ANNUAL REPORT. Since the organization of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons in the year 1864, there has been a steady growth of interest in the Institution, and an ever increasing demand for admission to its protection; until at the present time we have a family numbering one hundred and thirty-seven inmates.

Seventeen deaths have occurred within the year and a corresponding number of persons have been admitted.

There have been changes in the heads of the departments since our last report and the Board feels the affairs of the house have been economically managed and the inmates well cared for.

During the winter many of our old people were victims to the prevailing epidemic, La Grippe, and it seems remarkable that among so many feeble ones, no death is reported to have occurred from this cause.

The various national holidays with their accustomed entertainments and feasting have been observed, and greatly enjoyed. Election day is always an interesting and exciting occasion. The men who are able are taken to the polls to vote, and we are assured they never cut their tickets.

The Board misses the genial and interested companionship of our distant member Henry M. Laing, and frequent inquiries for him are made by his aged friends.

The absence of the familiar face of Wm. Still, President of the Association and member of the Board is also much regretted. For many years he has with few exceptions, conducted the Sabbath morning exercises.

May loving hands minister to him in his declining years as faithfully as he has ministered to the suffering and unfortunate of his race.

The old people very much enjoyed a visit from Bishop Grant in Tenth month last. He preached powerfully at the morning service and administered the rites of communion.

Feeling three services on the Sabbath to be too great a tax on 0011 8both the old people and their caretakers, the evening meetings were for a time suspended.

At the earnest request of many of the inmates, the managers who are always willing and anxious to promote the happiness of those under their care, have consented to resume the evening service with the understanding that it shall not exceed one hour in length.

Mingling as we do weekly with the aged people, we are taught some valuable and interesting lessons.

The inexhaustible patience shown through years of suffering and discomfort, the devotion of some of the inmates to those less vigorous than themselves, and the persistent efforts of others to learn to read their beloved Bible after sixty or seventy years of age, are often-times pathetic, and appeal to, and encourage those who have to deal with the many difficulties that arise in the management of so large and unique a family.

Some months ago one of our daily papers contained the pictures with names attached of eleven persons who had reached a great age. Among them was one of our inmates whose name caught the eye of a lady, who at once called to see if it could be the person she had known in her childhood. It proved indeed to be the one who had served in three generations of her family and who had been her own nurse. The meeting was most affecting, the visitor weeping bitterly while she told that her old nurse was all there was left of a once large and happy family.

On the 29th of Tenth mo, by the consent of the Committee on Interment and other members of the Board of Managers, the funeral services of Jane Johnson were conducted in the Chapel of the Home. She had prepared for the grave many inmates of the Home and given her services gratuitously for over 30 years.

It was her oft spoken wish to be brought for the “last time” to the Home to be looked upon by her dear friends. She was a gentle, humble, consistent, Christian, laboring unceasingly for the good of her church and her people.

Many kind friends whose names will be found in another part of the report, have assisted us by donations of money, goods, or valuable time spent in entertaining our old people, all of which we are not unmindful of and would hereby express our gratitude.

As this is one of the few charities that has never received 0012 9any “State Aid,” we continue to feel a necessity for reminding the public of our ever increasing needs, the most pressing of which is the addition of a sick ward.

Such an addition would have to be met by donations as the Board do not feel at liberty at this time to use the funds in hand for that purpose.

In presenting this report, with its appeal to the generosity of those whom it may reach, we quote from the prophet Isaiah.

“If thou draw out thy soul to the hungry and satisfy the afflicted soul; then shall thy light arise in obscurity and thy darkness be as the noonday, and the Lord shall guide thee and satisfy thy soul.”

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Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons. Organized, Ninth Month 14th, 1864. First Annual Meeting, First Month 12th, 1865. First Friends' Meeting, Seventh Month, 29th, 1894. First Inmate, (Susan Silvey) admitted Third month 7th, 1865. Last Inmate, (Rachel Warne) front Front St. Home, Died Twelfth Month, 27th, 1887. Incorporated, Twelftth Month 2nd, 1867 Corner-stone of the new Home laid, Tenth month, 13th, 1870. (Birth-day anniversary of Stephen Smith.) Dedicated, Sixth Month 29th, 1871. The inmates, 25 in number, were removed from the Old Home, 340 South Front St., to the new Building at Girard and Belmont Avenues, Eight month 7th, 1871. Fire-proof infirmary built, 1884. Boiler House built, 1888. Parker Annex. Corner-stone laid 8 mo. 23, 1893. Dedicated 6 mo. 26, 1894. Chapel consecrated 7th mo. 1894.

A list of E. T. Parker's Sunday School scholars now in the Home: Leah Reed, Harriet Christian, Rachel Robinson, Martha Davis, Sarah Morgan, Jane Hill, Christianna C. Clark, Rosanna Cuff, Annie Walker, Ellen Fisher, Eliza Wells.

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PARKER ANNEX

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EDWARD T. PARKER Born October 29th 1821 Died October 3rd, 1887

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S.E. Corner 34th and Hamilton Sts,. Philadelphia, 5th Mo, Ist, 1899. To the President and Managers of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons:

Friends— With much pleasure I present to you my Annual report. There have been quite a number indisposed; some quite seriously ill. Yet the number of deaths have been few. The different apartments have been well cared for.

Sanitary conditions good, and everything moving along satisfactory.

Have received as donations in drugs and medicines, from— Etna Chemical Works New York. Milk of Iron Company, “ Reed & Carnrick, “ Malt Diastase Co., “ Horlick Food Co., “ Malted Food Co., Wisconsin. The Antikamania Co., St. Louis, Mo. Denver Chemical Co., Denver, Colorado. Wm. Weightman, Philadelphia. Belmont Chemical Co., “Number of deaths during the year, 17 All of which I present for your consideration. Respectfully yours, SAMUEL C. HENSZEY, M.D.

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SUMMARY OF ACCOUNT. Walter Penn Shipley, Treasurer of the Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, for year ending May 31st, 1899.

Dr. June 1st, 1898. To Balance as per last account, $ 9,997 76 “Admission fees, 2,337 00 “Net Income from investments, including both Personal and Real Estate, $8,284 84 “Trust Estate of Stephen Smith, 725 51 “ “Elon Dunbar, 775 00 “ “Leander de la Cuestra, 1,666 66 —————-$11,452 01 “Collection and Donations, 953 63 “Sale of Old Barrels, etc., 24 17 Legacies— “Estate of Sarah Nealis, $ 500 00 “ “Simon Muhr, 700 00 “ Eliza W.S.P. Field, 5,000 00 “ “Austin J. Montgomery, 500 “ “ John C. Cooper, 34 35 “ “Geo. Plummer Smith, 9,540 00 “ “ Henry Gordon, 1,549 32 ——— $17,823 77 Cash received from Investments paid off- “ Philadelphia & Norfolk R.R. Co. 7's, $4,000 00 “Mtg. premises, 64th and Haverford Sts 8,000 00

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PER CONTRA. Cr. 1897. By Cash Paid for Supplies (Including Coal), $17,460 49 “ “ “Repairs to Property, 677 55 “ “ “Funeral Expenses, 348 80 “ “ “Printing Annual Report, 75 31 “ “ “Medical Services, 300 00 “ Investments — By Cash Paid for G. Rent, 4419 Baltimore Ave., $5,000 00 “ “ “3 Mtgs., 56th N. of Market St., 4,800 00 “ “ “Mtg. 1711 Addison St., 1,500 00 “ “For a 1/2-Interest in Property 1209 Federal St. and expenses, 503 50 “ “ “4 Mtgs. Nos. 1517, 1519. 1525 and 1529 Cayuga St., 9,600 00 ————- $21,403 50 By Cash on hand, 14,322 69 ————— $54,588 34

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INMATES RECEIVED INTO THE HOME. From Sixth Month 1st, 1898, to Fifth Month 31st, 1899. NO. NAME. AGE. NATIVE STATE. ENTERED. 594 Letitia Brown 71 Pennsylvania 6th mo. 28th, '98 595 Martha Wesley 60 Maryland 7th mo. 25th, '98 596 Rosanna Gould 68 Pennsylvania 8th mo. 2nd, '98 597 Charlotte Brown 63 Maryland 8th mo. 17th, '98 598 Elijah Benson 70 Delaware 9th mo. 13th, '98 599 Lydia Lewis 70 Delaware 10th mo. 25th, '98 600 Harriet E. Greene 72 Pennsylvania 11th mo. 7th, '98 601 Tamor Anderson 74 Pennsylvania 12th mo. 3rd, '98 602 Jacob Chase 70 Maryland 1st mo. 19th, '99 603 Gertrude Ongue 76 New Jersey Ist mo. 27th, '99 604 Grace Williams 74 North Carolina Ist mo. 27th, '99 605 Isaiah Cropper 72 Delaware 2nd mo. IIth, '99 606 George D. Press 66 Virginia 2nd mo. 22nd, '99 607 Esther Young 68 Pennsylvania 3rd mo. 20th, '99 608 Sophia Hazzard 84 Maryland 4th mo. 17th, '99 609 Anna Eliza Sesser 69 Pennsylvania 5th mo. 2nd, '99 610 Mary Ann Spriggs 76 Maryland 5th mo. 23rd, '99 Whole number received, 131 men and 459 women, 590 Died, 93 “ “ 348 “ 441 Left voluntarily or discharged, 3 “ “9 “12 Present number in the Home, 28 “ “ 109 “137

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DECEASED. From Sixth Month 1st, 1898 to Fifth Month 31st, 1899. NO. NAME AGE. DIED. 439 Ellen Goodman 73 6th mo. 6th, '98 440 David Baken 80 7th mo. 1st, '98 441 Nathan Brown 75 7th mo. 3rd, '98 442 Elizabeth Curtis 81 7th mo. 6th, '98 443 Susan Bradley 74 7th mo. 15th, '98 444 Hannah Jackson 83 9th mo. 4th, '98 445 Charles Johnson 90 10th mo. IIth, '98 446 Ann Williams 93 10th mo. 19th, '98 447 Sarah Biddle 68 IIth mo. 19th, '98 448 Matilda Greene 87 1st mo. 20th, '99 449 Eliza Jane Counseller 81 1st mo. 2Ist, '99 450 Mary Jane Turner 86 2nd mo. 24th, '99 451 Ann Preston 86 3rd mo. 28th, '99 452 Ann Elizabeth Coleman 68 4th mo. 20th, '99 453 Rachel Riley 80 5th mo. 7th, '99 454 Caroline Bass 78 5th mo. 8th, '99 455 Gertrude Ongue 76 5th mo. 27th, '99

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CHAPTER OF INCORPORATION. WHEREAS, the undersigned citizens of this Commonwealth have, together with other citizens, associated for the purpose of establishing in the City of Philadelphia a Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons, and are desirous of being Incorporated agreeably to the provisions of the Act of the General Assembly of Pennsylvania, entitled “An Act to Confer on Certain Associations of the Citizens of this Commonwealth the Powers and Immunities of Corporation, or bodies politic in law.” They therefore declare the following to be the objects, articles, and conditions of their said association, agreeably to which they desire to be incorporated, viz:

Title. 1st. This association shall be called “The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.”

Object. 2d. The objects of this Association shall be the relief of that worthy class of colored persons who have endeavored through life to maintain themselves, but from various causes are dependent upon the charity of others.

Articles and Conditions. 3d. The officers shall be a President, Vice-President, Secretary and Treasurer, who shall perform the duties usual to those positions, and a Board of Managers, twenty-four in number, who will make all needful rules and regulations, subject to the approval of the Association at its annual meeting, to which they shall submit a report of the proceedings. The officers shall be ex-officio members of the Board.

4th. A quorum of the Association shall be fifteen, and of the Managers, ten. The Managers shall meet at least once in each month.

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5th. At each annual meeting, two auditors shall be appointed to examine the Treasurer's account previous to its presentation at the next annual meeting, and report as to its correctness.

6th. Respectable colored persons may be admitted in the Home, or boarded therein, with the consent of the Visiting Committee, in accordance with the rules which the Managers may adopt for the Government of the Institution.

7th. The terms of membership of the Association shall be an annual contribution of two dollars. The payment of twenty-five dollars shall constitute a life membership.

8th. The Association shall meet annually, for the election of officers and other business, on the second Fifth-day (Thursday) in the sixth month (June) of each year, at such time and place as may be agreed upon, of which two weeks' notice shall be given by the Managers. *

*The Association formerly met on the second Fifth-day of the First month, but was changed by an order of the court as above

9th. The clear yearly income of real and personal estate held by the Association shall not at any time exceed the sum of thirty thousand dollars.

10th. The Association shall have the power to make By-Laws, not inconsistent with this Charter nor the laws of the land, and to alter and annul the same at pleasure, and a failure to elect officers at any time shall not dissolve this Corporation.

IIth. If any member shall die or resign, the vacancy may be filled by an election, at a stated meeting of the Board of Managers, of one to serve in his or her stead until the next annual meeting of the Association. [Signed] Stephen Smith, Wm. C. Longstreth, Sam'l R. Shipley, Henry M. Laing, Jos. M. Truman, Jr. Jacob C. White, Sr., Dillwyn Parrish, Thomas Mather, Henry Gordon.

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IN THE COURT OF COMMON PLEAS IN AND FOR THE COUNTY OF PHILADELPHIA. In the matter of the Incorporation of “The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons.”

And now, this second day of December, A.D. 1867, the Articles of Incorporation of “The Home for Aged and Infirm Colored Persons” having been heretofore, to wit, on the thirteenth day of November, A.D. 1867, filed in the office of the Prothonotary of said Court, and due notice having been inserted in a newspaper printed in said County, in due conformance to law; on motion of Edward Hopper, it is declared and decreed that the persons so associated under such articles shall, according to the articles and conditions in said instrument set forth and contained, become and be a Corporation or body politic in law.

And it is further ordered and directed that the said Charter of Incorporation shall be recorded in the Office for the Recording of Deeds in and for the said County of Philadelphia. And on the said instrument being so recorded, the persons so associated or meaning to associate, shall according to the objects, articles and conditions in said instrument set forth and contained, become and be a Corporation or body politic in law and in fact, to have continuance by the name, style, and title in said instrument provided and declared.

In testimony whereof, I have hereunto set my hand and affixed the [SEAL.] seal of the said Court, this thirteenth day of December, A.D. one thousand eight hundred and sixty-seven. [Signed] T. O. WEBB, Pro-Prothonotary.

BY-LAWS.

Article 1. 0024 19The managers shall meet on the second Fourth-day in every month, at such time as may be agreed upon.

Article II. Special meetings may be called by the chairman, or at the request of any three members.

Article III. All reports of committees shall be made to the Board in writing.

Article IV. The meetings of the Board shall be conducted according to the Rules of Order usual in similar bodies.

Article V. Standing committees on the following subjects shall be appointed by the chairman at the first meeting in each current year: 1st. A Committee on Management. 2d. A Committee on Admissions. 3d. A Committee on Property. 4th. A Committee on Supplies. 5th. A Committee on Religious Meetings. 6th. A Committee on Interments. 7th. A Committee on Finance. 8th. A Committee on Discipline.

Article VI. The Committee on Management shall consist of the women members of the Board. They shall have a general supervision of the internal arrangements of the Home, and shall propose to the Board any regulations or measures which may be needed for its government. They divided themselves into the following sub-committees:

1st. A House Committee of two, to be appointed monthly in rotation; to visit the Home each week, and endeavor to be present once during meals. They shall make themselves acquainted with the situation and wants of the inmates, generally direct the concerns of the family, and report their observations in a book provided for this purpose.

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2d. A Clothing Committee of four, who shall superintend the making and distribution of clothing, and give directions in regard to any industrial employment of the inmates.

Article VII. The Committee on Finance shall consist of three men members of the Board, who shall have charge of the Financial affairs of the Home.

Article VIII. The Committee on Property, shall consist of five men members of the Board, who shall have charge of the real estate of the Home.

Article IX. The Committee on Supplies in conjunction with the Matron, shall make all necessary purchases for the Home.

Article X. The Committee on Interments shall make all needful arrangements for the funerals of our inmates, and at least one of them shall be present on such occasions.

Article XI. The Board shall appoint annually one or more Physicians, to look after the health of the inmates.

Article XII. ORDER OF BUSINESS. 1. Calling the Roll. 2. Reading the Minutes. 3. Report of the Treasurer. 4. Committee on Management. 5. Report of the Standing Committees, viz: “ Supplies. “ Admissions. “ Finance. “ Property. “ Religious Meetings. “ Interments. “ Discipline. 5. Special Committees. 6. Unfinished Business. 7. New Business.

RULES. 0026 21Rule I.—The Matron shall have the general charge of the Home, and keep it in neat order, under the direction of the Committee of Management. She is to enforce the rules and see that suitable nourishment is provided for the sick. She must be respectful and kind to every one in the Home, and attentive (without partiality) as their circumstances require. She will promptly check any quarreling or other improper conduct in the inmates, and if necessary report the same to the Visiting Committee. She shall keep a record of all clothing sent to the Home, and furnish the Committee with a monthly account thereof. She will be expected to go through the house about 10 P.M., and see that all unnecessary fires and lights are extinguished.

Rule 2.—No person shall be admitted at the Home but such as bring satisfactory testimonials of the propriety of their conduct and the respectability of their extinguished.

Rule 3.—Those received in the Home must be at least 60 years of age, and shall pay to the Treasurer the sum of one hundred and fifty dollars. All who are admitted will be on probation for a period of six months. If their conduct during that time is not satisfactory, they will be retained no longer, but will be charged board for the time they may be residents in the Home, at the rate of two and one-half dollars per week, which is to be deducted from the sum paid for admission, the balance of which is to be returned to the party paying the same.

Rule 4.—Any property or personal effects which an applicant may be possessed of must be made over for the benefit of the Home, prior to admission therein; and if any inherit property whilst in the Home, and and prefer remaining; the said property must likewise be transferred to the Institution; all such transfers being recorded in a book kept for that purpose.

Rule 5.—Colored persons over the age of sixty, of respectable character, and furnishing satisfactory references, may be boarded in the institution upon such terms as the Managers may decide, but 0027 22shall be subjected to the same rules and have no privileges different from other inmates. Satisfactory security must be given for the regular payment of the board, previous to their admission.

Rule 6.—No boarder shall be received or continued in the Home to the exclusion of those entirely dependent. Two weeks' notice, however, must be given for the removal of any boarder.

Rule 7.—A register shall be kept of the names of all applicants, the persons by whom they are recommended, their place of residence, and the report of the Committee on Admission thereon, and any information that may be deemed important.

Rule 8.—Those who are pensioners on any benevolent institution or society, it is expected, will have their pensions continued to assist in their support, and at their death the funeral expenses shall be paid by said societies.

Rule 9.—None but the Physician of the institution or his substitute shall attend the inmates, unless he should request a consultation with another practitioner. If any of the inmates or their friends desire other than the regular Physician of the Home, they may, with the consent of the attending Physician, be at liberty to employ such; provided the same shall be without expense or any responsibility on the part of the institution.

Rule 10.—After rising in the morning, and again before retiring at night, all who are able shall be assembled in a suitable room, and a chapter from the Bible read to them, after which an opportunity shall be offered for silent or vocal worship.

Rule 11.—Religious meeting shall be held in the Home on the First day of the week, for those not desirous of attending elsewhere.

Rule 12.—Any of the inmates desirous of visiting their friends (on their written invitations) must obtain permission from the Matron, nor absent themselves at any time without permission.

Rule 13.—No stimulants or liquors to be used in the Home unless ordered by the Physician, and then to be administered by the Matron.

Rule 14.—All visitors shall be properly treated and shown through the Home, especially those visiting for religious purposes. Visitors will not be admitted before 10 A.M., nor after 5 P.M., except in special cases.

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Rule 15.—All that is necessary for the comfortable support of the inmates of the Home will be furnished from the funds of the institution; no individual, therefore, on any account, be permitted to solicit assistance.

Rule 16.—All inmates are expected to render themselves generally useful, as far as their strength will permit.

Rule 17.—Smoking and the use of tobacco in any form is strictly prohibited, except in such place as designated by the Matron.

Rule 18.—The bell will be rung ten minutes before each meal, and all who are able will promptly repair to the dining-room. When seated, a suitable pause shall be observed. No inmate will be allow ed to carry food from the table. The sick and infirm only will be accommodated with meals upstairs.

Rule 19.—No inmate will be permitted to interfere or find fault with Matron or assistants; but if they think they have cause for complaint they must apply to the Monthly Committee, who will receive their statement and take such action thereon as may be proper.

Rule 20.—To preserve harmony in the family the strictest attention should be paid to the rules of the Home. For the first and second offence, the Matron will admonish the offender. For the third, she will report them to the Home Committee; and for the fourth, removal from the Home, if so approved by the Board of Managers.

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Mary McDonald Mary McDonald, the subject of this sketch, is only one of the many very interesting characters who have found in our Institution a place of shelter and protection during the declining years of an eventful life.

She was born in Frogtown, near Valley Forge, and at the age of four years was placed in the family of Reese Howell. She says she remembers the years 1777 and '78, when the Revolutionary forces were camped near Valley Forge.

Extracts from a letter written by a Daughter of the American Revolution of one of our managers, after she had investigated the case, seem to show that Mary McDonald's statements are pretty nearly correct; if so, the old woman must be over one hundred and twenty-eight years of age. She claims to have remembered Isaac Walker and some others, whose names appear in history as having lived at that time.

The letter states that “Isaac Walker was a descendant of the original Lewis Walker, who settled in Tredyffrin Township, in 1705” (See Futhy and Cope's History of Chester Country, page 206). He is mentioned in Judge Pennepacker's “Annals of Phoenixville,” as the owner of the ground upon which was built the original Valley Forge, (the old blacksmith shop).

“Descendants of the first Walker still hold the homestead in the Valley.

“At the time of the outbreak of the Revolution, Isaac Walker lived there; also his sons, Joseph and Jacob.

“On page 206, of the History of Chester Co., I find it stated that the name of Isaac Walker appears in the List of Taxables for 1753. I remember seeing it stated somewhere in print that he held meeting in his house and collected supplies for the patriots, privately among the Friends of the neighborhood. They were conscientiously opposed to fighting, yet they were patriotic in sentiment and recognized the duty of feeding the hungry and clothing the naked.

“Mrs. Sarah Williams, grand-daughter of Isaac Walker and daughter of Joseph, died about two years ago, at Williams' Corners, Chester Co., aged 87. She was a Friend, a lovely old lady, 0030 25

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0031 25and remarkably intelligent. I asked her if it was true that Isaac Walker had ever collected supplies for the Revolutionary soldiers at Valley Forge. Mrs. Williams said that it was—she had often heard her father speak of it. “She also told me what I had not seen in print, that Isaac Walker and his men, teamed all of Washington's army stores from the Camp at White Marsh to Valley Forge, and never charged a cent for his services.

“Now your aged inmate, Mary McDonald, said she remembered Isaac Walker. She told me that she lived near the King of Prussia, in the family of Reese Howell. That is on the direct road from the Gulph to Valley Forge. The army crossed from White Marsh, at Conshohocken, then encamped at the Gulph, from Dec. IIth to Dec 19th, 1777, before proceeding To Valley Forge. The army and teams would pass the King of Prussia. Mary McDonald said she was twelve years old when the Continental Army was at Valley Forge.

“Her account of the times correspond with the stories given. She said 'the guns were always going off and skeered us at night.' This corresponds with the fact that there was constant skirmishing in the neighborhood of Philadelphia, in the Autumn and Winter of 1777-'78. There is no other war than the Revolution in which this was the case.

“She said 'the soldiers were always going up and down the road.' They were dressed in 'all buttons.' This last identifies the Continental uniform.

“She said that the soldiers came around twice a week to collect the provisions prepared for them. All the women in the neighborhood gave food to the patriots. This corresponds with all the traditions in the neighborhood.

“I told her that I was acquainted with the country around Valley Forge. Immediately she asked me if the Walkers still lived there. I said, Oh, no! his grandchildren and great-grand-children lived there. Then she became greatly excited and praised the Lord, that she heard something about those good Walkers.”

At the time of the occurence of these events the age of Mary McDonald, given when she entered the Home, Twelfth Month 19th, 1887, was seven years, which corresponds with the date of her birth given by some of her relatives.

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LIFE MEMBERS. Deceased Members In Italics. Charles F. Abbot Sarah Adams Thomas M. Adams William Arrott Thomasine Ashbridge Lewis R. Ashhurst Jas. Augustine Mary Bacon (Marshall Street) Joseph Bacon Charles E. Baeder Jos. L. Bailey Jos. L. Bailey Jos. A. Bailey Joel J. Baily Mary L. Baird Mark Balderston Mary L. Baldwin Sarah C. Baldwin Samuel Bancroft Abraham Barker B. H. Bartol Isaac Barton Dr. J. Rhea Barton Susan Rotch Barton Mary Bayard Samuel Bell Harriet S. Benson Rosalie Benson William Bettle Sarah T. Betts Miriam D. Bickley Clement M. Biddle Robert Biddle Samuel Biddle Wm. Biddle Wm. C. Biddle Sarah S. Blackburn Harriet Blanchard Priscilla M. Bohlen Thomas H. Boling Adolph E. Borie Charles Borie John C. Bowers Ellis Branson James Bromley Bishop Phillips Brooks Mrs. Hunter Brooke Francis M. Brooke Alexander Brown Mrs. John A. Brown Mary D. Brown Mary F. Brown Thomas Wistar Brown Martha M. Brown William Bucknell John C. Bullitt Rebecca W. Burr William H. Burr Richard Cadbury Bishop J. P. Campbell Mary A. Campbell John Carter John E. Carter Mary Ann Carter George W. Childs James L. Claghorn Edward W. Clark Rebecca Clyde Benjamin Coates Sarah H. Coates Sidney Coates Lemuel Coffin A. M. Collins Eliza C. Collins Joseph B. Conrow Jay Cooke Alfred Cope Annette Cope Francis R. Cope Henry Cope James B. Cope Marmaduke C. Cope Ruth Anna Cope James H. Cresson Sam'l J. Cresswell, Jr. J. Lewis Crozer John B. Crozer Sarah L. Crozer Samuel A. Crozer Robert H. Crozer Eliza Dales Cecillia F. Darley Alice P. Darlington Jane S. Darlington Edward M. Davis Maria M. Davis Mordecai L. Dawson Ann Derbyshire Mary Ann Derbyshire Henry Disston Mary Disston R. J. Dodd, M. D. Thos. J. Dorsey Caroline E. Davis F. J. Dreer Anthony J. Drexel Henrietta S. Duterte John J. Dutton Thomas Earp Rebecca S. Elkinton Thomas Elkinton Anna M. Ellis Charles Ellis Jacob M. Ellis George W. Emlen James Emlen Samuel Emlen Sarah Emlen Ann Emsley Rebecca Emsley Catharine W. Evans Dr. Charles Evans Charles Evans (Vine st.) Charles Evans (6th st.) Eleanor T. Evans Hannah B. Evans J. Wistar Evans L.J. Evans Elizabeth H. Farnum John Farnum J. Gillingham Fell Henry Fisher, Jr. Joshua Francis Fisher Sophia G. Fisher Edwin H. Fitler Hannah C. Flickwir Wm. B. Fling John E. Fox Mary D. Fox Sophia G. Fox Charles Francis Susan Francis Betsey Freeman Samuel H. French B. B. Fuller Jackson C. Fuller 0033 27 Alexander Fullerton Sarah A. Fullerton Sarah S. Furnas Elizabeth W. Garrett Henry L. Gaw Jesse George John M. George Jane Gibbons Martha P. Gibbons Harriet Gibson Rebecca Gibson Miss Rebecca Gibson Elton P. Gifford John F. Gilpin Lewis A. Godey Henry Gordon Sarah Gordon J. L. Grandin Elizabeth Greaves Edward Green Lavinia L. Griffin Eliza P. Gurney Annie S. Haines Deborah B. Haines Henry Haines Josiah L. Haines Margaret W. Haines Rachel Haines (Fallston) Robert B. Haines John Hall Sarah Hall Elizabeth J. Hancock George W. Hancock J. Campbell Harris Mary Powers Harris Mary C. Hart Lewis G. Heins Joseph G. Henszey Margaretta S. Hinchman Catharine A. Hoffman Edward Hoopes Elma Hoopes James Hopkins Sarah Hopkins Edward Hopper Elizabeth Horner Rebecca Horner Mrs. S. Stockton Horner George Howell Joshua B. Howell Thos. J. Husband Abram F. Huston Addison Hutton Charles E. D'Invillers Eben C. Jayne Anna T. Jeanes Joseph Jeanes Joshua T. Jeanes Mary Jeanes Samuel Jeanes Hunn Jenkins A.D. Jessup Israel H. Johnson Mary M. Johnson Rachel Johnson Jacob P. Jones Margaret Jones Mary T. Jones Gulielma M.S.P. Jones Wm. W. Justice Ann Kaighn Mary Kaighn Rebecca Kaighn A.M. Kimber M.C. Kimber T.W. Kimber Edward C. Knight Mary P. Ladner Anna T. Laing Catharine R. Laing George T. Laing Henry M. Laing Mary Landell James Lane E. C. K. Latimer Ann Leamy Henry Lewis Mary Lewis Isabella J. Lippincott Joshua Lippincott John Livezey Jos. R. Livezey Sarah Lloyd Sarah W. Lloyd Mary Anna Longstreth Wm. W. Longstreth Susan Longstreth Martha M. Lord Joseph S. Lovering E.J. Maginnis Caleb H. Malin George Malin Harriet W. Marshall Richard M. Marshall Sarah Marshall Samuel Mason Anna K. Massey Wm. Massey Daniel Maule Israel Maule Joseph Maxfield W.R. Maxfield H. Pratt McKean Thomas J. Megear Thomas Mellor John C. Mercer Edward Middleton J. Imbrie Miller Anna Elizabeth Milne Beulah T. Milne Caleb J. Milne Clyde Milne David Milne, Jr. Francis F. Milne Francis Forbes Milne, Jr. Eliz. B. Montgomery Clara J. Moore Clarence B. Moore James Moore Sarah E. Moore Anna Morris Caroline Morris Elizabeth Morris Elliston P. Morris Hannah Morris Henry Morris Israel Morris Martha Morris Mary Morris Mary Ann C. Morris Naomi Morris Wistar Morris Samuel C. Morton Lucretia Mott Thomas Mott Daniel Neall Emma Newbold Mary H. Newbold Mary P. Norris Edward H. Ogden Sarah C. Parke Dillwyn Parrish Dillwyn Parrish, Jr. Elizabeth W. Parrish George D. Parrish Sarah L. Parrish Susanna M. Parrish Mary F. Paschall Mrs. C. L. Patton Morris Patterson Chas. W. Peirce Abraham L. Pennock Caroline Pennock George Pennock Isabella L. Pennock J. Sellers Pennock Sarah Pennock Mary W. Perot T. Morris Perot Mary Peters Nancy B. Peters Sarah Phipps Thomas Potter Charles W. Poultney Anna M. Powers Thomas H. Powers Eli K. Price 0034 28 J. Sargeant Price Lucy S. Price Thomas W. Price Jenkins Purnell Evan Randolph Julianna Randolph Charles D. Reed Gideon Reed Annie Rhoads Annie G. Rhoads Beulah M. Rhoads Charles Rhoads Elizabeth Rhoads Joseph R. Rhoads Robert Richards Hannah W. Richardson Richard Richardson Sarah P. Ridgeway Thomas Ridgeway Salome W. Rockhill Fairman Rogers Edward Rowland Elizabeth Russell Annie W. Ryerss Mrs. J.W. Ryerss R.W. Ryerss Elizabeth W. Sargent Elizabeth S. Scattergood Joseph Scattergood Mary Scattergood Sarah Scattergood (W. Chester) Anna D. Scott Thomas A. Scott David Scull David Scull, Jr. Edward L. Scull John Seller John Sellers, Jr. William Sellers Henry Seybert Hans Shadd Ann P. Sharpless Charles L. Sharpless Enos Sharpless John Sharpless, Jr. John M. Sharpless Samuel J. Sharpless Wm. P. Sharpless Mary Ann Shaw Susanna W. Shaw Isaac A. Sheppard Samuel R. Shipley Matthias Shoemaker Benj. H. Shoemaker Robert Shoemaker Ellen H. Simpson Maria Simpson Wm. Simpson C.S. Singerly Cath. S. Singerly Harriet L. Smedley Samuel L. Smedley Daniel Smith, Jr. George P. Smith Jemimah R. Smith John F. Smith Harriet Smith Joseph P. Smith Mary D. Smith Nellie Smith Rebecca W. Smith R. Morris Smith Stephen Smith Wm. B. Smith Wm. C. Smyth Emily B. Smyth Katharine L. Spackman Wm. Stapler Hannah W. Sterling Wm. Still Seth B. Stitt Fanny Swan Wm. P. Tatham Amy Y. Tatum Charles S. Taylor Lucy Taylor Sarah M. Taylor Jos. F. Temple Jane Thomas Dr. J.D. Thomas Eliz. H. Thompson George Thompson John J. Thompson J. Edgar Thomson Dr. M.R. Trevor Alexander S. Truman Cath. H. Truman Dr. George Truman Jos. M. Truman, Jr. Eliz. R. Turnpenny Joseph C. Turnpenny Ann Tyler George Vaux Wm. S. Vaux Mrs. T. Wagner Annie Waln Phebe L. Waln S. Morris Waln Martha Ann Warner Redwood F. Warner George Watson Phebe M. Way, M.D. Maria Wallace Robert S. Walter John J. Weaver John Welsh Samuel Welsh Wm. Welsh George D. Wetherill Ann F. Wheeler Andrew Wheeler Charles Wheeler Susan F. Wheeler Alexander Whilldin, Sr. James Whitall John M. Whitall Mary Cope Whitall Jacob C. White, Sr. Rebecca White Asa Whitney George Whitney James S. Whitney John R. Whitney David Milne Willard Dwight D. Willard Frank Milne Willard Helen Willard Isabella Milne Willard Louis Willard Fielding L. Williams Isabella Williams Edward. H. Williams John Williams Mercy K. Williamson Passmore Williamson Thomas Williamson Franklin S. Wilson Rathmell Wilson Wm. L. Wilson Anna H. Willstach Esther F. Wistar Lydia J. Wistar Ann H. Wood Mrs. Alan Wood, Jr. Geo. A. Wood Dr. Geo. B. Wood Mary H. Wood James A. Wright Charles Yarnall Ellis H. Yarnall

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COLLECTIONS. Donation Box $ 52 2 67 2 92 1 75 1 97 2 61 ——— $12.44 Miscellaneous Mrs. Florence McDowell- Heppe $5 00 Geo. Francis Fox 20 00 Sale effects of Sarah Biddle and Matilda Green 4 16 Emily Campbell 3 00 Walter Penn Shipley 5 00 ———— $37 16 Mary A. Campbell Mary A. Campbell 10 00 Fannie J. Coppin 5 00 Sarah Taylor 2 00 Ada H. Hinton 1 00 Amanda Shine 1 00 Olivia Townsend 1 00 ———- $20 00 Martha B. Chambers Enoch Lewis $10 00 Hannah W. Sterling $10 00 Cynthia Green 2 00 Martha B. Chambers 2 00 Annie C. Atkinson 2 00 Elizabeth Coates 2 00 E. W. Scarlett & Bro 2 00 Sarah M. Carver 2 00 ———- $32 00 Emily T. Longstreth Priscilla P. Lippincott $ 5 00 Mary P. Chambers 5 00 Emily T. Longstreth 2 00 ———- $12 00 Lydia E. Pennock Isabella L. Pennock $ 5 00 Mrs. M.F. Kemble 5 00 Alfred Lowry & Bro 10 00 Lydia E. Pennock 2 00 Martha Hoskins (1898) 2 00 Mahlon Bryan 1 00 Martha Hoskins 2 00 ——— $27 00 Ruth K. Smedley David Bacon $ 1 50 Nathan Brown 5 00 Odd Fellows' Lodge 2 03 Thomas Scattergood 5 00 Rachel S. Maris 2 00 Susan J. Yerkes 2 00 Annie H. Tierney 2 00 Esther K. Alsop 2 00 Edith H. Abbott 2 00 Emma L. Thompson 1 00 Elizabeth Sully 1 00 Ruth K. Smedley 2 00 ——— $27 53 Joseph M. Truman Rebecca Webb $ 2 00 Jacob C. White 5 00 Amelia C. White 2 00 ——— $9 00 Rebecca S. Conard L.R. Wing $ 2 00 S.E. Garrett 2 00 Phebe E.H. Haines 2 00 Rebecca S. Conard 2 00 ——- $8 00 Sarah Parrish Anna J. Stokes (2 years) $10 00 Mrs. James Hopkins 5 00 Anna Biddle 2 00 Sarah Parrish 2 00 ——- $19 00 0036 30Elizabeth Lewis Edward Lewis $ 5 00 Anna A. Spooner 4 00 Elizabeth Lewis 2 00 Joseph Griffith 1 00 E. H. Holloway 1 00 ——- $ 13 00 A.M. Shaffer Flanda Grant $ 2 00 Henrietta S. Duterte 1 00 Miss Lucreta Miller 1 00 Dr. T.C. Imes 2 00 S.J. Brock 2 00 Calvin W. Mitchell 2 00 A. M. Shaffer 2 00 Dr. C.I. Shaffer 2 00 1 00 ——— $15 00 Mary B. Breed Baldwin Locomotive Works $25 00 Gideon Stoddart 2 00 Jane M. Pratt 2 00 Mary J. Breed 2 00 Mary B. Breed 2 00 Isaac Forsythe 2 00 Mrs. J.W. Hawley 1 00 Catharine T. Townsend 2 00 Mary M. Truman 2 00 Hannah M. Thomas 2 00 ——— $42 00 Collections By Alice Pennock Twelfth Month, 1898 Anna Jeanes $ 50 00 Joseph Y. Jeanes 20 00 Daniel S. White 10 00 Edwin A. Landell 10 00 Dr. D. Jayne & Son 10 00 E. W. Clark & Co 10 00 Charles W. Trotter 10 00 John B. Ellison & Sons. 10 00 Joel J. Baily & Co 10 00 E. T. Steel & Co 10 00 W.W.F 10 00 Isaac W. Jeanes 10 00 James Watson & Wife 10 00 Beauveau Borie 10 00 Harriet Blanchard 10 00 Mary Powers Harris 10 00 George Vaux 10 00 Edward A. Sibley & Wife 10 00 Abbie Furman 5 00 Joseph F. Bickle 5 00 Walter P. Stokes 5 00 A. S. & S. R. Wing 5 00 William H. Jenks 5 00 John S. Jenks 5 00 Thomas Roberts & Co 5 00 Charles Rhoads 5 00 Beulah M. Rhoads 5 00 James G. McCollin 5 00 Deborah Haines 5 00 Henry Norris 5 00 Ann W. Fry 5 00 Martha H. Tomlinson 5 00 Strawbridge & Clothier. 5 00 Hannah Tatum 5 00 T. Wistar Brown 5 00 Joshua L. Baily 5 00 Wm. A. Lippincott & Co. 5 00 James F. Hope 5 00 George H. Earle 5 00 Horace J. Lippincott 5 00 B.F. Clyde 5 00 Mrs. W.I. Landell 5 00 Mary E. Santee 5 00 Ann Kirkbride 5 00 Elwood Johnson 5 00 Harriet W. Marshall 5 00 Sarah E. Smith 5 00 Rebecca S. Elkinton 5 00 Joseph H Gillingham 5 00 Hoopes & Townsend 5 00 Wm. Sellers & Co 5 00 McIlvain Bros 5 00 Sarah W. Bacon 5 00 Lydia S. Hinchman 5 00 Margaretta S. Hinchman. 5 00 Sarah M. Taylor 5 00 Martha D. Allen 5 00 R.W 5 00 A. & M. Newhall 5 00 John W. Biddle 5 00 William Arrott 5 00 Elizabeth W. Garrett 5 00 William Weightman 5 00 Mrs. Geo. B. Roberts 5 00 F.F 5 00 Katharine K. Tatham 5 00 Sabine Weightman Wista. 5 00 Emily Norris 5 00 Mrs. J. Edgar Thompson. 5 00 F. Cecelia Darley 5 00 Helen R. Bacon 5 00 Joseph C. Guernsey, M 5 00 Susan F. Wheeler 5 00 Elizabeth Crozier Grif. 5 00 Matilda Baird 5 00 Elizabeth L. Devine 5 00 David Scull, Jr 5 00 Mrs. Wm. Henry Trotter. 5 00 Susan L. Baily 5 00 Emily W. Taylor 5 00 0037 31Martha M. Brown 5 00 Cover, Drayton & Leonard 5 00 Felton, Sibley & Co 5 00 Mary B. Banns 5 00 Mrs. S.S. White 5 00 Morris, Wheeler & Co 5 00 Mrs. Alex. Brown 5 00 Cash 5 00 G.C. Purves 5 00 Jas. C. Brooks 5 00 Caroline A. Corlies 3 00 Charles J. Walton 3 00 Sharpless Bros 3 00 Joseph L. Jones 3 00 John Gribbel 2 50 Lavinia L. Griffin 2 00 Charles Hartshorne 2 00 Ellis D. Williams 2 00 Jane E. Triebels 2 00 Frances B. McCollin 2 00 Eliza W. Reeves 2 00 Wm. P. Walter's Sons 2 00 Alice Pennock 2 00 A.L.S 2 00 M.S 2 00 Perkins & Co 2 00 Rudolph S. Walton 2 00 Hannah R. Lee 2 00 James T. Shinn 2 00 Mary M. Leeds 2 00 Edward Richie 2 00 Sarah Richie 2 00 Catharine M. Shallcross 2 00 H. Perot Richardson 2 00 Rachel S. Brown 2 00 Mary Morris 2 00 William H. Nicholson 2 00 Margaret Clyde 2 00 Almira L. Peterson 2 00 Hettie P. Baird 2 00 William N. Ashman 2 00 Alice Lewis 2 00 Anna M. Thomas 2 00 Esther E. Stokes 2 00 Mary M. B. Paxson 2 00 Linton & Fowler 1 00 Hannah B. Evans 1 00 Joseph Bishop 1 00 Lydia B. Taylor 1 00 Mrs. Elwood Baker 1 00 Priscilla M. Lippincot. 1 00 Rachel Johnson 1 00 Ellen R. James 1 00 Rachel Johnson 1 00 Samuel T. Fox 1 00 Anna P. Cox 1 00 Frederick Gutekunst 1 00 Sarah C. Webster 1 00 Mary Jane Johnson 1 00 Amanda S. Montier 1 00 ———- $679 00 Summary of Collections Donation Box $ 12 44 Collections by Mary A. Campbell 20 00 Ruth K. Smedley 27 53 Jos. M. Truman 9 00 Elizabeth Lewis 13 00 Martha B. Chambers 32 00 Emily T. Longstreth 12 00 Lydia E. Pennock 27 00 Sarah Parrish 19 00 Mary B. Breed 42 00 A.M. Shaffer 15 00 Rebecca S. Conard 8 00 Alice Pennock 679 50 Miscellaneous donation— Mrs. Florence McDowell- Heppe 5 00 Geo. Frances Fox 20 00 Sale of effects of Sarah Biddle & Matilda Green 4 16 Emily Campbell 3 00 Walter Penn Shipley 5 00 ———- $953 63

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DONATIONS. Joseph Allen, 5 qts. lobster salad, 2 qts,. ice-cream, 200 sandwiches. Martha B. Chambers, mens' underwear, 2 suits cloth clothing, 5 hats, and carpet rags. Dr. Henszey, box of bottles and medicine. M. Garwood, bundle of clothing. Estate of Jos. Mathews, pictures of Henry and Sarah Gorden. John Logue, large number of hats. Lydia S. Weeks, 3 bonnets. Henrietta Clapps, 1 black silk bonnet. Charlotte L. Riker, ice-cream and cake for the family. A Friend, heavy overcoats. Mrs. Andrew F. Stevens, China dishes, 353 pieces. Mrs. A. E. McDowell, 8 fans, 2 pocketbooks, 2 pears of spectacles, 1 umbrella. J.E. Evans, 40 qts. of milk. Mrs. Sheeze, carpet rags, and bundle of worn clothing. Mrs. Florence Heppe, check for $5.00. Mrs. Philips, 1 feather bolster. Mrs. W. Lackey, 3 porch chairs. Emily T. Longstreth, 6 yds. new muslin, and part worn clothing, table cover and bed ticking. A friend, reading matter. Miss Craig, clothing and carpet rags. Henrietta Duterte, womens' underwear, 48 mince pies, 1 goose. Mrs. J.A. Thomas, clothing and carpet rags. Partridge & Richardson, 102 pieces of china. A friend, 6 flower pots. Mrs. Blunt, part worn clothing. A friend, clothing. Hannah Spain, calico pieces. Joseph Elkinton, 9 volumes of biographical sketches. 0039 33Donated, 4 large bags carpet rags. Mrs. C. Killeen and Miss Craig, carpet rags. Mary A. Campell, 1 wheeled chair, 1 turkey and carpet rags. Mrs. Homer, carpet rags. Mrs. Geo. Hart, rocking-chair, from the descendants of Geo. Washington. Martin Cowdry, ice-cream for the family twice. Mrs. Geo. S. Schively, pillow, 2 blankets, etc. Anne E. Atkinson, 1 bonnet. Emily R. Williams, carpet rags. Mrs. Cummings, II night caps. A friend, reading matter. Sarah L. Haines, walking sticks. Miss Clothier, carpet rags. Needle Work Guild of America, 40 pieces. Hannah A. Reeves, pieces of patchwork. Margaret M. Rush, carpet rags. R. K. Smedley, truss and carpet rags. J.L. Cadmus, clothing. Mrs. Hibbard, magazines. A neighbor, Christmas tree. Nancy Graham (Inmate), box steel knitting needles. Miss Mitchell, Christmas cards and tracts. Kennedy Crossan, R.R. contractor, 80 bushels of potatoes. Thomas Bradley, 1 turkey. Mr. Schober, 200 oranges. Childrens' Colored Home, cut carpet rags. George Frances Fox, $20.00. Primary School of Olivet Presbyterian Church, through Mrs. S. Dodworth (Superintendent), 2 lbs. cornmeal, 9 lbs. cornstarch, 2 lbs, buckwheat, 36 lbs. oatmeal, 1 qt. cranberries, 1 pt. condensed milk, 18 lbs. rice, 1 lb. cocoa, 1 lb. tea, 5 lbs. coffee, 10 lbs. sugar, 5 qts. tomatoes, 1 qt. peas, 7 cans corn, 2 qt. beans, ginger cake, 1 box kindling wood, 3 potatoes, 2 apples, 1 orange. H. B. Sargent, carpet rags. Mrs. Booth, 1 hat and carpet rags. L. R. Wing, carpet rags and pieces of silk. Mrs. Wm. H. Miller, 2 doz. chemises, 1 1/2 doz. chemises, 1 1/2 doz. night-gowns, 5 flannel skirts, all new. 0040 34Mrs. Geo. W. Hancock, large lot of mens' and womens' clothing. Albert L. Bailey, lot of pieces for patchwork. Donated, pieces for quilts. Mrs. Woolman, cut carpet rags. R. Patterson and S. Williams, cut carpet rags. Mrs. Warren Carter, mens' clothing. Mrs. Wm. Huntly, mens' clothing. J. Carter, mens' underwear. Sarah B. Comly, box of worn clothing, I quilt, etc. The Estate of Mary A. Shaw, through Joseph Truman, 17 books on Anti-slavery subjects. Mrs. Russel, religious newspaper. Mrs. Grooves, S religious books. A friend, coachman's green cloth suit. A friend, a lot of chamber crockery etc, Unity Lodge of Odd Fellows No. 711, 80 qts. ice-cream, and 40 lbs. of cake. Estate of M. A. Shaw, 9 books for Anti-slavery repository, 8 bags of carpet balls. Mrs. Hopper, carpet rags. Anne S. Denn, box carpet rags. Mrs. Hughs, men's clothing (worn). Captain A.H. Williams, spools of cotton. 3220 Mt. Vernon St., carpet rags.

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EVENTS DURING THE YEAR. June 1st, 1898. A large basket of flowers were sent to the daughters of H. M. Laing, it being her wedding day, “with the best wishes of the Old Folks,”

June 27th. Children from “The Junior Christian Endeavor Association,” entertained the Old Folks by the singing of hymns and recitations.

July 10th. Members of Gideon Lodge, 133, A. P. A. of Pennsylvania, visited the Home during the religious meeting in the afternoon.

August 4th. “Willing Workers” from Zoar Methodist Church, gave a concert of sacred songs, assisted by a quartette of male voices—employees of the Home.

October 2nd. Bishop Grant conducted afternoon services and administered the Communion. There were a great many strangers present.

October 4th. Mrs. Haviland sang and read short stories to the inmates in the afternoon.

At 7 P. M., Mr. Irwin, of West Philadelphia, brought in his Gramaphone and entertained the family for an hour.

October 19th. Ann Williams, a Parker scholar, was buried. The funeral was attended by Washington Jones, who gave the matron five dollars to distribute among those who had cared for his old nurse during her last illness.

November 24th. Thanksgiving Day:—Samuel Jones addressed the family in the morning. after a bountiful dinner of roast turkey, etc., the Thirty-Fifth Annual Report of the 0042 36Inmates and their friends gathered in the chapel. Addresses were made by Rev. J. M. Palmer, Prof. Jos Walton, Dr. Scott from Canada, and Truman. Dr. Caroline Anderson also interested the Old People by reading.

December 5th. A lecture by Gustave Cohen on “Hebrew Home Life,” illustrated by colored steroptican pictures.

The Scenograph or moving pictures delighted all. They were realistic views of places and people in Palestine, Egypt, Europe and America.

December, 17th. Two young ladies from Emanuel Presbyterian Church, spent the afternoon in visiting and reading to the Inmates.

In the evening six young colored girls recited and sang patriotic songs for the entertainment of the Old Folks.

December 23rd. Miss Maxwell of Emanuel Presbyterian Church, visited the third floor reading to the inmates and distributing candy.

December 25th. Many of the Inmates received boxes of candy, stockings, handkerchiefs and fancy articles.

Rev. Mr. McGuin conducted an Episcopal service at 10.30 A. M. At 3 P. M., a minister of the Methodist Church discoursed on the birth of Jesus. The chapel was prettily decorated with evergreen, and a large Christmas tree, donated by one of the neighbors and trimmed by the Inmates, was a source of pleasure.

December 26th. Our Christmas dinner was served on this day—consisting of turkeys, cranberry sauce, vegetables, apples and cake. Thomas Walters addressed the family in the afternoon.

December 31st. New Year's Eve. Religious services were conducted from 8.30 P. M. until the blowing of whistles and tolling of bells announced the advent of the New Year.

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January 21st, 1899. The children from the Cripple Home, 613 North 43rd St., gave a song service from 2 to 3 P. M. They were also much interested in the collection of Anti-slavery Relics.

March 6th. The Young People's Association of the Union Methodist Church, gave a musical and rhetorical entertainment.

April 6th. A delegation from the “Unity Lodge, No. 711” and other invited guests, with our old people assembled in the chapel at 8 P. M. Calvin Mitchell was Chairman and introduced the following speakers:—Robert M. Adger who gave the Home his collection of portraits of the heroes of the Anti-slavery Movement, Judge Paxson, Judge Ashman, Bishop Grant, Alfred Love and Thomas Walters.

The Lodge also provided ice-cream and cake for the old people and invited guests.

May 20th. The Orphan Children from the Shelter, visited the Home and repeated the exercises given at a reception at the Shelter a short time before.

The old people seemed delighted to see and hear these children.

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RELIGIOUS SERVICES. FIRST SUNDAY IN THE MONTH. Wm. Still, 10 A.M. Bethel Church Communion Day (Methodist) 3 P.M. Local Preachers' Association, 71/2 “ SECOND SUNDAY. MRS. Henrietta Duterte, (Episcopal) 10 A.M. Robert L. Montier, (Shiloh Baptist Church) 3 P.M. Local Preachers' Association, 71/2 “ THIRD SUNDAY. WM. STILL, 10 A.M. REV. JOHN M. PALMER. (Methodist) 3 P.M. Local Preachers' Association 71/2 “ FOURTH SUNDAY. Rev. Geo. A. McGuire, (Episcopal) 10 A.M. Big Wesley Church, (Leonard Stamford) 3 P.M. Local Preachers' Association, 71/2 “ FIFTH SUNDAY. (When it occurs.) Friends' day, 3 P.M. Local Preachers' Association, 71/2 “ Local Preachers' Association, Every Sunday Evening, except July, Aug. and Sept. Prayer Meeting, Every Wednesday Evening. Class Meeting, “ Friday Rev. H. R. Hutchins, Baptist, “ Monday, 3 P.M. Rev. Geo. A. McGuire, “ Thursday Evening.