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WORK DONE IN THE INSTITUTION IN 1887
from the Annual Report of the Educational Home, 1888


The following transcribed from page 20 of the above document.

Pairs of Shoes Made
389
Pairs of Shoes Repaired
1359
Number of Brooms Made
1841
Number of Whisks Made
216
Number of yards of Carpet woven
175
Amount of Flour used, 380 barrels, making 106,337 pounds of bread; of this the Lincoln Institution received 36,042 pounds, and The Educational Home 70,295 pounds. Ginger cakes, 22,170; Pies, large and small, 1,712.

PRODUCT OF THE FARM

3 tons Hay 33 baskets Cabbage
15 baskets Radishes 125 baskets Corn
25 baskets Peas 155½ baskets Beets
41 baskets Lettuce 56 baskets Spinnach
45 baskets String Beans 35 baskets White Turnips
42½ baskets of Squash 87 baskets Yellow Turnips
28½ baskets Cucumbers 197 baskets White Potatoes
20 baskets Onions 82 baskets Carrots
88 baskets Tomatoes

References

See Thomas Symons Patent table S.3 for an extended deed history of the Ivycroft estate.

and Thomas Symons Patent table S.5 for the Lincoln Institute site details.

See Museum of the American Indian and the Smithsonian Institute for more general information on the Indian Schools.

  1. See references #3 and #6
  2. Chester County deed Q9-315 (date:1883-01-3).
  3. Philadelphia Times, April 13, 1884. For a shortened version of the article in another newspaper report see here.
  4. Montgomery County deed 294-460
  5. Chester County deed T10-116 (1890-07-26).
  6. Newspaper report - Lincoln Institute 21st annual meeting
  7. See 1900 census and ah-nen-la-de-ni's (aka Daniel Le France) autobiography extract. The complete autobiograph can be found at full autobiography
  8. Chester County deed S12-40 (1903-06-24).
  9. See Mrs. Cox's obituary
  10. See Newspaper report - Lincoln Institution's Work, dated 4 February 1907
  11. Chester County deed M15-269 (1919-06-13).
  12. See newspaper report Charity will Resume its Original Purpose
  13. Chester County deed K16-598 (1924-07-11) and Montgomery County deed 926-444
  14. Chester County deed T25-270 (1954-01-15).

Acknowledgements

Roger Thorne provided support and significant documents from his collection. Meg Weiderseim performed newspaper searches.

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