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Too much credit cannot be accorded to the Crozer family for the care they have taken in preserving this old relic-the Pusey house -from the ravages of time. Many years ago the building was · used as a school house by Mrs. Warren Dixon, but at the present time it is inhabited by a colored family, rent free, on condition that they shall protect the premises from the vandalism of relic hunters.
WILLIAM PENN, AGE 52 YEARS. [From Portrait in National Museum, Philadelphia. ]
CELEBRATION
OF THE
5
N BI-CENTENARY_
OF THE
LANDING OF WILLIAM PENN,
AT UPLAND,
(NOW CHESTER,)
OCTOBER 28, 1682. i
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PRELIMINARY WORK OF THE GENERAL COMMITTEE.
T HE idea of celebrating the Bi-Centennial Anniversary of the landing of William Penn, the Founder of this Commonwealth, had been for some time a subject of interest to its citizens, but it was not until the early spring of 1882, that it took definite shape. The actual time of the landing is somewhat in doubt. We know that the "good ship, Welcome, Robert Greenaway, Master," which brought Penn and his associates to this country, sighted the Capes of the Delaware, about the 24th of October, 1682. We know that Penn landed at New Castle on the 27th, and that he was there on the morning of the 28th and in Upland-now Chester-on the 29th. Whether he arrived here on the evening of the 28th, or the morning of the 29th is uncertain, the balance of evidence being slightly in favor of the latter. That he was here on the 29th of October, O. S., we are certain, for the letters, fac similes of which are given in this volume, were dated here on that day. The 20th of October,* O. S., 1682, may, therefore, be fairly accepted as the actual an- niversary of his landing at Upland, in the absence of more conclu- sive evidence, and the Sth of November, N. S., 1882, in fact com- pleted the two hundredth year since the landing and should have been the day selected for the Celebration here.
As will be seen, however, Chester had no voice in this matter, the date being fixed by the State Bi-Centennial Association.
On April 4, 1882, C. W. Alexander, Secretary of the State Bi-Centennial Association, visited our city and conferred with Mayor James Barton, Jr., and a few citizens, and on June 12,
#In this opinion of Mr. Johnson's, Mr. Ashmead does not concur.
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1882, a formal call was issued by a Committee, consisting of James Barton, Jr., Mayor; H. B. Black, President of Council; D. M. John- son, Frank S. Baker, Isaiah H. Mirkil and Richard Miller, for a meeting of citizens to consider the part which Chester should take in the proposed celebration. The call was as follows:
To the citizens of Chester and vicinity :
The Bi-Centennial Association of Pennsylvania have fixed upon the week commen- cing October 22, 1882, for the general celebration of the 200th anniversary of the founding of the Commonwealth by William Penn, and have outlined a programme of exercises as follows :
Sunday, October 22, introductory religious services appropriate to the event throughout the State ; Monday, October 23, formal opening of the ceremonies of the week and celebration at Chester ; October 24, 25, 26, and 27, are set apart for pro- cessions, trades' displays, musical festivals, parades, &c., in the city of Philadelphia.
The Executive Committee of the said Associaton are looking to the people of Ches- ter and vicinity to arrange and perfect plans for the suitable observance of the 23rd, to which the said committee will lend its co-operation.
The undersigned were constituted a committee by the Council of Chester to take this subject into consideration, and they, after deliberation, deem it most important first that a public meeting of citizens should be called for the purpose of devising the best means of carrying out the designs of the State Committee, so far as they relate to the celebration in this city. We, therefore, invite you to assemble for that purpose in the City Hall, on the 15th inst., at 7.30, P. M.
The following gentlemen have been invited and are expected to be present : Hon. John M. Broomall, Hon. Wm. Ward, Hon. Washington Townsend, Hon Thomas J. Clayton, Hon. J. Smith Futhey, Robert E. Monaghan, Esq., Samuel A. Crozer, John Roach, Samuel Riddle, John B. Rhodes, Esq., Ex-Mayor Larkin, Ex-Mayor Forwood, Dr. Elwood Harvey and A. Lewis Smith, Esq. C. W. Alexander, Secre- tary, Alexander P. Colesbury, Manager, and Thomas M. Thompson, of the Bi-Cen- tennial Committee of Philadelphia, will be present.
JAMES BARTON, JR., Mayor. H. B. BLACK, President of Council. D. M. JOHNSON, FRANK S. BAKER, ISAIAH H. MIRKIL, RICHARD MILLER,
Committee.
Chester, June 5th, 1832.
On the evening of the 15th about a hundred of the prominent citizens of the place met at the City Hall, and on motion of H. B. Black, Mayor Barton was chosen Chairman, Messrs. J. L. Forwood, M. D., H. B. Black, R. P. Mercer, M. D., and William Appleby, Vice-Presidents. and J. Craig, Jr., William Shaler Johnson and Edmund Jones, Esq., Secretaries.
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Speeches were then made by Alexander P. Colesbury, General Manager; Clifford P. McCalla, Corresponding Secretary and Thomas M. Thompson, Manager of the Civic Display, all of the State As- sociation and by Ex-Mayor J. L. Forwood and others, and letters of regret from C. W. Alexander, of Philadelphia ; John B. Roach, of Chester, and Hon. Washington Townsend and R. E. Monaghan, of West Chester, were read.
The following resolutions were then offered by D. M. Johnson, Esq., and unanimously adopted :
"RESOLVED, That this meeting deem it advisable that the two hundredth anniver- sary of the landing of William Penn in Chester, should be observed and celebrated with appropriate ceremonies, and that the proposed celebration shall take place on the 23d of October next.
"RESOLVED, That a Committee of persons be appointed by the Chairman of this' meeting which Committee shall have full power to collect and disburse funds, and make all necessary arrangements for a becoming and general celebration of said anni- versary, and that said Committee shall have power to add to its members, if found necessary."
The number of the Committee was left to the Mayor's discretion, and he was made Chairman for the purpose of calling the Commit- tee together for organization.
On the 19th of June, the Mayor appointed the following gentle- men to serve on the General Committee under the above resolution:
Henry B. Black, Isaiah H. Mirkil.
David M. Johnson,
Richard Miller,
Frank S. Baker,
Henry Palmer, Ex-Mayor John Larkin, Jr., Ex-Mayor J. L. Forwood, J. Newton Shanafelt. William P. Ladomus,
William B. Broomall.
Prof. Charles F. Foster,
Samuel H. Seeds,
William Appleby. Dr. Robert P. Mercer.
John C. Price, Daniel Robinson, J. Craig, Jr., William Shaler Johnson,
Edmund Jones.
Lewis D. Wheaton,
Charles Creamer,
Col. Simon Litzenberg.
G. P. Dennis, Orlando Harvey, John Sanville, John Wilde, John A. Wallace,
Edward W. DeSilver. Edward Johnson, William McCallum, William H. Martin, John Spencer,
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Oliver Troth, Henry Frysinger.
Thomas V. Cooper, Joseph Chadwick,
George W. Whitlock,
John B Roach,
Amos Gartside,
Henry Graham Ashmead,
Robert Wetherill,
. Joseph Deering, Henry B. Taylor,
Hon. Robert Chadwick,
Benjamin F. Baker,
. Frank W. Thomas, John J. Ledward, Robert Howarth,
Henry Abbott, William I. Leiper,
- Oliver C. McClure, Col. William C. Gray, J. William Lewis,
John O. Deshong.
Col. Perry M. Washabaugh,
Lieut. Edward D. Sparks.
Captain Charles E. Hyatt.
William J. Oglesby,
Thomas J. Ross.
Prof. John R. Sweney.
John Fountain, James Buckley, William S. Sykes,
Joel Hollingsworth, Edward S. Mckeever, Stephen L. Armour,
Mordecai Lewis.
. Col. David F. Houston,
William E. Trainer,
Gasoway O. Yarnall,
Benjamin F. Miller,
James Fields,
D. Reese Esrey.
William Worrell,
Col. Samuel A. Dyer,
W. Lane Verlinden,
John P. Crozer,
Thomas J. Osborne,
Ward R. Bliss,
George W. Beatty,
George E. Darlington,
Humphrey Y. Ash,
Horace R. Manley,
Ephraim J. Ridgway.
John B. Rhodes,
J. Howard Lewis,
Clarence Larkin,
Chalkley Harvey,
John H. Kerlin,
Edgar C. Lyons.
Henry Riddle,
William Burnley.
At the same time a call was issued for a meeting of this Commit- tee for the purpose of organization, and for such other business as might come before them, on Thursday evening, June 22. The Com- mittee met on that evening, in City Hall. On motion of Orlando Har- vey, Mayor Barton was unanimously elected Chairman and the fol- lowing officers chosen: Vice Chairman; George E. Darlington; Re- cording Secretary, J. Craig, Jr .; Corresponding Secretary, H. G.
.
Benjamin W. Blakeley,
William H. Eves,
Charles Roberts, John Lilley,
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Ashmead ; Treasurer, H. B. Black. At this meeting it was de- cided that fifteen members should constitute a quorum. A motion to appoint a Committee to take into consideration the best methods for raising funds and to name the necessary Sub-Committees for carrying out the details of the work subject to the consideration of the General Committee, was carried ; and on motion of Dr. R. P. Mercer, the permanent officers of the General Committee were in- structed to name a Committee of five to carry out the above resolu- tion. The gentlemen named were Ex-Mayor Forwood, D. M. John- son, Col. W. C. Gray, F. S. Baker and Edward S. Mckeever, and the Committee adjourned to meet on Tuesday evening, June 29th.
At the meeting June 20th, these gentlemen made an exhaustive report. In it they gave an outline of the exercises proposed for the celebration and a list of Sub-Committees. As these Sub-Com- mittees were somewhat changed, and in many cases members add- ed, the list of those composing them is omitted here, and will be found at the close of this article. The persons first named on the several Sub-Committees were authorized to call them together, but their permanent organization was left to themselves.
From this time the work of preparation for the important event, went steadily on, the Sub-Committees working in unison with and under control of the General Committee, the latter holding meet- ings once a week.
The general feeling manifested became stronger as the object and scope of the celebration became known, and to the gentlemen forming the sub-divisions of the General Committee, as well as to the officers of that Committee, and to those citizens who aided with their means, the City of Chester is indebted for the success of the celebration. The newspapers, with commendable liberality, opened their columns to the advertisements of the several Committees with-
cut charge, and the civic societies and organizations were prompt in their response to the invitation to participate. The work of the General Committee closed, so far as preparation for the event was concerned, Thursday evening, October 19th, but that of the Sub- Committees ended only with the day. The meetings of the General and Sub-Committees, after the event were simply formal, and the business transacted was but the closing act of a well managed and well executed memorial drama.
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Below is given a list of the officers of the General Committee and the officers and members of the Sub-Committees. As these, with the honorary members, make up the General Committee, a list of the latter would be superfluous:
OFFICERS OF GENERAL COMMITTEE.
Hon. James Barton, Jr., Chairman; George E. Darlington, Vice Chairman; J. Craig, Jr., Recording Secretary; H. G. Ashmead, Corresponding Secretary; H. B. Black, Treasurer; Col. W. C. Gray, Chief Marshal.
SUB-COMMITTEES-FINANCE.
R. P. Mercer. M. D., Chairman, Chester. J. Craig, Jr., Secretary, Chester. Rich- ard Miller, Treasurer, Chester. Aston, Samuel Rhodes. Birmingham, Richard Baldwin. Bethel. J. Ellwood Larkin. Concord, Eliwood Hannum. Chester, Wil- liam H. Eves, John J. Iedward William H. Martin, Henry Abbott, B. F. Baker, Isaiah H. Mirkil, John A, Wallace, O. C. McClure. South Chester, G. O. Yarnall, William J. McDowell; Chester Township, George W. Beatty. Vorth Chester, C. S. Esrey. Darby, W. Lane Verlenden. Edgmont, G. Leiper Green. Haverford. J. B. Leedom. Lower Providence, William Osborne. Lower Chichester, John H. Ker- lin. Newtown, William Rhodes. Marple, J. Hunter Moore. Media, Horace R. Manley. Middletown, William Burnley. Radnor, D. C. Abrahams. Springfield, J. Edgar Miller. Ridley, Bethel M. Custer, William Worrall. Tinicum, B. F. Miller. Upland, John P. Crozer. Upper Darby, Isaac Garrett, Humphrey Y. Ash. Upper Chichester, John B. McCay, Jr, Upper Providence, Fallon C. Lewis.
INDUSTRIAL.
Amos Gartside, Chairman, Chester. J. Craig, Jr., Secretary, Chester. Angora, John Wolfenden. Chester, G. P. Denis, H. B. Black, F. W. Thomas, W. I. Leiper, Henry Palmer, B. W. Blakeley, Robert Chadwick, Charles Roberts, James W. Wat- son, T. J. Houston, John Sanville, John Fountain, Thomas Clough. Clifton Heights, Albert Levis. Glen Mills, Mark Wilcox. Lower Chichester, Clarence Larkin. Mid- dletown, Henry Riddle, William Burnley. North Chester, D. Reese Esrey, William A. Irving, C. W. Andrews, E. S. Worrell. Nether Providence, Thomas J. Osborne. South Chester, Col. D. F. Houston, Richard Peters, Jr., J. E. Dermody. Ridley, Joseph Ward.
CIVIC DISPLAY.
J. Newton Shanafelt, Chairman, Chester. William S. Sykes, Secretary, Chester. Chester, John Wilde, G. P. Denis, Orlando Harvey, Edward W. DeSilver, Edward Johnson, William McCallum, W. H. Martin, P. Bradley, John Fountain, Joel Hol- lingsworth, S. L. Armour, Mordecai Lewis, John Wallis, Stephen J. Dowrick, Robert Watson, J. P. Volkhardt, .N. W. Pennell, Robert Auter. South Chester, E. S. Ro- binson. Media, Joseph G. Cummins.
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TRADES DISPLAY.
H. B. Taylor, Chairman. Chester. H. A. Eisenbise, Secretary, Chester. Chester, Robert Howarth, John Wilde, Joseph Deering, Nathan Larkin, Joseph McAldon, Joseph Messick, Charles Creamner. James F. Stewart, Samuel Oglesby.
MILITARY.
Col W. C. Gray, Chairman, Chester. Chester, Col. P. M. Washabaugh, Capt. C. E. Hyatt. Lieut. Edward D. Sparks. Media, Capt. Jesse M. Baker.
EDUCATIONAL.
Prof. C. F. Foster, Chairman, Chester. Prof. George Gilbert, Secretary, Chester. Chester, Col. Theodore Hyatt, Samuel H. Seeds, John C. Price, Daniel Robinson. Elwyn, Dr. I. N. Kerlin. Media, Prof. S. C. Shortlidge. Ridley, Prof. A. B. Stewart.
MUSIC.
William J. Oglesby, Chairman, Chester. Dr. R. P. Mercer, Secretary, Chester. Chester, Prof. John R. Sweney, Prof. C. F Foster, William McCollum, William P. Ladomus, Thomas Ross.
HISTORICAL.
Oliver Troth, Chairman, Chester. William S. Johnson, Secretary, Chester. Ches- ter, H. G. Ashinead, Henry Frysinger, John Spencer, George W. Whitlock, Isaiah H. Mirkil, Thomas Lees. Concord, Col. Frank M. Etting. Lower Chichester, R. Morgan Johnson, John B. Okie. Media, Joseph Chadwick. North Chester, Adam C. Eckfeldt. Upland, Ward R. Bliss.
FIREMEN'S DISPLAY.
William Ewing, Chairman, Chester. Chester, William Kelley, A. J. Bowers, John L. Hoffman, William Dolton.
ORATORY, INVITATION AND RECEPTION.
Orlando Harvey, Chairman, Chester. Frank G. Sweeney, Secretary, Chester. Chester, G. P. Denis, William Appleby, John O. Deshong, William B. Brcomall, Col. W. C. Gray, Hon. J. L. Forwood, Hon. William Ward, H. B. Black, Dr. Ell- wood Harvey. Media, Hon. Thomas V. Cooper. Middletown, E. C. Lyons.
PENN LANDING.
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B. F. Baker, Chairman, Chester. Edward S. Mckeever, Secretary, Chester. Chester, D. M. Johnson, Edmund Jones, Col. Simon Litzenberg, Capt. F. S. Baker, Hon. William Ward, Robert Anderson, Lorenzo Nugent. Upper Chichester, Job Green.
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FIRE WORKS.
William H. Martin, Chairman. Chester. Chester, Col. W. C. Gray, Charles Ro- berts. H. B. Black, Samuel Greenwood.
EXECUTIVE COMMITTEE.
Amos Gartside. Chairman, Chester. Chester, William Appleby, Richard Miller, Capt. F. S. Baker, Col. Simon Litzenberg ..
HONORABLE MEMBERS OF GENERAL COMMITTEE
Chester. John B. Roach. L. D. Wheaton, Edmund Pennell. Spencer McIlvain, James Barton, Sr., Joseph Taylor, William V. Black, John Geltson, Thomas Moore, Benjamin Gartside, Hon. John Larkin, Jr., John Roach, Edward H. Engle, William Murphy, John Eves, Pennock Mercer. North Chester, Col. Samuel A. Dyer. Media. Hon. Edward Darlington. Middletown, Samuel Riddle, Richard S. Smith. Rid- ley, Jacob Worrall, James Eachcs. South Chester, John J. Thurlow.
SUBSCRIBERS TO THE FUND.
CHESTER.
Thomas Appleby
$10 00 Cash
16 50
William Appleby ...
10 00 H. B. Davis
5 00
Henry Abbott
10 00 J. Deny.
1 00
Robert Anderson
5 00 A. O. Deshong 20 00
W. B. Broomall
10 00 J. O. De-hong. 20 00
John Brooks
5 00 P. P. Derric - son
5 00 5 00
G. W. Beatty
5+0 S. D. Dantield
20 00
W. Bagshaw
3 00 H. L. Donaldson.
3 00
J. M. Burke
2 00
Joseph Deering .....
2 00
Mrs, Booth.
2 00
G. P. Denis ...
25 00
D. S. Bunting
10 00 J. L. Entwisle
5 00 10 00
Baker & Culbert
5 00 William H. Eves ..
10 00 2 00
John M. Broom 11.
2 00 J. J. Evans.
10 00
George M. Booth
5 00 Eisenbise & Bro
5 00 5 00
John M. Booth
1 00 W. B. Edwards C. Emlen ...
210
B. F. Baker
H. B. Black
10 00 Benjamin Gartside & Sons.
50 00 5 00
F. S. Baker
5 00 J. G .rtside ..
10 co 25 3 00
Bowers & Son
10 00
John Genther ...
5 00
Samuel Black
1 00 John Gardner
2 00
Charles Cheetham
5 00 G. Gerstley
1 00 5 00
S. J. Cochran ...
5 00 John P. Gartside
5 00 5 00
J. E. Cardwell.
1 00 S. P. Howard
2.00
J. Cheetham
2 50 Hugh Hatton
5 00
James Culbert.
2 00 Mrs. Hardy.
2 00
E. G. Conwell
1 00 W. Hunter, Jr
1 00
M. Connolly
1 00 D. G. Hendricks.
1 00
J. P. Clayton
5 00 Headley & Mahon
2 00
William Beaver ..
2 00
5 00 T. D. Finegan ...
5 00 20 00
William V. Black.
A. Blakeley & Son
25 00 Henry Gott.
J. Brewster.
I. P. Branin.
5 00 George Gilbert ..
R. Chadwick
10 00 John Gott ...
Thom is Coulter
2 00 Orlando Harvey
T. C. Burke.
1 00 Adam C. Eckfeldt.
J. B. Bergmann
1 00 William P. Eyre
A. Buchanan
1 00 S. A. Dyer
10 00 Samuel Greenwood.
2 00 William Gregg.
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John Hamilton
10 0 C. D. Pennell
10 00
Charles E. Hyatt ....
10 00 D. P. Paiste ...
1 00
.John B. Hannum.
2 00
Samuel Powell 5 00
Irving & Leiper
25 00 Ann Pike 1 00
Edmund .Tones
5 00 Dr. Parsons. 3 00
Dr. Johnson
5 00 N. J. Rose & Son.
5 00
L. G. James
5 00 R. E. Ross Rorer & Mingin
2 00
D. M. Johnson
C. E Rodgers
1 00
F. Kroneberger.
200
Charles Roberts
5 00
Dr. Kish
5 00 J. W. Rawcliffe.
101
Edward Kelly
2 00 J. Rodgers.
5 00
Mrs. Kershaw.
1 00 Shaw. E rey & Co.
50 00
Paul Kiotz.
2 00
J. H. Stroud & Co ...
10 00
William Kurer.
2 00
E. D. Sparks
10 00
J. C. Kepner
1 00
K. Simon
1 00
Lilley & Sons.
10 00
J Stewart
1 00
L. I . Lukens & Co.
5 00
J. M. Stæver
2 00
Samuel Lyons
2 00
Dr. Samuel Starr
2 00
J. William Lewis
20 (1)
John Stewart.
5 00
.J. H. Ladomus ..
J. Stephens
5 00
Thomas Lytle ..
R. L. T. omas
1 00
J. A. Ladomu -.
1 00
H. B. Taylor.
5 00
John Lee -.
1 00
T. Turner ..
1 00
J. Larkin, Jr
Jonathan Taylor
5 00
H. G. Mason
R. E. Turner.
2 00
W. H. Martin.
375
F. C Torpey.
1 00
Rev. Thomas McCauley
5 00
Dr. Ulrich
10 00
Joseph Messick. Benjamin Morris.
2 00
D. M. Ulrich
2 00
F. K. McCollum.
5 00
William H Williams
5 00
Mrs. Morrison
5 00
G. B Wilson ...
10 00
Morton & Black.
10 00
C. Willis
2 00
Richard Miller
500
E. S. Worrell
10 00
Thomas Mirkil
5 00
J. Whitehead.
5 00
Samuel Mellvain
50)
H. N. Weid er.
2 00
D. McCurdy
5 00
J. E. Woodbridge
5 00
McCall & Yarnall
5 00
C. R. Wight
1 00
William MeClure ....
100
John Wilde ..
2 00
N. P. Moyer
1 00 George W. Wood
1 00
Not to know
10 00
Robert Wetherill & Co.
20 00
Lorenzo Nugent
1 00
William Wilson.
1 00
William J. Oglesby.
5 00
M. Ocheltree.
3 00 Total-Chester -S950 00
SOUTH CHESTER.
John Benton
$2 00
F. Kohle 1 00
E. T. Byrne ...
1 00
Law & Dereney
20 00
Z. T. Bartleson
1 .0
William Lewis
5 00
Michael Burk
1 00
J. Lamplugh
1 00
Chester Oil Works
25 00
William H. Major
5 00
T. J. Clayton
10 00
C. G. Neal
1 00
Chester Rolling Mills
25 00 Herbert Norton
1 00
Samuel Cotton
3 00
Mrs. O'Donnell
1 00
P. Conarty.
1 00
Pirker & Matlack.
1 00
C. A. Dubhorn
1 00
H. J. Riley
5 00
T. Doyle
1 00 J. J. Ryan.
1 00
S. M. Felton
25 00 John Roberts
1 00
Edward Ferry
5 00 H. J. Reiley ...
1 00
Scott Grace.
1 00
P. Reiley
1 00
William Grannan
1 00
W. G. Sears
1 00
D. F. Houston
10 00
Samuel P Stevenson.
1 00
William J. Hewes
1 00 George Trayner
1 00
William Hawley
1 00 L. A. Tucker.
1 00
Samuel Hewes.
1 00
L. Zebley
1 00
Edward Harking
1 00
... M. Knight
RADNOR.
Arthur & Warner
$10 00 D. C Abrahams 5 00 ....
L. W. Adams
5 00 Martha Brown ...
15 00
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J. R Johnson ..
2 00
5 00
1 00
5 00
5 00
5 00
5 00 A. Uhlenbrock
5 00
1 00 Total-South Chester. $168 00
5 00
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R. Beaumont
2 00
A. Montgomery.
10 00
Lewis T. Brooke
5 00
T. H. Morris ..
5 00
George W. Childs
25 00
F. W. Morris 5 00
John Conner
5 00 W. W. Montgomery 5 00
T. T. Croslev.
2 00 H Pleasants, Jr
5 00
Joseph H. Childs
2 00
Philip P. Place.
10 00
Cash
5 00 Charles Pugh. 1 00
Maskel Ewing
10 00
Peter Pechin
2 00
.lames G. Francis-
5 00 James Rawle ...
15 00
F. Fennimore
5 00
Theodore D). Rand
5 00
Lewis Garrett.
5 00
W. H. Ramsey
5 00
Jesse Grger.
5 00
T. F. Ramsey
2 00
Dr. C. W. Horner.
10 00
John S acker
5 00
George Hunter
5 00
W. G. Thomas
20 00
Thomas B. Jones
210
J. K. Valentine
10 00
Benjamin Kirk
2 00
Tryon Lewis
5 00 Total-Radnor .$250 00
CONCORD.
M. Buckley
25 S. A. McCall 50
S. E. Buckley.
50 N. Y. Scott
... 2 00
E. Hannum
10) J. R. Scot. 1 00
R. M. Harvey
1 00 Jesse Scott
50
John Hart
50
W. P. Yarnall .. 1 00
W. B. Hannum
25
Anna Hannum
25 Total-Concord. ... ... $8 75
ASTON.
A. C. England
$1 00 Sharpless & Jenkins .. .... 3 00
J. B. Rhodes.
5 00
Ellwood Tyson ....
... 3 00
Samuel Rhodes
10 50
C. B. Rhodes
2 00
Total-Aston $25 00
Hugh Ray ..
50
LOWER CHICHESTER.
C. Larkin $5 00 D. Trainer & Son
Total-Lower Chichester ....
$10 00 5 00
MEDIA.
J. M. Broomall, Jr.
$10 CO B. N. Lehman 1 00
Cash.
14 00
Total-Media
$25 00
NEWTOWN.
Jesse Brooks .... $3 00 William Rhodes ........ 5 00
Total-Newtown
88 00
MARPLE.
Total-Marple .... .......
.....
......... .$25 00
RIDLEY.
Total-Ridley
.$40 00
UPLAND.
S. A. Crozer
850 00 J. P. Crozer
50 00
Total-Upland.
.$100 00
And. rson Kirk
5 00
W. W. Whi ing
5 00
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ADDITIONAL SUBSCRIPTIONS.
Pennsylvania Railroad Company ... $500 00
Prof. C. F. Foster 10 00
Phila., Wil. & Balt. Railroad Co ..... 250 00
Eddystone Manuf . cturing Co 50 00
Total
$2,569 75
William Simpson & Son 50 00
Appropriated by city of Chester .... 400 00
John Roach & Son 100 00
$2,969 75
The Philadelphia and Reading Railroad Company kindly dis- continued the running of their freight trains on the Front Street Branch on the day of the Celebration, and planked over their bridge over Chester creek, at Front street, for the accommodation of the people who desired to cross at that point, a courtesy which was thoroughly appreciated.
Donations as follows were received by the Committee and thank- fully acknowledged. These may be regarded also as subscriptions for the general purpose -
Evening News, advertising ..
$72 01
School Board, music stand
$15 00
Times and Gazette,
52 45
Headley & Mahon, reduction
5 13
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Col. W. C. Gray, badges.
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Historical Sketch of Chester.
FRIENDS AND THE BI-CENTENNIAL. [Contributed by Sarah B. Flitcraft.]
First day, 10th mo., 22d, 1882.
A T the close of a meeting for worship of the Religious Society of Friends, on First day, 10th mo. 1st, 1882, at their Meeting House, on Market Street, Chester, Pennsylvania, they conferred together in reference to holding a Bi-Centennial in commemoration of the landing of William Penn at this place. After a full express- ion and interchange of sentiment all agreed it would be proper and appropriate for Friends to have such an occasion, wherein they could hold forth to the community, the virtues and practical life of this distinguished man, who founded the Colony of Pennsylvania up- on a just and equitable basis, and conducted it on the principles of Peace as long as he and his friends had the management and con- trol of the government. The time and place agreed upon was 10th mo. 22d, at 2.30, P. M., in their Meeting House, on Market street, being the First day prior to the State Bi-Centennial. The following com- mittee was appointed to make arrangements for the proposed meet- ing : Sarah B. Flitcraft, Thomas J. Houston, Elias H. West, Rachel P. Leys, Arabella M. Miller, Sallie R. Milner, Arabella Hinkson, Allen Flitcraft, Isaac T. Lewis, Kate D. West, Jennie S. Lamborn, George M. Booth, Alfred Lamborn, Susanna S. Houston and Arthur H. Middleton.
Long before the appointed time the Meeting House was filled to overflowing, hundreds being unable to gain admission. The exer- cises were interesting throughout and were conducted in a plain un- ostentatious way.
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