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M. Carey Thomas writes about funding and accounts for the school owed by Garrett to the tune of $5, 000. She also discusses other funding matters. She encloses an informational pamphlet about the school.

Advertisement for George Henekey and Company : Wine Merchants to H.R.H. The Duke of Sussex This is one of four advertisements in the collection for this business. Contains an article titled, Masdeu: A Rousillon Red Wine.

Building dated 1728 (North end), 1783 (South end). 225th Anniversary 1686-1911 Concord Monthly Meeting of Friends. Concord Monthly Meeting was established in 1684 by Chester (Concord) Quarterly Meeting. The monthly meeting circulated between Concord and Chichester until 1729; before this date the name of the meeting was "Chichester." At the time of the Separation, Concord Monthly Meeting divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The two branches began to hold their business meetings jointly in 1932 and in 1937, merged to form a united meeting under the two Concord Quarterly meetings. Concord is currently an active monthly meeting.

Building dated 1841. 2 copies; Fallsington Meeting House (Orthodox) built 1841; Friends Historical Association Summermeeting to be held at Pennsbury and Fallsington, PA. Saturday, Fifth Month (May) 17, 1941. Falls Monthly Meeting was established by Burlington Quarterly Meeting in 1683; it was transferred to Bucks Quarterly Meeting later that year. After the Separation, there were two monthly meetings at Falls. In 1866, a small group of Primitive Friends withdrew from the Orthodox monthly meeting to form a third Falls Monthly Meeting. In 1947, the Hicksite, Orthodox, and Primitive branches of this monthly meeting all were merged into the current Falls Monthly Meeting.

Building dated 1844. Reads: Chestnut Street Friends' Meeting Time of Meetings First Day at 10:30 A.M. West Chester Preparative Meeting was established in 1814. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, West Chester Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as West Chester Monthly Meeting in 1956 at the dissolution of Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). This meeting retained the burial ground and the two-story stone meeting-house, which had been erected in 1810. In 1868, the western end of the building was razed and replaced by a two-story red brick addition, and in 1907, a porch was added. West Chester Preparative Meeting, Orthodox briefly occupied the meeting-house with the Hicksites and then moved to the east room of a farm house owned by George G. Ashbridge. In 1830 a two-story red brick meeting-house was erected on the north side of Chestnut Street. In 1844 the current one-story stone meeting-house was built. West Chester Preparative Meeting at Chestnut Street, the former Orthodox meeting, merged with West Chester Monthly Meeting in 1964.

Building dated 1775.\nTwo copies; One reads: "150th anniversary 1775-1925, Mount Holly Monthly Meeting of Friends Mount Holly, New Jersey, seventh day, ninth month nineteenth."\nMount Holly Monthly Meeting was established in 1776 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Burlington Monthly Meeting. The Hicksite branch was the forerunner of the current Mount Holly Monthly Meeting.

Building dated 1813, remodeled in 1867.\nWith HC10-17070. 2 copies. Pamphlet cover.\nWest Chester Preparative Meeting was established in 1814. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, West Chester Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as West Chester Monthly Meeting in 1956 at the dissolution of Birmingham Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). This meeting retained the burial ground and the two-story stone meeting-house, which had been erected in 1810. In 1868, the western end of the building was razed and replaced by a two-story red brick addition, and in 1907, a porch was added. West Chester Preparative Meeting, Orthodox briefly occupied the meeting-house with the Hicksites and then moved to the east room of a farm house owned by George G. Ashbridge. In 1830 a two-story red brick meeting-house was erected on the north side of Chestnut Street. In 1844 the current one-story stone meeting-house was built. West Chester Preparative Meeting at Chestnut Street, the former Orthodox meeting, merged with West Chester Monthly Meeting in 1964.

Building dated 1871.\n2 photos. Contains several verses of poetry.\nValley Preparative Meeting was established in 1810. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued shortly after the Separation of 1827. Valley Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was transferred to Valley Monthly Meeting in 1936. Valley Monthly Meeting was established in 1936 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of Radnor Monthly Meeting. In 1955, Valley became a united monthly meeting when it reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox). It was transferred to the newly-formed Haverford Quarterly Meeting that same year. Valley is currently an active monthly meeting.

Building dated 1922.\nBaltimore Yearly Meeting of Friends 261st Annual Session Homewood Meeting House North Charles near 31st Nov. 11-15, Inclusive 1932; opened 1922.\nFriends belonging to Patapsco Preparative Meeting, a subordinate of Gunpowder Monthly, changed the site of their meeting to the more rapidly growing Baltimore Town in 1781. With the consent of the parent Meeting and the Western Quarterly Meeting, Patapsco Preparative Meeting, now Baltimore Monthly Meeting, was established in 1792. In 1807, with an increase in membership, Baltimore Monthly was divided into two meetings: Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Western District, and Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Eastern District. In 1828, when Orthodox Friends separated from the Hicksites, they formed Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern and Western District. Originally this meeting met at the Cortland Street Meeting House. In 1867, the meeting moved to Eutaw Street. During this time the meeting was known as Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Orthodox. In 1922, the meeting again moved, this time to the Homewood Meeting House. By 1927, the meeting bore the name Baltimore Monthly meeting, Homewood.

Building dated 1688. Image inside of a pamphlet titled, Plan for The Presevation of Jordans. HC12-15189 And HC12-15191 are also located within this pamphlet. The meeting house was also affiliated with Upperside Monthly Meeting, Luton & Leighton Monthly Meeting, and Jordans Monthly Meeting. The land for the burial ground was purchased in 1671 and the land for the meeting house was purchased seventeen years later. The meeting appears to have been altered in 1721 and 1733. In 1793, the meeting was discontinued and was reopened in 1926. The meeting house sustained severe damage due to fire in March 2005. (Butler, David M., The Quaker meeting houses of Britain, London : Friends Historical Society, 1999, p. 25).