Identifier: chestercountyits00thoms (find matches)
Title: Chester County and its people ..
Year: 1898 (1890s)
Authors: Thomson, W(ilmer) W. (from old catalog)
Subjects: Roxborough Home for Women
Publisher: Chicago and New York, The Union history company
Contributing Library: The Library of Congress
Digitizing Sponsor: Sloan Foundation

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Penny-packer, mentioned before as one of the members from ChesterCounty, who was himself also a steadfast friend of free educationin the State. The following paragraph piesents the number ofchildren reported in each township in Chester County in 183.5,and the year in which each township adopted the free school law: East Cain, 68, 1830; Schuylkill, 43, 1836; West Bradford, 37,1837; East Fallowfield, 68, 1837; West Cain, 71, 1837; West Nant-meal, 51, 1837; in 1838, AVest Chester 115, Honeybrook 80, EastMarlborough 50, East Whiteland 30, West Marlborough 59, Willis-town 49, West Nottingham 31, West Fallowfield 76, West ^lu-cent 22; in 1839, Goshen 101, Londongrove 21, NeM^ Garden 87,East Nottingham 108, Uwchlan 45, East Nantmeal 126; in 1840,London Britain 22, Coventry 92, Thornbury 9, Tredyffrin 87, EastVincent 36; in 1841, Brandywine 111, Charlestown 48, Londonderry26, Newlin 37,-Upper Oxford 74, Lower Oxford 51, Pennsbury 51,Sadsbury 110, A^est Whiteland io, Birmingham 16, New London
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AND ITS PEOPLE. 409 84, Kennett 45, Penu 45, East Pikeland and West Pikeland 45;in 1843, East Bradford 79, Westtown 31, Easttown 48. From the time of its snccessful (establishment on through theyears public sentiment steadily and even rapidly grew andstrengthened in its favor; and it was further seen, or at leastthought, that the State could afford to aid higher institutionsof learning. In this movement Chester County was not behindother counties in the State. Her representative, William H. Dil-lingham, introduced a bill in the house, as did also ThaddeusStevens of Adams County, making a liberal appropriation forten years to incorporate colleges and academies, that is, such aswere able to comply with certain easy conditions. Chester County was the birthplace of Townsend Haines, whowas secretaiy of the Commonwealth, and Superintendent of Com-mon Schools during the latter portion of the term of GovernorJohnston. As Superintendent of Common Schools Mr. Hainesmade two reports, in which he

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