History of Western District Colored School, [after 1882]

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History of Western District Colored School, [after 1882]

Typewritten anonymous account of Western District Colored School, founded by Hannah W. Richardson and Rebecca White, in rooms built by Josiah White, beginning with its founding in 1848.

1 item (2 pages) ; 27 cm.

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SNAC Resource ID: 7967244

Haverford College Library

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Richardson, Hannah White, 1811?-1882

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White, Rebecca, -1906

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White, Josiah, 1781-1850

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Josiah White was the builder of the first major economically operating canal in North America used to bring coal to Philadelphia from Lehigh as well as an inventor and designer of a school system based on manual labor. From the description of Papers, 1796-1949. (Haverford College Library). WorldCat record id: 32198185 Josiah L. White was a partner in the firm Scolley & White. The company performed carpentry and cabinet-work in Newton and later, Ashburnham, Ma. ...