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Box 4

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Contains 16 Results:

Buck Hill Falls

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Notes concerning Buck Hill Falls, scripts for skits, Buck Hill Falls was established in 1901 as a Quaker resort in Monroe County in the Pennsylvania Pocono Mountains by Philadelphia Hicksite Quakers. Lots were quickly developed with "cottages," and in 1926 a large stone structure designed by Quaker architect Walter Smedley replaced the original simple hotel. Smedley had also designed Pocono Manor, a Quaker resort founded by Orthodox Quakers.

Estate of William W. Speakman, 1930

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Speakman died 1930-2nd month-28. Will and trusts for his sister-in-law Mary Travilla and Edmonia Jackson. Will is dated 1927, Executor Charles F. Jenkins.

Dates: 1930

William W. Speakman memorials, 1930

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The service at Swarthmore Friends Meeting on the College campus. Among speakers were his friends William I. Hull, Jesse H. Holmes, J. Russell Hayes, Paul M. Pearson and others.

Dates: 1930

Estate of Anna Travilla Speakman

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Anna died on October 27, 1945, following declining health and surgery. Will and inventories. The Will included a bequest to her sister Mary Travilla and to Edmonia Jackson for her service to the family. Personal items to be divided between her daughters, and a trust for her grandson James Wood. Bequests to various Quaker organizations and the residual to be divided equally between her daughters. Signed Dec. 4, 1936