Call Number:

MC.975.07.007

Repository:

Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections

Extent:

0.125 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language:

English

Preferred Citation:

"Biographical Sketch of Joshua Longstreth Baily" (HC.MC.975.07.007), Quaker & Special Collections, Haverford College, Haverford, PA.

Date:

1955

Creator:

Baily, Alfred

Form:

genealogies (histories), letters (correspondence), and biographies (documents)

Abstract:

The biography of Joshua Longstreth Baily, written by Alfred Baily, includes a brief history of the Baily family, and is largely comprised of extracts of Joshua Baily's letters.

Albert Lang Baily (1890-1974) was born on July 12, 1890, in Pennsylvania, the son of Albert Lang Baily Sr. and Eliza Montell Lycett. He graduated from Haverford College in 1912. In 1914, he married Helen Morton Smedley. He was a teacher at Westtown School, a Quaker boarding school, from 1921 to 1955. During the Great Depression, the Bailys operated a student work camp in Maine, and during World War II, they opened their home to conscientious objectors. Albert Lang Baily died in November, 1974, in Westtown, Pennsylvania.

Joshua Longstreth Baily (1826-1916) was a Quaker merchant in the dry goods business. He attended all of the American Yearly Meetings between 1845 and 1855. He contributed to African American causes, was interested in peace issues, and worked diligently toward temperance, establishing temperance coffeehouses in Philadelphia. He was also the vice president of the National Temperance Society. He was treasurer of the Mohonk Arbitration Conference, president of the American Bible Society, and was affiliated with the Pennsylvania Prison Society for 66 years, including being the organization's president at the time of his death. He was an author on topics related to Bible study and temperance. Baily married Theodate Lang in 1856. The couple had five children: Frederick Lang Baily (b. 1858), Albert Lang Baily (b. 1859), William Lloyd Baily (b. 1861), Charles Winter Baily (b. 1866), and Henry Paul Baily (b. 1868).

This collection is comprised of the single volume typed manuscript biography of Joshua Longstreth Baily, written by Alfred Baily. The volume includes a brief history of the Baily family, and is largely comprised of extracts of Joshua Baily's letters.