Fair Hill Boarding School records
Abstract
This collection includes manuscripts relating to the establishment of Fair Hill Boarding School by the Baltimore Yearly Meeting. Included are documents concerning the purchase of land, distribution of the Fair Hill Fund, and lists of rules for Westtown and Nine Partners Boarding Schools. These materials reflect Quaker views of education and their objectives in the establishment of Quaker schools. Especially interesting is a letter from Ann King relating the efforts of Nine Partners School to maintain Quaker values. Other correspondents include John Ellicott, William Morsell, Caleb Bentley, and Whitson Canby.
Dates
- Creation: 1815-1869
Creator
- Ellicott, John, 1769-1820 (Contributor, Person)
- King, Ann, active 1800-1836 (Contributor, Person)
- Morsell, William, 1778- (Contributor, Person)
- Bentley, Caleb, 1761?-1851 (Contributor, Person)
- Canby, Whitson, 1751?-1823 (Contributor, Person)
- Fair Hill Boarding School (Organization)
Restrictions on Access
This collection is available for research use.
Biographical / Historical
Fair Hill Boarding School was opened by Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1819 to provide for a "guarded education" for Quaker youth. The school was suspended in 1825, and the property finally sold in 1865.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (1 folder.))
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Source of acquisition--Gift of. Method of acquisition--Bliss Forbush; Date of acquisition--1979.
Subject
- Westtown Boarding School (Organization)
- Nine-Partners' Boarding School (Washington, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Committee on Education (Organization)
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1968). Fair Hill Fund (Organization)
- Description rules
- Archives, Personal Papers, And Manuscripts (Appm)
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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