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An Inventory of the Abington Friends School (Abington, Pa.) Account book, 1828-1842Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staffEncoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries1959Administrative InformationRG 2 Abington Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Return to the Table of Contents Abington Friends School was established by Abington Monthly Meeting in the latter part of the eighteenth century as a day school. In 1886 a new building was erected, and a boarding department was added. The School was established “for the purpose of furnishing a thorough and guarded education at a moderate profit.� It is under the care of a committee appointed by Abington Monthly Meeting. Early school masters at Abington Friends School include George Boone (uncle of Daniel) in 1718, and Alexander Seaton in 1731. George Boone made transcripts of early minutes of Abington Meeting and was Clerk of the Meeting from 1716 to 1720. Alexander Seaton continued transcribing minutes and was a teacher by profession. Return to the Table of Contents Contains one volume Account Book of Abington Friends School, 1828-1842. Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc. Return to the Table of Contents This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings: Return to the Table of Contents DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDSAccount Book, 1828-1842 1 folder1 vol.Pupil's names are given with the status of their payments, etc. |