Subscription - Frankford Academy, Frankford, Pennsylvania, December 18, 1804

A manuscript document from the Trustees of the Academy in the Borough of Frankford, Pennsylvania, dated December 18, 1804, soliciting additional subscriptions to fund the education of youth. The document lists 22 subscribers who pledged various amounts to Isaac Worrell, treasurer. Notable pledges include $20.00 each from Commodore Stephen Decatur and Robert Morris, and $5.00 from Solomon Lyons. The item also includes two later payment records from Abraham Duffield to Isaac Worrell, Treasurer, for $20.00 each, dated March 9, 1805, and May 22, 1805, for the use of Frankford Academy. The reverse side features a poem titled "An Acrostick" by E. Clark, four small circular colonial-style drawings (one attached to a piece of silk cloth), and a card inscribed "George Williams, Weston School, NO. 501." The document exhibits water stains and a horizontal tear across the bottom. 3.

Associated People/Businesses

• Stephen Decatur (Commodore)
• Robert Morris Jr. (Founding Father, Financier)
• Solomon Lyons (Banker, Financier)
• Isaac Worrell (Treasurer)
• Ann Rease
• Mead B. Martin
• Isaac Horrill
• Abm. Duffield & Son
• Thomas Horton
• Daniel Thomas
• Nathan Harper
• Wm. Ross
• Jacob Cott
• John Shalleross
• George W. Bains
• Saml. T. Hodgson
• Peter Hotton
• E. Clark (Poet)
• George Williams (Weston School)
• Lyons, Solomon (1760- 1812)

Geography

No geographic information available.

Subjects

• Education
• Philanthropy
• Subscriptions
• 18th Century
• 19th Century
• Quaker Schools
• Financial records
• Manuscript
• Poetry
• Drawings
• Frankford, Pennsylvania
• Stephen Decatur
• Robert Morris
• Solomon Lyons

Physical Location

Arc.MS.56, Box 23, Folder 6