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Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Annual Reports
Report of the Executive Board of Friends' Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen, Read at the Meeting of the Association
Yearly reports printed for annual meeting of the association. Largely consist of narrative accounts of the freedmen's progress, drawn from letters sent by teachers who operated colored schools under the care of the association. Most years, a list of the society's officers, the treasurer's report, accounts of donations received in cash and goods, and an overview of distributions made were also included.
1864 - 1871
192 p. ; 22 cm.
reformatted digital
SG 3
Friends Freedmen's Association Records--http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/4024frfr
The Women's Association of Philadelphia for the Relief of the Freedmen was founded in 1862 to provide charitable assistance to recently freed slaves. Many Quakers were involved in this organization, but it was not until the following year that a similar group that was officially affiliated with the Society of Friends emerged. The Friends Association of Philadelphia and its Vicinity for the Relief of Colored Freedmen, was founded by Orthodox Quaker men in 1863. Soon after, in 1864, an equivalent group was established by Hicksite Quakers of both sexes: the Friends' Association for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen (amended to the more precise "Friends' Association of Philadelphia for the Aid and Elevation of the Freedmen"), which incorporated the Women's Association in 1865. It is unclear when this association closed, but it was in existence at least as late as 1872. Its Orthodox counterpart, renamed Friends' Freedmen's Association circa 1873, continued to operate in various capacities--most recently as a scholarship fund--until it was dissolved in 1982.
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wheeling into the ranks of free and independent citizenship ;
standing, as should every one in our beloved land, upon intrinsic
worth. Much of this is due to the steadfast friendship and un-
ceasing efforts of this and kindred associations, encouraged and
strengthened by the labors of the friends of human rights and
human progress, who laid the broad foundations of their prin-
ciples in the unerring dictates of truth.
If we discover that there remains any further work for us in
this portion of the Master’s vineyard, let us make haste to carry
it forward till every vinelet has received its proper culture, and
is made to bring forth ripe clusters at the harvest, which shall
redound to the praise of the great Husbandman.
These thirsty travellers on the highway of life are calling for
the pure fountain of knowledge, erying for but a single drop to
quench the burning of that desire to know more which consumes
their lives.. Let us not turn a deaf ear to these wants, but from
the abundance with which we have been blessed spare something
to further the cause in which we have been so signally successful
—the elevation and education of the Freedmen.
Report of Henry M. Latina, Treasurer.
1868.
5th mo. 1. To Balance on hand........ ntiais nibh tindaes sepanibiamiem > dakiie knits as Wik maa $ 675 84
Cash {7oTd) ONE DU ELONG:. 0c; cnicy snsiiessnsetesperiwes ado schueaba - 4004 99
“ received from Freedmen’s Bureau for rent of
BEWOOL=MOUBES: sbpis csivavcsedenanscndunareneg ae Bes shen 270 00
IS DalM@HOO OF LMLGRGHC. -snesed ss acasbctastesonuees sbacseabai cs 50 00
$5000 83
DR.
By Cash paid Teachers.........s00 secovese pesdiiele .$4336 53
uv of ) Rettirn Fare... s.cisecccsas 86 70
c >: fOr ANNUAL REPOLC. snes ac bevbsece ° 80 60
it « Circulars, Stamps, &c........ 32 88 4536 71
1869.
5th mo. 1. To balance on hand........ eatae eseriussace seiadeu bene Sub Sesepasbun $464 12
; Henry M. Larne,
Phila., 5th mo., 1st, 1869. © No. 30 N. Third St.
Treasurer's Report (Page 30)
Friends Freedmen's Association Records --http://archives.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/resources/4024frfr