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Oil Painting of Cooke's old mill ; believed to be pre-Revo- lutionary.
Oil Painting of stone bridge over Tacony creek, at Shoe- ınakertown.
The first photograph taken in Philadelphia. View of Ex- change Building. Taken by Langenheim, then situated on Dock street, who had patent right from England.
ROBERTS, CHARLES, Philadelphia.
Sketch of residence of Joseph Roberts.
ROBERTS, SEPTIMUS, Whitpain.
Picture of Joseph Roberts' barn. Dated 1781. RORER, ISAAC, Frankford.
Oil Painting of the Rorer homestead, Cheltenham. By X. Smith, 1859.
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SHARPLESS, MRS. H. H. G., Shoemakertown. Declaration of Independence, in bronze. SLIFER, DR. H. F., North Wales.
Iron Relief Picture of St. John the Evangelist. Oil Painting of the human brain.
SLINGLUFF, MRS. WILLIAM H., Norristown. Colored Print of the canal in St. James' Park, London.
SMITH, MARY (deceased). Exhibited by Rus- sell Smith, her father, Weldon.
Oil Painting. Charles F. Wilson's Rooster. Miss Smith, the daughter of Russell Smith, of Abington township, was born in 1842, and died at the age of upwards of 30. She was a resi- dent of Montgomery county during all her art-life, in which she painted and sold three hundred pictures. Concerning the cele- brated portrait of Charles F. Wilson's Rooster, we make the fol- lowing extract from her biography : "On one occasion, when the sitter was shown his portrait, he at once, with bill and spur, made a most determined assault upon it ; and the study still shows the gashes about the head while the paint was soft."
Oil Painting. The Unwelcome Visitor. An opossum intrud- ing upon the rabbit's feast.
Oil Painting. Chickens and Cherries.
Oil Painting. Ground Squirrel and Turtle.
SMITH, RUSSELL, Weldon.
Oil Painting. Stone Bridge over Pennypack, at Hallowell's . mill.
Oil Painting. Juliann's Cave, near Jenkintown. Juliann's cave was a favorite resort of Juliann Kirkbride, a literary lady of the early part of the present century. She resided with Charles Shoemaker, in the present residence of Joseph Bosler, near Shoe- makertown.
SMITH, X., Weldon.
Oil Painting of Rice's mill. 1860. Photograph of Rice's mill. 1880. Oil Painting of dam at Jenkintown ; a very old water right. Photograph of Walton's mill.
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Photograph of rocks near Juliann's cave, Cheltenham ; side view.
Photograph of rocks near Juliann's cave ; front view.
Photograph of Juliann's cave. 1880.
SOWER, MISS CARRIE, Norristown.
Six Water Colors. By the exhibitor, a great-great-great- granddaughter of Christoph Saur, of Germantown.
SOWER, F. D., Norristown.
Copper-plate Engraving. 1719.
SPENCER, MRS. ELLA, Jenkintown.
Old Schuylkill Bridge.
Old Mission House, Santa Barbara, Cal. Oil painting on stone.
Section of Bamboo. Japanese wood carving.
STAUFFER, JOHN M., Norristown.
Two pictures : Capture of Major Andre, 1780; Reception of Washington at Trenton, 1789.
STEWART, MRS. R. T., Norristown.
Sketch in India ink. Political hits in the Polk campaign, done by Mrs. M. G. Huddleson.
Head of Queen Esther, 75 years old,
STINSON, MISS AGNES, Norristown. Four Oil Paintings, 64 years old.
TRIPLER, MRS. JACOB L., Norristown.
Proof copy of Franklin at the Court of France. Two Oil Paintings. By Lulu Tripler, a girl of 13. 1884. TYSON, SARAH H., King-of-Prussia.
Series of original Paintings, in water colors, by a child named Murray, aged 8 years. WEINBERGER, MRS. E. K., Collegeville. Pen and Ink Drawings, from 17- to 1825.
WENTWORTH, MRS. GEORGE B., North Wales. Oil Painting. 1795.
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WILLIAMS, MRS., Trappe.
Picture.
YEAKLE, WILLIAM A., Flourtown.
Photograph of log cabin, built in 1743; still standing. ZEARFOSS, MRS. HORACE, Fairview Village. Oil Painting. Gordon Girls.
CLASS XXI.
Portraits.
BEITENMAN, J. A., Bridgeport.
Portrait of Dr. George Frederick Beitenman, grandfather of the exhibitor. Dr. Beitenman was born August 23, 1754, in Falkner Swamp, and married Maria, daughter of Matthias and Margaret Reichert, June 1, 1779. He was a physician of large practice and a citizen of great influence. He resided in Douglass township, and died September 16, 1826. He was a soldier in the Revolutionary war for a short period.
BERGEY, G. R., Skippack.
Picture of General Washington, representing him standing in his tent, with a copy of the Declaration of Independence un- rolled in his hand. Supposed to have been the work of a Ger- man traveling artist, of several generations back, who is known only by his Christian name of Thomas.
BUCK, WILLIAM J., Jenkintown.
Steel engravings of Governor Keith, Mrs. Graeme, Miss . Stedman, and Mrs. Ferguson. Privately printed.
CASSEL, ABRAHAM H., Harleysville.
Picture and Sketch of George B. Kulp, Esq. Engraved por- trait, accompanied by a historical and biographical sketch. 1880. George Brubaker Kulp is a descendant of the Kulps, of Kulps-
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ville. He was born in Lancaster county, whither his father, Eli Kulp, removed. He is now a resident of Wilkesbarre, an emi- nent member of the bar of Luzerne county, was for a time editor of the Luzerne Union, and is at present editor of the Luzerne Legal Register. He is the author of several books on law, has held important public offices, and has been instrumental in es- tablishing institutes of learning.
Portrait of Horace Greeley. Large picture, of fine workman- ship, representing the famous editor in the attitude of reading the Tribune.
Portrait of Rev. Michael Schlatter. Steel engraving. 1847. Schlatter was one of the first missionaries and founders of the German Reformed Church in the United States. He landed at Philadelphia in 1746, was an ardent patriot during the Revolu- tion, and died at Chestnut Hill in 1790.
Portrait of Prof. Samuel F. B. Morse, inventor of the tele- graph ; a large, beautifully executed steel engraving.
CASSIN, WILLIAM, Philadelphia.
Picture of William Penn. Taken for the American Univer- sal Magazine.
COLTMAN, ROBERT, Jenkintown. Portrait.
CORSON, ELWOOD M., Norristown.
Miniature of Washington, painted on ivory.
CORSON, DR. HIRAM, Plymouth Meeting.
Portrait of himself, painted by his friend and school-mate, Samuel Moon, of New Hope, in 1830, when Dr. Corson was 26 years of age. This was one of the earliest efforts of Mr. Moon, who subsequently became very celebrated as a portrait painter. The celebrated artist, Thomas Hovenden, who painted the fa- mous picture "Last Moments of John Brown," pronounced this portrait a specially well executed one.
DAVIS, MISS BERTHA, Norristown.
Portraits of Dr. Mears and Mrs. Dr. Mears. 1793. DAVIS, EDWARD M., Oak Lane.
Portrait of Robert Collyer.
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DAVIS, EDWARD M., AND WIFE, Oak Lane. Photograph of Lucretia Mott.
DAVIS, JOHN J., Jenkintown.
Silhouette of Hon. Thomas Ross, father of the late Judge Henry P. Ross.
Silhouettes of James and Mary Langdale.
Silhouettes of a young lady and girl.
DAY, MRS. RICHARD H., Philadelphia.
Portrait in chalk of John Nancarrow, Jr.
EARLE, MRS. SALLIE, Norristown.
Dr. Duncan's Portrait. 1827.
EVANS, MRS. RACHEL, Bridgeport.
Portrait of the late Elisha Evans.
FORNANCE, MRS. ANNE B., Norristown.
Daguerreotype of Hon. Joseph Fornance. Taken in 1843, at Washington, D. C., while a member of Congress from Mont- gomery county.
Miniature Portrait on ivory. Painted by exhibitor. 1836. FORNANCE, MRS. ELLEN KNOX, Norristown.
Portrait of "John Sober, Gent.," of Philadelphia, born in 1740, and died in 1781.
Portrait of Sarah Twining Leedom, great-grandmother of the exhibitor.
FRETZ, JONAS, North Wales.
Profile of Christian Clemens and wife, executed eighty years ago by John Stelciner.
GROFF, SAMUEL, Shoemakertown.
Silhouettes of Henry and Barbara Nicholas. 1809. HALLMAN, A. S., Norristown.
Engraving .. Group of authors.
HALLOWELL, ELIZABETH, Jenkintown.
Portrait of Isaiah Lukens (born August 24, 1779; died No- vember 12, 1840), who made the Loller Academy clock.
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HALLOWELL, LIZZIE, Huntingdon Valley.
Portrait of Benjamin Lay.
HARVEY, MRS. J. J. C., Jenkintown.
Photograph of Robert Steel, D. D. Born near Londonderry, Ireland, January 9, 1794 ; came to America, 1811; graduated at Princeton College ; pastor of Abington Presbyterian church from 1819 until his death, which occurred September 2, 1862.
HELLER, MISS CLARA, Norristown. Three Portraits, over 100 years old. HELLER, GEORGE K., Cheltenham. Picture of Benjamin Lay. HENRY, MRS. RACHEL, Germantown. Two Daguerreotypes. HEYSHAM, ROBERT, Norristown.
Portrait of Ann Stuart, over 75 years old. Profile Picture of Major William Heysham, 100 years old.
HILLES, LIZZIE, Port Kennedy. Portrait of Annie Moore. Painted by Elizabeth Richards.
HOVENDEN, MRS. HELEN C., Plymouth.
Portrait of Dr. William Corson, Norristown. Oil painting by the exhibitor, niece of Dr. Corson; painted in December, 1880.
JONES, MRS. RACHEL, Broad Axe. Silhouette Picture.
KETTARAR, ROMAN, Somerton. Portrait of William Penn. KIRK, EDWIN, Neshaminy. Picture of George Fox. KOHL, GEORGE M., Jenkintown.
Photograph of Nicholas Kohl. Born at Curly Hill, Plum- stead township, Bucks county, 1790; died August 27, 1866.
Profile of Sarah Pickering, who married Israel Michener in 1786.
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LANDES, MRS. J. G., Norristown.
Engraving of President Buchanan. By Sartain.
LANE, MISS REBECCA, Bridgeport.
Engraving of George Washington. Engraved by James Heath, Historical Engraver to His Majesty and to His Royal Highness the Prince of Wales, from the original picture in the collection of the Marquis of Lansdowne, painted by Gabriel Stew- art in 1791. Purchased new in 1805, by the exhibitor's grand- father, Jesse Roberts, of Norristown, who was a soldier in the Revolutionary army, serving under General Washington, and who considered it a most striking likeness.
LEECH, MRS. ESTHER, Shoemakertown.
Picture of the Rt. Hon. Robert Clayton, Kt., Lord Mayor of London. 1680.
LEES, MRS. WILLIAM, Port Kennedy.
Portrait of Rachel Dewees, wife of Captain Bartholomew, and granddaughter of Thomas Potts ; born at Valley Forge.
Portrait of Captain B. Bartholomew, an officer of the Revo- lutionary war, and great-grandson of George Bartholomew, of the Blue Anchor.
LEISTER, J. HARRY, Phoenixville.
Lead Pencil Drawing of James A. Garfield.
LINSON, CHARLES M., Ashbourne.
Likeness of Gilbert Linson. 1814.
LUKENS, MRS. JAWOOD, Conshohocken.
Miniature, on ivory, of Thomas Rutter, born in 1790. Water Color Portrait. Mrs. Owen Jones, second, Wynne- wood.
Water Color Portrait. Mrs. Sarah Rutter, framed in old leather.
Portrait in Oil. Owen Jones, of Wynnewood, Colonial Trea- surer of Philadelphia. Loaned by his great-granddaughter.
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MARKLEY FREUNDSCHAFT, THE
Oil Portrait of John Markley, of Norristown. Collector of distillery taxes, Register of Wills, Recorder of Deeds, and Sher- iff in 1794. By Eicholz, 1824.
Oil Portrait of Philip Schwenk Markley. District Attorney, 1820 ; State Senator, 1819 to 1824 ; member of Congress, 1824 to 1828; Attorney General of Pennsylvania, 1829. By Eicholz, 1824.
Water Color Portrait of Jacob Renninger, 1820. A noted school teacher of Montgomery county.
Water Color Portrait of Veronica Renninger, 1820. The wife of Jacob Renninger.
Oil Portrait of John Boyer, formerly President of the Bank of Montgomery County, and Mary Markley, his wife.
MATHER, MRS. ANNIE M., Jenkintown.
Portrait of George Bates. 1877.
MATHER, C., Jenkintown.
Portrait of John Mather (born 1776). By Bass Otis.
Portrait of Martha P. Mather (born 1786). By Bass Otis. She was a daughter of Zebulon Potts, a Captain in the Revolu- tion, and first Sheriff of Montgomery county. John and Martha P. Mather were the exhibitor's parents.
MAUCK, MRS. HELEN, Conshohocken.
Miniature, on ivory, of Mrs. Jane Kenny. Loaned by her granddaughter.
MEARS, MRS. ANNE DEB., Milestown.
Picture of Benjamin Lay.
MILES, MRS. WILLIAM, Ardmore.
Portrait of Elizabeth Diehl, painted by hand in 1805.
Portrait of Judge Richard B. Jones, painted when 21 years of age, at that time midshipman in the navy. He was taken prisoner to Algiers ; afterwards Consul to Algiers, and Minister to Tripoli. While Judge of Montgomery county he owned and resided at Brookfield farm, in Lower Merion, now the property of Hon. Wayne MacVeagh.
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MILLER, SAMUEL, Jeffersonville.
Profile of Mary E. Gable, cut in Philadelphia in 1827. MOGEE, MIss, Norristown. Portrait of Hon. John Freedley. NAILLE, MISS ANNIE M., Royersford. Very ancient Portrait.
O'NEILL, MRS. JAMES, Norristown.
Two Portraits, in oil, over 50 years old.
PAINTER, MRS. WILLIAM, Norristown. Picture of Capt. John Douglass.
PECHIN, JOHN W., King-of-Prussia. Portrait of Mrs. Ann Pechin. King George III. Painted March 5, 1773. Queen Charlotte.
POMEROY, MRS. H. S., Norristown.
Oil Portrait of Hon. Adam Slemmer, father of the exhibitor. Painted in 1830 by J. Jay Gebhart, at Harrisburg, while Mr. Slemmer was a member of the State Legislature from Montgom- ery county, and when he was in the 39th year of his age.
Silhouettes of Mr. and Mrs. Adam Slemmer.
RAMBO, J. R., Norristown.
Crayon Portrait of R. Roberts Rambo.
RAMEY, MISS S., Norristown.
Silhouette of Jacob Ramey.
ROBERTS, CHARLES, Philadelphia.
Portrait of Charles Roberts, grandfather of the exhibitor, born in Gwynedd in 1774; member of Assembly in 1822.
Photograph of Septimus Roberts, born near Gwynedd Sep- tember 30, 1786 ; died at Mauch Chunk January 6, 1826. From a sketch by one of his pupils.
Photograph of Solomon W. Roberts, Chief Engineer of the North Pennsylvania railroad. Born Eighth-month 3, 1811; died Second-month 22, 1882. Also large sketch of same.
Sketch of Joseph Roberts, Jr. Born March 22, 1793; died August 25, 1835.
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ROBERTS, SEPTIMUS, Whitpain.
Picture of Joseph Roberts, late Actuary of the Pennsylvania Company for Insurance on Lives and Granting Annuities. Born March 22, 1793; died August 25, 1835.
ROBERTS, WILLIS R., Norristown.
Oil Painting. Portrait of William M. Jamison, painted when 9 years old, formerly owner of cotton mills in Norristown ; died in 1862.
ROYER, MRS. ELIZABETH, Trappe.
Photograph of Mrs. C. Dewees.
SHAINLINE, JONATHAN, Abrams.
Old Portrait.
SHANNON, MRS., Norristown.
Portrait of General Andrew Porter. Born in Worcester, Sep- tember 24, 1743 ; died November 16, 1813.
SLINGLUFF, MRS. W. H., Norristown.
Portrait of the late William H. Slingluff when 18 years old. SMITH, JOSEPH, Jenkintown.
Four Photographs.
SMITH, MESSRS., Norristown.
Two Portraits, painted on wood ; over 100 years old.
SPENCER, MRS. ELLA, Jenkintown.
Portrait of Elias Hicks.
SPRINGER, DANIEL, Royersford.
Pictures of the late Wright A. Bringhurst.
STEVENS, HENRY A., Norristown.
Oil portrait of Washington. Copy of Stuart's original, done at Philadelphia in 1794, in the studio and under the care of the celebrated master, by one of his students.
STEWART, MRS. ELIZA, Abington.
Picture of Dr. William Tennant. Very rare.
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TANEY, H. D., Norristown.
Portrait of James Winnard, first editor of the Norristown Register.
TRAUT, LOUIS, Jenkintown. Silhouette of Caroline Bane. 1784.
TRIPLER, MRS. JACOB L., Norristown.
Likeness of General Andrew Jackson. Executed at the Her- mitage, by Justice E. Moore, December 28, 1841.
TYSON, SARAH H., King-of-Prussia.
Portrait, in oil, of Matthew Roberts ; over 50 years old. Portrait, in crayon, of Hon. Jonathan Roberts. Portrait of Eliza H. Roberts, wife of the preceding. Portrait of Mordecai R. Moore.
WEINBERGER, MRS. E. K., Collegeville.
Silhouette Portraits of Philip Kratz, Jr., and Jacob S. Kratz, grandfather and father of the exhibitor. 1812. Philip Kratz, Jr., married Elizabeth, eldest daughter of Jacob Hover, in June, 1802, and settled on what is now known as Valley Park farm, near Plumsteadville, Bucks county, being part of a tract owned by his father, Philip Kratz, Sr., whose father, a native of Swit- zerland, settled below Sumneytown. Jacob S. Kratz, the eldest son of Philip Kratz, Jr., married Elizabeth, the youngest daugh- ter of William Fretz, of Bedminster, Bucks county, and owned part of his grandfather's tract of land until about 1861. He now lives with his son-in-law, Prof. J. Shelly Weinberger, on Glen farm, near Collegeville.
WILLIAMS, ELIZABETH S., Pittville.
Photograph of Benjamin Hallowell.
WILSON, MRS. DR. F. S., Jarrettown.
Portrait of Levi Fry, grandfather of the exhibitor. Painted by Alfred B. Street, in 1804.
WOLF, MRS. ANSTINA, Plymouth.
Profile of Mary, wife of Jacob Deweese, living near Barren Hill at the time Lafayette had his soldiers in the church there, more than one hundred years ago. Exhibited by a grand- daughter.
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YEAKLE, S. Y., Norristown.
Portrait of Caspar Schwenkfeld. 1562.
YEAKLE, WILLIAM A., Flourtown.
Photograph of Caspar Schwenkfeld, made from a steel en- graving. YOUNG, MISS MARGARET, Trappe. Photograph of Mrs. Moser.
CLASS XXII.
Views of Churches and School Houses.
BAKER, ANDREW H., Jenkintown.
Photograph of Jenkintown school. Photograph of Grace Presbyterian church. BUCK, WILLIAM J., Jenkintown.
St. Thomas' Episcopal Church, Whitemarsh ; a southeast view. Drawn by the exhibitor in 1857.
A Drawing of the old Goshenhoppen church, made by Wil- liam J. Buck, March 25, 1858. This building was torn down that spring.
CROCKER, SAMUEL, Horsham.
Picture of Mooretown Presbyterian church ; old building. DERN, MISS MARY E., Jenkintown.
Ashbourne public school house.
Photographs of interior of Episcopal church and of parish school house, Jenkintown.
DOTTERER, HENRY S., Philadelphia.
Stereoscopic Views, photographed for the exhibitor : School house at New Hanover Square. Bertolet Mennonite meeting house.
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New Hanover Lutheran church.
Old Lutheran parsonage, New Hanover.
Falkner Swamp Reformed church.
Keeler's church, Frederick.
Old Lutheran church, Trappe.
Old Lutheran church, Trappe; interior view.
New Lutheran church, Trappe.
New Lutheran church, Trappe ; interior view-font, pulpit, etc., etc.
German Reformed church, Trappe.
Episcopal church, Evansburg.
Providence Friends' meeting house.
New Goshenhoppen Reformed church, Pennsburg.
New Goshenhoppen Lutheran church. (Die sechseckig Kirche.)
Roman Catholic church, Churchville.
Schwenkfelder church, near Fairview. Now replaced by a new building.
Lower Mennonite meeting house, Skippack.
Schwenksville Mennonite church.
Old Goshenhoppen church.
Frederick Institute, in Frederick township. This institution of learning was conducted from 1855 to 1869 successively by C. F. Guldin, A. M., Rev. A. S. Vaughn, Rev. Charles Radford, Rev. Prof. M. A. Richards, Rev. L. C. Sheip, Rev. T. F. Hoff- meier, Prof. A. P. Supplee, and Rev. F. T. Hoover. Among its pupils during this period, who have since filled professional and public positions, were : J. Wright Apple, Esq., ex-District Attor- ney of Montgomery county ; Rev. George B. Dechant, Catawissa, Pa. ; Dr. Jonathan Faust, Zieglersville ; Dr. A. N. Fegley, Spangsville, Pa .; Rev. Henry N. Fegley, Mechanicsburg, Pa. ; Dr. Philip Fisher, Bellefonte, Pa. ; Rev. Josiah B. Fox, Emlen- ton, Pa. ; Rev. William B. Fox, Sumneytown, Pa .; Rev. N. B. Grubb, Philadelphia; Rev. S. M. K. Huber, Skippack, Pa .; Prof. H. G. Hunter, Birdsboro, Pa .; Rev. Charles Keeler, Mis- souri ; Amos K. Kepner, Adjutant of the One Hundred and Twenty-fifth Regiment United States Infantry, C. T., Quarter- termaster and Commissary at Fort Bayard, N. M. (built Fort Bayard while stationed there, since December 31, 1867, a mer- chant in Philadelphia) ; Rev. Daniel K. Kepner, Pottstown, Pa .;
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Dr. Septimus A. Knipe, New Hanover, Pa. ; the late Prof. Levi M. Koons, Boyertown, Pa .; Rev. William Landis, Beaver Springs, Pa. ; Dr. Thomas H. Leidy, Boyertown, Pa. ; Prof. Henry F. Leister, Phoenixville, Pa .; Rev. J. G. Neiffer, Lima. O. ; George S. Nyce, D. D. S., Frederick, Pa. ; Hon. Samuel E. Nyce, ex-member of the Legislature from Montgomery county ; Rev. Josiah S. Renninger, Slatington, Pa .; the late Rev. Ephraim A. Sheip, Rebersburg, Pa .; Rev. L. C. Sheip, Doylestown, Pa. ; J. M. Shellenberger, ex-District Attorney of Bucks county ; Rev. B. S. Smoll, Klinesville, Pa. ; Rev. D. M. Stetler, Beavertown, Pa. ; Rev. Zwingli A. Yearick, Aaronsburg, Pa .; Prof. J. E. Yoder, Supervising Principal of the Freedmen's Schools at Lynch- burg, Va.
ECKARD, L. W., Abington.
Picture of Presbyterian church, Abington ; old building. The church was founded in 1714.
Picture of Presbyterian church, Abington ; new building.
FLECK, MRS. GEORGE, Jenkintown.
Photograph of Episcopal church, Jenkintown.
HOLSTEIN, DR. GEORGE W., Bridgeport.
Two Photographs of Swedes' church.
MEARS, MRS. ANNE DEB., Milestown.
Picture of the old building of Armitage school house. 1791.
Photograph of new building of Armitage school house. Mrs. Mears furnishes the following account of this educational institu- tion, which is now known as Ellwood public school, and is lo- eated at Milestown, in the Twenty-second ward, Philadelphia :
This property, containing about three-quarters of an aere, with a small stone house, was a gift from Benjamin Armitage, Jr., to five trustees from Bristol township and one from Cheltenham, September 6, 1761. The first named trustees were Joseph Speneer, Derick Lukens, Joseph North, Nathan Thomas, Caleb Armitage, and Isaae Leeel, of Cheltenham. There are no ac- counts of the first thirty years. In 1790 Dr. George DeBenneville, Jr., was appointed to fill a vacaney, and made Secretary, which he held until his death, December 20, 1850. There are many interesting incidents connected with the school from this time, which have been regularly recorded in a book used for that purpose, in my possession, but too lengthy to be recited here.
The first religious serviees held in this neighborhood were begun in the old school house in the beginning of 1800. Rev. Samuel Henry, of German-
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town; Rev. George Sheets, of (Trinity) Oxford; and other ministers of vari- ous denominations, preached on Sunday afternoons, according to appoint- ment. In 1809 Rev. John Bachman was a teacher at the school, having suc- ceeded Alexander Wilson, the ornithologist, and preached his first discourse here. He afterwards became rector of St. John's Lutheran Church, at Charles- ton, S. C., where he remained fifty-five years. He died at an advanced age. The price of schooling was $1.50 per quarter. In 1819, after the Octagon school house was finished, it was advanced to the sum of $2, after much oppo- sition in the neighborhood.
In 1867 the property was transferred to the Board of Education, to be continued for the purposes named in the deed by the donor. The present new house was erected by the Board of Education in 1875.
Copy of a school bill I have in my collection of the old accounts : Received this 21st day of the 8th mo. 1789 of George DeBenne- ville Eight shillings and Four pence in full for a Quarters Schooling which expired the 8th of 3rd month.
Yr m ISAAC SAMMS.
£ s. d.
0 8 4
Nancy DeBenneville's schooling.
NOTE .- My, aunt Nancy DeBenneville, was 6 years old at the time this bill was rendered. Isaac Samms died of yellow fever in 1793, while a teacher at the school.
Moss, FRANKLIN, Jenkintown.
Oil Painting of Audenried school house.
POMEROY, MRS. H. S., Norristown.
Engraving of St. James' Episcopal church, Evansburg ; founded in 1721.
ROBERTS, CHARLES, Philadelphia.
Sketch of Gwynedd meeting house.
Sketch of Plymouth meeting house.
SHOEMAKER, ROBERT, Shoemakertown. Public school, Camptown.
SMITH, X., Weldon.
Oil Painting of octagonal school house, near McDowell's old paper mill. Hon. Samuel D. Ingham went to school here in the last century. He was the Secretary of the Treasury under Jack- son ; also member of Congress from Bucks county.
THOMPSON, MARY L., Jenkintown.
Photograph of Audenried public school house.
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WENTZ, DANIEL, Fort Washington. Photograph of St. Thomas' church, built in 1710.
WILSON FAMILY, THE, Jenkintown.
Photograph of Presbyterian church. Photograph of Abington Friends' meeting. YOST, MISS JULIA, Collegeville. Crayon Drawing of old Lutheran church, Trappe. YOUNG, MISS ANNE, Lower Merion.
Portrait of Llewellyn Young, grandfather of exhibitor ; over 100 years old.
CLASS XXIII.
Rittenhouse Clocks and Scientific Instruments.
CORSON, WALTER H., Plymouth.
Surveyor's Level, made by David Rittenhouse.
EGOLF, Gus, Norristown.
Clock, made by David Rittenhouse about the year 1765. HOMER, SAMUEL, Norristown.
Surveyor's Compass, made by David Rittenhouse ; in com- plete working order, and in as good condition as when new.
SCHUTT, JACOB, Prospectville.
Rittenhouse Clock, made by Benjamin Rittenhouse; date unknown. Bought soon after the Revolutionary war by exhib- itor's grandfather, Henry Wismer, who lived on the banks of the Schuylkill, in Lower Providence.
UNITED STATES MINT, Philadelphia.
Scales, in mahogany case, made by David Rittenhouse when he was Director of the Mint, or previous to that time. At his death they passed into the possession of James Margrave, silver-
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