost on a voyage when Rebecca was a young child. Kary, Jones's mother, opened a school at No. 8 Drinker's Alley, which proved very successful, and she was able to give a careful education to Rebecca and her older brother Daniel. Rebecca never married. Jones was convinced of ...