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Byberry School Association Records
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The Byberry School Association was formed in 1837 by several members of the Society of Friends, mostly members of Byberry Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) for the purpose of raising stock to buy land and erect a secondary school in Byberry, Pennsylvania. John P. Townsend, James Thornton, James Bonner, Josiah Walton, and Joshua Gilbert were chosen managers in accordance with the Association's constitution.
David J. Griscom was engaged as the first teacher, and the "Byberry Institute and Private Boarding School for Boys" was opened late that year or early in the next. John G. Lewis of Frankfort succeeded Griscom when he became too ill to teach in 1839. He was succeeded by Thomas Foulke in 1841. Two years later, the school was closed, and the lot, house, and schoolhouse sold at public sale to James Thornton in 12/1843.
This collections contains the records of the Byberry School Association, 1837-1844. It includes minutes, financial records, and some miscellaneous papers.
The collection is organized into 2 series. The series are:
- Minutes
- Miscellaneous
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.
Donor: Byberry Monthly Meeting
Date: 5/1991
Deposited by Byberry Monthly Meeting
Removed from Byberry Monthly Meeting Records in 1991, catalogued separately and stored in Record Group 4.
Organization
Subject
- Society of Friends -- Education
- Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County
- Quakers -- Education
- Society of Friends -- Charities -- Records and correspondence
- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County
- Society of Friends -- Education -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia
Place
- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- FHL staff
- Finding Aid Date
- 2000
- Sponsor
- Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
- Access Restrictions
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The collection is open for research.
- Use Restrictions
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Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.