Contents
Descriptive Summary
BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE
SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS
SELECTED SEARCH TERMS
DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS
Ser. 1. History, Constitution, and By-Laws
Ser. 2. Legal Papers
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An Inventory of the Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1765-1971
Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
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Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) |
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1765-1971 |
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Abstract:
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The Grandom Institution was a charity established in 1841 through the will of Hartt Grandom, a Philadelphia Quaker, to provide fuel, clothing, and financial assistance to poor Philadelphians. The collection contains minutes, reports, legal, and financial records, as well as similar records of two affiliated but independent organizations, the Fuel Savings Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Soup House and records pertaining to the William Keinath Fund, an endowment for free fuel.
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17 boxes ; 8.5 linear feet |
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Identification:
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RG 4/040 |
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Hartt Grandom (1778-1840), the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents, provided in his will for his considerable estate to be used for a number of charitable purposes, primarily the establishment of a permanent fund “to alleviate the most prudent of the poor (but not the intemperate) in procuring fuel, clothing and other necessaries, which such persons want in winter...” A second provision was made for a society “composed of discreet members” who would dispense financial aid to young men needing assistance in getting started in trade, “and whose parents are unable or unwilling to aid them.” In accordance with this bequest, The Grandom Institution was chartered in 1841 and organized in 1846. The incorporators and the managers were largely members of the Society of Friends.
Additions to the funds of the Institution have been made from time to time by bequest.
In 1926 the Fuel Savings Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, established in 1821 for distribution of fuel to the poor, became affiliated with The Grandom Institution when the two organizations had the same managers. A further consolidation was effected in 1956 when the Philadelphia Soup House, founded in 1814 as The Society for Supplying the Poor with Soup, remained a separate corporate entity, but its managers had dual membership, also serving as managers of The Grandom Institution.
In 1937 the Fuel Savings Society received a bequest which from that time on was treated separately as The William Keinath Coal Endowment. In 1971 the distribution of fuel and food was turned over to the Philadelphia Board of City Trusts.
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The collection contains original minutes, financial records, annual reports (typed, printed), deeds, correspondence, etc. Also, bound volumes and folders of miscellaneous papers and two framed documents.
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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:
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The collection is organized into six series. The series are:
For current information on the location of materials,
please consult the Library's online catalog.
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Ser. 1. History, Constitution, and By-Laws
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Grandom Institution
1874, 1887, 1880, 1900, 1931 Printed
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Fuel Saving Society
1871 Ms.
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Fuel Saving Society
1875, 1907, 1909 Printed
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Summaries of legal acts, prepared by Harry E. Sprogel
4/7/1961
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Constitution of Fuel Savings Society
Various historical notes, lists, clippings concerning managers: notebook of William Biddle, with supplement by Mary E. Salthouse; some notes on Grandom family records by Dept. of Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Arch Street, 2/6/1930)
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Silhouette of Hartt Grandom Framed, 16.5" × 13.5"
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Ser. 2. Legal Papers
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“Exemplification of a common recovery”
3/5/1765
Judgement in Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, to Thomas Coombe against David Potts, concerning property on east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia.
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David Potts to Andrew Brechel
5/20/1766
For a lot on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia
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Joshua Hardy and wife Mary, of Chester, Joseph Fox, to Andrew Brechel, for a property on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia
5/21/1766
For a property of on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia
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Abel James and wife Rebecca and John Blakely
12/5/1768
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Supreme Exec. Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to John Mann
8/9/1781
For three lots on the north side of Peach St., Philadelphia
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Joseph Cowperthwait to John Grandom
8/29/1788
For property on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia
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William Folwell and wife Rebecca to David James
4/21/1810
For property on east side of 3rd St., between High St. and Church Alley, Philadelphia
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David James to Benjamin Taylor
11/5/1823
For property on the east side of 3rd Street, between High Street and Church Alley, Philadelphia
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John Grandom to Hartt Grandom
7/1/1826
For properties in Phila., on Sansom St. at 7th St., etc.
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Joseph Parker Norris and wife Elizabeth Hill to Benjamin Taylor
5/20/1835
For property on the north side of an alley, Philadelphia
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Will of Hartt Grandom and letter addressed to his three executors
1833-1834, 1840 Copy
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Legal opinion concerning will, by Horace Finney
1841
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Report to Orphans Court of Philadelphia of auditor of Hartt Grandom's estate
1860 Copy
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Statement of Samuel R. Simmons, serving executor, concerning execution of provisions of Hartt Grandom's will
1860 Copy
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Act of incorporation, the Grandom Institution
1841 3 copies
Includes Supplement, 1863
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Report to Orphans Court of Philadelphia by auditor of Hartt Grandom's estate
1865 Copy
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Report of Special Committee of Board of Managers
4/11/1870
Concerning practical matters of handling their charge: increase in secretary's compensation, rental of an office, etc.
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Document signed by Stephen S. Price and Thomas C. Price concerning purchase of property
1880-1881 Copy
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Statement concerning status of Loan Fund
1889
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Will of William Keinath
2/3/1898 Copy
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Letter from Howard Burtt to J. Henry Scattergood
12/17/1935
Concerning the right of the Board of Managers to invest in equities
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Papers relating to settlement of the estate of Samuel R. Simmons
1855-1865
Final settlement of Hartt Grandom's estate
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Stock certificates and related memoranda
1824-1865
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Documents concerning transfer of real estate, and power of attorney
1935-1952
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