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Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-001

Scope and Contents

Contains one volume Account Book of Abington Friends School, 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.

Dates

  • Creation: 1828-1842

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Collection is open for research.

Conditions Governing Use

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Biographical / Historical

Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. In 1886 a new building was erected, and a boarding department was added. The School was established “for the purpose of furnishing a thorough and guarded education at a moderate profit.� It is under the care of a committee appointed by Abington Monthly Meeting.

Early school masters at Abington Friends School include George Boone (uncle of Daniel) in 1718, and Alexander Seaton in 1731. George Boone made transcripts of early minutes of Abington Meeting and was Clerk of the Meeting from 1716 to 1720. Alexander Seaton continued transcribing minutes and was a teacher by profession.

Extent

0.21 linear ft. (1/2 box)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. The account book covers the period 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc.

Physical Location

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Immediate Source of Acquisition

Donor: Mrs. Herbert K. Taylor

Date: 1959

Related Materials

RG 2 Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

Title
An Inventory of the Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book, 1828-1842
Author
FHL staff
Date
1959
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries

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