Note on John Warder

8 BULLETIN OF FRIENDS' HISTORICAL SOCIETY. for lack of speech that was understandable, by a vigorous shake of the hands. They could certainly shake hands in English even if they could not speak it, and my husband's ear trumpet was intensely interesting. " They recited and sang for us and their bright, friendly faces were a pleasure to see." J. S. Mollett died in 1851, but for ten years previous to that his son-in-law, Daniel Boisswain, Jr., had become associated in the work and continued his interest for many years after to the satisfaction of Devonshire House Monthly Meeting. The school's influence has been exerted not only over the thousands of children who have been in attendance, but it has been a model for other infant schools throughout Holland. "Holland's Welfare!" It is a fitting name for a school where the children of the poor find instruction, warmth and shelter ; where they are taught to love God and their country. The John Warder School is still doing its good work and we trust will be a blessing to generations yet to come. Germantown, Philadelphia. NOTE ON JOHN WARDER. Through the kindness and courtesy of a descendant of John Warder, the editor is able to give the following information concerning John Warder: John Warder was the son of Jeremiah and Mary Head Warder, and was born in Philadelphia the 5th of Fifth month, 1751, at the southeast corner of Market Street and Letitia Place (now Letitia Street). He was the eleventh in a family of twelve children. He went to England in 1776. Family tradition has it that he was not in sympathy with the American Revolution, and that no doubt was the cause of his removal. He established himself in business in London, and in 1779 married Ann Head, of Ipswich. No doubt his certificate of removal went to London at the time of his removal there. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF JOHN DICKINSON, 1799 9 John Warder made several trips to this country in connection with his business, but in 1795 he settled permanently in Philadelphia, and in connection with his sons, established an importing house at the southwest corner of Delaware Avenue and Race Street. He died Fifth month 7th, 1828, at the age of seventy-seven, and was buried in the Friends' Western Burial Ground at Sixteenth and Race Streets. It is recorded that on his death-bed he enjoined upon his sons not to withdraw the prize-money from the English trustees for their own use. John and Ann Warder had ten children, and their descendants are numerous, many of whom are well known to a number of the readers of the Bulletin. Among John Warder's grandchildren are our Philadelphia Friends, John W. and Joel Cadbury, and in the next generation Richard T. Cadbury, Dr. William W. Cadbury, and Henry J. Cadbury of Haverford College. EXTRACT FROM A LETTER OF JOHN DICKINSON.1 In answer to the letter alluded to, I soon received one from him [John Dickinson] , a part whereof I here insert for thine and thy companions perusal, as it shows some of his sentiments. " Happiness is not the growth of any particular spot of the Earth, like the Sun it would enlighten & revive every climate, if the passions & affections of mankind, inordinately excited, those mental fogs, did not so frequently & extensively intercept the pure rays of uncreated Light, perpetually flowing from their Eternal & inexhaustible Fountain. When, when shall we frail Mortals grow wiser & better! How slow, how reluctant are our steps, when Truth & humanity in clear & gentle accents call us out from 1 The above note is part of a postscript to a letter written by James Bringhurst from Tiverton, Rhode Island, to Elizabeth Coggeshall, then visiting in England. The letter itself was printed in the Bulletin, Vol. 5, p. 60. The date is, Tiverton, Rhode Island 8* of io01 mo 1799. For this extract the Bulletin is indebted to M. Ethel Crawshaw. of London. ...