Historical News

JiISTORICAL NEWS The Annual Meeting of Friends Historical Association was held on Eleventh Month 26, 1962 at Twelfth Street Meetinghouse in Philadelphia as part of the observance of the 150th anniversary of the construction of the building. Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting joined with the Association in sponsoring the occasion, and many members of that meeting were present. At the business meeting, the following persons, whose terms on the Board of Directors had just expired, were renominated and reelected: Arthur E. James, Mary Sullivan Patterson, Lyman W. Riley, Allen M. Terrell, and Dorothy G. Harris. In his annual report President Howard H. Brinton mentioned that the Friends who had been appointed by the Association to sit with the Committee on the Reception of Visitors at the Arch Street Meetinghouse had been released from that duty and that several members of the Association are now members of the Representative Meeting 's Committee on Arch Street Exhibits and Visitors; it is hoped that new and attractive exhibits will presently be installed at that increasingly well-visited historical location. David G. Paul, Clerk of Central Philadelphia Monthly Meeting , warmly welcomed the group to Twelfth Street Meetinghouse. With his distinctive historical accuracy and humor, Henry J. Cadbury spoke on the meetinghouse and its associations over the years. A graduate of the William Penn Charter School, C. Brewster Rhoads, recalled his impressions of the school when it was on a property adjacent to the meetinghouse. Then the audience was treated to a delightful historical tableau arranged and written by Eleanore Price Mather. It dealt with a nineteenth-century marriage at the meetinghouse, and all the participants were suitably clothed in the plain dress of the period. The script was read by Anna Brinton, also dressed in the Quaker costume of a century ago. All the participants looked exactly right for the period, but the Editor would like to say that if all women looked as well as Anna Brinton did in plain dress, he would recommend it for all women in all time! 38 Historical News39 After the meeting had ended with a brief period of quiet worship , there were refreshments upstairs in the tea room, and attenders had an opportunity to see the interesting collection of pictures and other exhibits which had been assembled. * * * Part of a sentence was unfortunately omitted from Howard H. Brinton's address, "Friends of the Brandywine Valley" in our last number. On page 76 (Volume LI, Number 2) the third sentence in the first paragraph should read: "Similar apologies appear for 'being overcome by passion,' that is, anger, which was more serious for its being a sin of the spirit to a greater extent than it is a sin of the flesh." The omitted words are here printed in italics. # # * The regular five-year index to Volumes 46-50 (1957-1961) of the Bulletin of Friends Historical Association is now ready. Copies have been sent to all subscribing libraries. Any member of the Association who wishes a copy may have one, free of charge, by writing to the office of Friends Historical Association, Haverford College Library, Haverford, Pennsylvania. The index was prepared by the Assistant Editor, Lyman W. Riley. * # # From time to time one hears with relief of Quaker meeting records coming to rest in a library, where they are safe from most forms of damage and may be used under proper supervision. The following records have recently been placed in the Wilbur Library of the University of Vermont, Burlington, Vermont: Treasurer's account books of Monkton Monthly Meeting (1811-1813) and Ferrisburgh Monthly Meeting (1813-1909); Treasurer's account book of Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting of Women Friends (18381897 ); Minutes of Monkton Preparative Meeting of Women Friends (1830-1845). Account books and journals of William Dean (b. 1795) are also in the Wilbur Library. ...