Call Number:

MC.950.145

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

.01 linear ft. (1 folder)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

Pennsylvania Society Promoting Public Economy records (HC.MC.950.145), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1818-1819 (inclusive)

Form:

Financial records and Correspondence

Abstract:

This collection is comprised of the accounts of the treasurer of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Public Economy (1818-1819), correspondence (1818), and checks (1818).

Founded in May, 1817, the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Public Economy was inspired by observations of poverty in Philadelphia in the winter of 1816, and a report on the causes of poverty and who was poor. Committees included those on poor laws, public prisons, domestic economy, the suppression of vice and immorality, and public schools. The Society sought to educate the poor and improve their management of their resources. While some of the founding members and officers of the Society were Quaker, it was not an exclusively Quaker organization.

This collection is comprised of the accounts of the treasurer of the Pennsylvania Society for Promoting Public Economy (1818-1819), correspondence (1818), and checks (1818).