[784] Min. London Yr. Mtg., 3-16 to 19-1692, 68. [785] _Ibid._, 4-2 to 7-1745, 268. [786] _Ibid._, 4-9 to 11-1690, 52; 4-1 to 4-1691, 60. [787] _Ibid._, 3-13 to 17-1695, 89. [788] _Ibid._ [789] _Ibid._, 4-2 to 10-1718, 160. [790] _Ibid._, 5-31 to 6-5-1773, 399. [791] _Ibid._, 3-29 to 4-3-1732, 210; 4-9 to 11-1690, 52. [792] Min. Phila. Yr. Mtg., 7-16 and 17-1694, 39. [793] Advices from Burlington and Philadelphia Yr. Mtg., 1746, 1750, 1753, 1755, 1777, and so forth, page 250ff. Also the yearly meeting minutes records for those years, deposited at 304 Arch Street, Phila. (The first reference is the more accessible.) [794] The reader is referred to the account of establishing schools in Bucks, Montgomery, Delaware Counties, etc. [795] These references are, respectively, to the five points stated below: _a._ Min. Westland Mo. Mtg., 11-11-1786, 12; 3-10-1787, 19. _b._ Min. Horsham Mo. Mtg., 4-28-1784. _c._ Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 11-29-1719, 57. _d._ Min. Kennett Mo. Mtg., 12-15-1796, 146. _e._ Min. Chester Mo. Mtg., 1-27-1800, 508; Min. Concord Mo. Mtg., 8-9-1786, 370. [796] See the Advices, 250; or the Book of Discipline which has, under the head of schools, a statement of the various recommendations of the yearly meetings. See also Yearly Meeting Minute Books at 4th and Arch Streets, Phila., for years 1746, 1753, 1755, 1777, and 1778. [797] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 2-29-1698, 229; P. C. S. M., I, 13. [798] Deed No. 33, mentioned in P. C. S. M., I, 13. [799] _Ibid._, 40. [800] _Ibid._, 147. [801] _Friends’ Intelligencer_, 8-15-1896, 539; Min. Abington Mo. Mtg., 1-26-1722, 124. [802] Min. Warrington and Fairfax Q. Mtg., 9-20-1779, 73. [803] _Ibid_., 77; Warrington Mo. Mtg., 8-7-1779, 46. [804] Deed No. 88 New Garden Township, Chester County. (The original is in Orthodox Friends Meeting House, West Grove, Pa.) [805] Min. New Garden Mo. Mtg., 8-6-1785, 256. [806] Min. Kennett Mo. Mtg., 1-12-1792, 14. [807] Min. Goshen Mo. Mtg., 4-10-1795. [808] _Ibid._, 3-8-1782. [809] Min. Darby Mo. Mtg., 3-28-1793, 165. [810] Min. Buckingham Mo. Mtg., 4-10-1794, 314. [811] Jenkins, _Historical Col. of Gwynedd_, 396. [812] _Ibid._ [813] Min. Middletown Mo. Mtg., 12-1-1693-4, 64. [814] _Ibid._, 1-1-1699, 114. [815] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 5-25-1740, 318. [816] In 1701 they had begun a school house which was to be 60 by 24 feet. Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-27-1701, 298. [817] The schoolroom described is in Merion Meeting House, which may be reached from Philadelphia via P.R.R. to Narberth, Pa.; from thence a ten-minute walk. [818] Min. Goshen Mo. Mtg., 3-8-1782. [819] Min. Falls Mo. Mtg., 12-3-1794, 169; for value of money see page 212. [820] _Ibid._, 9-4-1799, 283. [821] Min. Phila. Mo. Mtg., 4-27-1701, 298. [822] _Ibid._, 11-25-1744, 379; P. C. S. M., I, 40. Parts of the school buildings were at times used as tenant property thus affording a supporting income, P. C. S. M., I, 22. [823] P. C. S. M., I, 56. [824] _Ibid._, I, 39.