Subject: Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia and Quakers -- Pennsylvania / People: Grandom, Hartt, 1778-1840 / Year: <span class="from" data-blrl-begin="1950">1950</span> to <span class="to" data-blrl-end="1999">1999</span> - Philadelphia Area Archives Search Results

Start Over Subject Charities -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia Subject Quakers -- Pennsylvania People Grandom, Hartt, 1778-1840 Year 1950 to 1999

Extent:: 8.5 linear ft. (17 boxes)
Abstract:: The Grandom Institution was a charity established in 1841 through the will of Hartt Grandom, a Philadelphia Quaker, to provide fuel, clothing, and financial assistance to poor Philadelphians. The collection contains minutes, reports, legal, and financial records, as well as similar records of two affiliated but independent organizations, the Fuel Savings Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Soup House and records pertaining to the William Keinath Fund, an endowment for free fuel.

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