A Supplement to an Act Entitled "An Act to Establish a Seminary by the Name of Haverford School Association", 1846
Scope and Contents
This file contains four documents regarding the incorporation and establishment of the Haverford School. The first two documents represent the original petition, by founders of the school, to create the corporate entity (known as the Haverford School Association), which would manage the new school. The latter documents pertain to a supplement, issued by the state of Pennsylvania, which allowed the members of the Haverford School Association to “alter or repeal any of the rules, orders, regulations and constitution of the said association.” This clarification allowed for non-Quakers to be admitted in 1849 and eventually paved the way for the school’s incorporation as a college in 1856.
Dates
- Creation: 1846
Access Restrictions
The collection is open for research use.
Historical Note
The Haverford School Association was an organization founded to pursue the incorporation of the new Haverford School. A petition was sent by Thomas P. Cope and others for the establishment of the “Friends Haverford School Association” in 1833. This request was granted by the Pennsylvania legislature in the same year. The association, upon incorporation, was effectively comprised of the Board of Managers who continue to oversee Haverford College’s finances to this day. In 1846, amidst a period of financial instability for the school, the association petitioned the state of Pennsylvania to allow for the alteration of rules and regulations in the association’s original constitution. This petition was granted in the same year.
Processing Information
Processed by Cullen Worth, completed July, 2024
Subject
- Haverford College (Organization)
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