 | Rossiter Johnson, John Howard Brown - 1904 - 540 pages
...helped to organize the plans of government and instruction for Swarthmore college, named in memory of the home of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends. He died in Brooklyn, NY, Jan. 26, 1868. MOTT, Lucre! ia, reformer, was born on Nantucket Island, Mass.,... | |
 | Abraham Howry Espenshade - 1925 - 388 pages
...it received its name. The college was established by Friends in 1864, and named for Swarthmore Hall, the home of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends. Trappe, in Montgomery County, according to Governor Francis R. Shunk, received its name from an old... | |
 | 1926 - 232 pages
...had more attention. This, for example, as to Swarthmore: "The college was named for Swarthmore Hall, the home of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends." Swarthmore Hall, and not a word about Margaret Fell ! But the book was not prepared especially for... | |
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Hall, formerly the home of George Fox, the founder of the Society of Friends, was offered for sale. 