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Friends Boarding Home of Bucks Quarterly Meeting Records, 1896-2013 (inclusive)

Extent:

2.3 linear ft. (2 boxes and 9 volumes)

Abstract:

Friends Boarding Home of Bucks Quarterly Meeting, a Quaker boarding home for the aged in Newtown. Pennsylvania, was opened in 1897 and incorporated in 1899. In 1900 it moved to a new building erected on Congress Street, with funds given by Edward M. Paxson in memory of his parents. Friends' Village was opened in 1981. The records include correspondence, minute books, constitution and legal papers, reports, and other papers.

Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]