[189] Ibid., 3-27-1709; 1-26-1725.

[190] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 3-29-1730.

[191] The minutes of the overseers, 12-8-1712, make known that Robbins was teaching at that time, I, 3.

[192] Ibid., 3-27-1711.

[193] Ibid., 2-25-1712.

[194] Ibid., 8-28-1715.

[195] Ibid., 11-29-1719; the vacancy was made by the departure of William Robbins out of the Province (P. C. S. M., I, 5.)

[196] Ibid., 5-29-1720.

[197] Ibid., 2-27-1722.

[198] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 4-25-1711.

[199] Robbins was put in charge of the school at this time, on the initiative of the monthly meeting, as the overseers recognize in their minutes of 4-3-1725, 42; they acquiesced therein. (P. C. S. M., I, 11.)

[200] Min. Phila., Mo. Mtg., 2-24-1724.

[201] Ibid., 3-29-1730. Walby was engaged by the overseers in 1730 to teach (3-29-1730) the three r’s and to “well instruct” four children for the use of the schoolhouse. (P. C. S. M., I, 14).

[202] Am. Wek. Mer., Nov. 29-1733; Rec. Births and Burials, Phila., Mtg., A, 321.

[203] Benezet was employed in 1742 to teach arithmetic, writing, accounts, and French and to teach 15 poor children. (P. C. S. M., I, 33.)

[204] Simpson, Lives of —, 52; Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-31-1782, 28.

[205] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-31-1782, 28.

[206] Simpson, Lives of —, 52.

[207] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 6-26-1748, 64. It appears that John Fothergill and John Hunt in London had signed a contract with Willian teaching in the school, on behalf of John Kinsey and Israel Pemberton in Philadelphia. He was to be employed one year at 150 pounds (Pa. currency) and the expense of his journey to the city. He was to teach Latin and Greek and “other parts of learning.” (P. C. S. M., I, 64).

[208] Ibid., 11-25-1763, 188.

[209] See page 54.

[210] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-25-1764, 234.

[211] Min. Phila. Yearly Mtg., 10-1778, 408ff.

[212] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 7-30-1779, 151.

[213] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 7-30-1779, 151.

[214] Ibid., 1-30-1784, 123ff.

[215] Our attention is first called to Robert Proud in 1759, when Israel Pemberton made known to the Board that he had received a letter from J. Fothergill of London recommending him (Proud) as “a person well qualified to instruct our youth in divers branches of learning.” A number were named to speak with him, saying they were unanimously agreed to employ him. Proud was thus employed till 1770 when he resigned. (P. C. S. M., I, 334, and I, 175).

[216] Ibid.

[217] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-25-1791, 111.

[218] Wickersham, 91.

[219] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-25-1799, 217.

[220] G. S. P. P., I, 252.

[221] A collection of Christian and Brotherly advices, 1753 (found in most of the depositories for records).

[222] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 8-31-1701.

[223] Ibid., 3-29-1691; similar references, Ibid., 1-31-1699; 6-30-1700; 3-30-1701.

[224] See page 43.

[225] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-30-1784, 123ff.

[226] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-30-1784, 123ff.

[227] Ibid.

[228] The reader will recall, however, that in 1784 the real was far below the face value.

[229] Pa. Gaz., 1772, No. 2285; Pa. Gaz. and Wk. Advt., 1783, No. 2782; Pa. Gaz. and Wk. Advt., Supplement, 1784, No. 2811.

[230] See page 60, note 90.

[231] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 3-26-1699.

[232] Ibid., 12-28-1702.

[233] Ibid., 11-29-1702.

[234] Ibid., 1-28-1707.

[235] Ibid., 11-29-1702.

[236] No record of his death is found in Records of Births and Deaths beginning with 1686.

[237] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 2-28-1699.

[238] Ibid., 12-28-1702.

[239] Ibid., 4-30-1704.

[240] Ibid., 7-28-1704, 420.

[241] Ibid., 1-28-1707.

[242] Ibid., 11-26-1727-8.

[243] See page 243f.

[244] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-26-1771, 444.

[245] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 12-25-1772, 145.

[246] Ibid., 11-2-1800, 300.

[247] Ibid.

[248] Ibid., 9-28-1701, 315.

[249] Ibid., 5-26-1689, 154.

[250] Ibid., 1-28-1690, 163.

[251] Ibid., 2-26-1690, 164.

[252] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 11-28-1697, 227.

[253] Ibid.

[254] Ibid., 2-29-1698, 229.

[255] Ibid., 2-25-1701, 292.

[256] Ibid., 3-30-1701, 294.

[257] Ibid., 4-27-1701, 298.

[258] Ibid., 9-28-1701, 315.

[259] Ibid., 11-30-1701, 322.

[260] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 2-24-1702, 329.

[261] See page 66.

[262] See page 66.

[263] See the minutes from 1704 and 1705, pages 420 to 463, various items.

[264] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 10-28-1705, 463.

[265] Ibid., 2-25-1712, 222.

[266] Ibid., 8-28-1715.

[267] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 9-25-1715, 10f.

[268] Ibid., 10-30-1715, 11.

[269] The overseers of the school had kept a regular record of their meeting in regard to schools, since 1712; they were, however, closely associated with the monthly meeting in the school affairs. (P. C. S. M., I, first record in 1712.)

[270] Ibid., 2-30-1725, 119.

[271] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 3-28-1725, 121ff.

[272] Ibid., 4-25-1725, 124.

[273] Ibid., 12-22-1733-4, 142.

[274] Ibid., 4-25-1736, 271.

[275] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-25-1740, 318.

[276] Ibid., 10-28-1744, 378.

[277] Ibid., 11-25-1744, 379.

[278] Ibid., 8-27-1756, 243.

[279] Ibid., 4-25-1760, 248ff.

[280] Ibid., 6-27-1760, 259.

[281] Ibid., 11-27-1767, 199.

[282] Ibid., 6-29-1770, 398.

[283] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-25-1771, 430.

[284] Ibid., 5-31-1782, 28.

[285] Report of Committee in Phila. Mo. Mtg. Min. 1-30-1784, 123ff.

[286] See Thompson, Henry. A History of Ackworth.

[287] This pamphlet may be seen in H. S. P., Philadelphia.

[288] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-25-1791, 111.

[289] Ibid., 6-24-1791, 118.

[290] Ibid., 7-27-1791, 123.

[291] Ibid., 1-27-1792, 140.

[292] Minute, Yearly Meeting, held in Philadelphia, 9th and 10th mos. 1794.

[293] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 7-28-1797, 158.

[294] See history of Westtown School.

[295] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-26-1799, 217.

[296] Minute, Yearly Meeting, held in Philadelphia, 9th and 10th mos. 1794.

[297] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-3-1722, 83.

[298] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 4-25-1711, 73.

[299] Ibid., 1-27-1749, 50.

[300] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 8-215-755, 151.

[301] Min. Byberry Prep. Mtg., 4-24-1793.

[302] Ibid., 8-23-1758.

[303] Ibid., 12-6-1770.

[304] Ibid., 7-25-1787.

[305] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 5-21-1788.

[306] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 10-22-1788.

[307] Ibid., 6-23-1790.

[308] Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 7-21-1790.

[309] Ibid., 1-26-1791.

[310] Ibid., 6-20-1792.

[311] Ibid., 7-25-1792.

[312] Min. Horsham Mo. Mtg., 3-29-1797; Min. Byberry Prep. Mtg., 3-22-1797.

[313] Phila. Mo. Mtg., 1-29-1700.

[314] Quoted from Learned, Pastorius, 181.

[315] Der Deutsche Pioneer, III, 56.

[316] Ibid.

[317] Ibid.

[318] Learned, 182.

[319] Der Deutsche Pioneer, III, 56.

[320] Der Deutsche Pioneer.

[321] Ibid., 57.

[322] See MS. collection of Pastorius. H. S. P.

[323] See page 77f.

[324] Der Deutsche Pioneer, III, 56.

[325] Ibid.

[326] Learned, 185.

[327] Der Deutsche Pioneer, III, 58.

[328] Bunting, List of Records for Phila. Yr. Mtg., 21.

[329] Min. Exeter Mo. Mtg., 10-16-1758, 301.

[330] Ibid., 11-30-1758, 307.

[331] Ibid., 4-27-1774, 212.

[332] Ibid., 4-29-1762, 430; 7-26-1764, 519.

[333] Ibid., 2-25-1778, 309; 12-30-1778, 336.

[334] Ibid., 5-26-1779, 346; 7-28-1779, 350; 11-24-1779, 361; 11-29-1780, 383.

[335] Ibid., 8-29-1781, 436.

[336] Ibid., 8-28-1782, 474.

[337] Ibid., 11-26-1785, 503.

[338] Min. Exeter Mo. Mtg., 2-25-1784, 307.

[339] Ibid., 4-28-1784, 510f.

[340] Min. Exeter Mo. Mtg., 11-24-1784, 524.

[341] Ibid., 2-28-1787, 39.

[342] Ibid., 6-27-1787, 50.

[343] Ibid., 10-31-1787, 60f.

[344] Ibid., 2-26-1789, 122.

[345] Ibid., 1-28-1795, 283.

[346] Min. Exeter Mo. Mtg., 2-25-1795, 285.

[347] Bunting, pp. 30, 31, 33, 32, and 28 respectively; also first volumes of the respective Records.

[348] Ibid., 28.

[349] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 11-3-1704, 128.

[350] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 10-1-1714, 195.

[351] Min. Bucks Q. Mtg., 12-25-1713.

[352] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 7-2-1730, 282.

[353] The fact that Falls Meeting recommended Buckingham Friends to build a schoolhouse in 1706 (Bucks Quarterly Records, 3-30-1706) would seem to favor the view that they themselves were supplied.

[354] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 8-7-1730, 284.

[355] Ibid.

[356] Ibid., 5-4-1733.

[357] Ibid., 1-31-1759.

[358] Ibid., 12-3-1783, 358.

[359] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 2-4-1784, 363.

[360] Ibid., 3-3-1784, 366.

[361] Ibid., 8-4-1784, 376.

[362] Bunting, 37.

[363] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 8-8-1787, 440.

[364] Ibid., 2-3-1790, 52.

[365] Ibid., 12-3-1794, 169.

[366] Ibid., 9-4-1799, 283.

[367] See page 73f.

[368] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 1-4-1797, 217.

[369] Ibid., 4-2-1760.

[370] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 5-7-1760.

[371] Ibid., 7-2-1760.

[372] Ibid., 9-6-1780, 278.

[373] Ibid., 10-3-1781, 304.

[374] Ibid., 9-3-1783, 354.

[375] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 12-5-1787, 444.

[376] Ibid., 11-4-1789, 19.

[377] Ibid., 8-4-1790, 41.