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Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution
Description:
The Constitution states that the Association was created by single women residents of Pennsylvania who were looking to help "poor and deserving women." Article 2nd states that all members must be single women but married women may assist in "charitable labors." Article 4th explains that the Association will help poor and deserving women in the county and city of Philadelphia by securing them employment with compensation. The justices of the Supreme Court of Pennsylvania signed it and certified it as lawful, and A.L. Russell, Deputy Secretary of the Commonwealth, signed it stating that it was enrolled in Charter Book Vol. No. 7, pages 371 and 372.
Date:
1849
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women legal documents
Description:
Deeds, mortgages, titles, wills, and searches, including the will of Henry C. Cochran.
Date:
1841-1902
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1848-1851
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Constitution and by-laws
Description:
Amended constitution. Lists the names (and often addresses) of members, including Lucretia Mott. Outlines duties of president, acting committee, etc. Affirms a desire "to admit none but the deserving poor." Provides a set of rules to be followed by women given work by the Association. Also includes 1867 revisions to the bylaws.
Date:
1844-1928
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association report of funds
Title:
Friends Instruction Association report of funds
Description:
A report of funds paid to individual persons, specifically those used to purchase cloth for garments. Also includes brief correspondence from someone resigning from the organization, as well as an inquiry by the treasurer, Fanny Uhler, as to whether their report is thorough enough for the superintendent.
Date:
1877-1880
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Draft of the Amended Constitution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Draft of the Amended Constitution
Description:
The draft has an additional sentence at the end of Article 2nd that reads, who may be assisted as the charitable labours by such as shall be selected by the Association. The sentence is crossed out.
Date:
1856
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Amended Constitution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Amended Constitution
Description:
Amends Article 2nd to no longer include the stipulation that only single women can be members. Amends Article 3rd to include a Vice President as an elected officer. Lucretia Mott is named as the President of the Association on the first page of the document.
Date:
1856
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Seybert Institution report on the Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Title:
Seybert Institution report on the Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women
Description:
Contains information about most of the women working through the Northern Association (either in the house or at their homes) that was gathered through in-person interviews. The study concludes that the Association should not continue in its present line of work because its funds are not being used constructively.
Date:
1918
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Northern Trust Company bank book
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Northern Trust Company bank book
Description:
Records deposits and checks from 1918 until the closing of the account in 1926.
Date:
1918-1926
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Resolution for distribution of assets
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Resolution for distribution of assets
Description:
States that the resolution was unanimously adopted and lists how the assets will be distributed by the Treasurer of the Association "after the payment of the expenses of procuring the dissolution of our Corporation and all other debts of our Corporation."
Date:
1926
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Jenkintown National Bank book
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Jenkintown National Bank book
Description:
Records deposits and withdrawals made by treasurer Elizabeth F. Williams in 1892 and 1894.
Date:
1892-1894
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women monthly financial reports
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women monthly financial reports
Description:
Prepared by the Matron of the House of Industry for the treasurer of the Association. Arranged chronologically. Document receipts from the treasurer and expenditures at the House. Common items include salaries, work in and out of the House, dry goods, notions, sundries, gas or coal, bonnets, almanacs, and repairs.
Date:
1893-1906
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women correspondence regarding dissolution
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women correspondence regarding dissolution
Description:
Concerns the legal procedures surrounding the dissolution of the Association and disposition of its assets. Mostly written by attorney Walter C. Longstreth to Caroline S. Jackson (president), Hannah B. Pettit (secretary), and Mary H. Black (treasurer) of the Association. Arranged chronologically.
Date:
1925-1929
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women accounts of stock
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women accounts of stock
Description:
Contains yearly inventories of the stock (nightgowns, aprons, needles, wool, etc.) in the House of Industry and the price associated with each item.
Date:
1884-1895
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association record books
Title:
Friends Instruction Association record books
Description:
Books containing a record of names of women participating in the program along with the amounts of fabric and type used. The second item is a book that keeps track of the women and what they have sewn so far.
Date:
1873-1878
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association casebook
Title:
Rosine Association casebook
Description:
Gives biographies of women assisted by the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives. A typical entry discusses the woman's place of birth, her family situation, her life in brief, and her contact with the Association. Blank pages have not been scanned.
Date:
1851-1858
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Friends Instruction Association Mother's Meetings account book
Title:
Friends Instruction Association Mother's Meetings account book
Description:
Book containing the names of the women in the program, along with the amount that they paid for their fabric. The first page outlines ""the object of the Mother's Meetings, "" which notes that the women are charged half the cost of their materials in order to ""encourage independence.""
Date:
1873-1875
Collection:
Friends Instructional Association Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women draft of 5th annual report
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women draft of 5th annual report
Description:
The report states that the Association is at its highest degree of prosperity. Also clarifies that they help those whose circumstances prevent their earning a subsistence in any other way. Mentions that they have received donations in the form of money, coal, dry goods, groceries, garments, bed quilts, etc.
Date:
1849
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women correspondence and other documents
Title:
Northern Assoc. of Phila. for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women correspondence and other documents
Description:
Various letters covering financial affairs, ground rents, etc. Arranged chronologically.
Date:
1883-1921
Collection:
Northern Association of the City and County of Philadelphia for the Relief and Employment of Poor Women Records, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College
Rosine Association Semi-annual managers' report
Title:
Rosine Association Semi-annual managers' report
Description:
Semi-annual report of the Rosine Association, a house for the reformation, employment and instruction of women, who had led immoral lives.
Date:
1851-10-09
Collection:
Mira Sharpless Townsend Papers, In Her Own Right, Swarthmore College

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