%eadnotat; ]> 4040grin An Inventory of the Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1765-1971 Finding Aid Prepared by FHL staff Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. 2000 Text converted and initial EAD tagging provided by Apex Data Services, December 2000. ENG Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, 1765-1971 FHL staff Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. ca. 1971 Descriptive Summary Records, 1765-1971 RG 4/040 Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) 17 boxes ; 8.5 linear feet Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081-1399 U.S.A.
For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog. The Grandom Institution was a charity established in 1841 through the will of Hartt Grandom, a Philadelphia Quaker, to provide fuel, clothing, and financial assistance to poor Philadelphians. The collection contains minutes, reports, legal, and financial records, as well as similar records of two affiliated but independent organizations, the Fuel Savings Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, and the Philadelphia Soup House and records pertaining to the William Keinath Fund, an endowment for free fuel.

Repository:

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 BIOGRAPHICAL AND HISTORICAL NOTE

Hartt Grandom (1778-1840), the son of Philadelphia Quaker parents, provided in his will for his considerable estate to be used for a number of charitable purposes, primarily the establishment of a permanent fund “to alleviate the most prudent of the poor (but not the intemperate) in procuring fuel, clothing and other necessaries, which such persons want in winter...” A second provision was made for a society “composed of discreet members” who would dispense financial aid to young men needing assistance in getting started in trade, “and whose parents are unable or unwilling to aid them.” In accordance with this bequest, The Grandom Institution was chartered in 1841 and organized in 1846. The incorporators and the managers were largely members of the Society of Friends.

Additions to the funds of the Institution have been made from time to time by bequest.

In 1926 the Fuel Savings Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia, established in 1821 for distribution of fuel to the poor, became affiliated with The Grandom Institution when the two organizations had the same managers. A further consolidation was effected in 1956 when the Philadelphia Soup House, founded in 1814 as The Society for Supplying the Poor with Soup, remained a separate corporate entity, but its managers had dual membership, also serving as managers of The Grandom Institution.

In 1937 the Fuel Savings Society received a bequest which from that time on was treated separately as The William Keinath Coal Endowment. In 1971 the distribution of fuel and food was turned over to the Philadelphia Board of City Trusts.

 SCOPE AND CONTENT OF THE RECORDS

The collection contains original minutes, financial records, annual reports (typed, printed), deeds, correspondence, etc. Also, bound volumes and folders of miscellaneous papers and two framed documents.

The collection is organized into six series. The series are:

History, Constitution, and By-Laws Legal papers Minute books Annual reports Financial records Miscellaneous

For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog.

 ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

Deposited by The Grandom Institution, 1971

 Provenance

In 1971, distribution of fuel and food was turned over to that Philadelphia Board of City Trusts, and individual managers of the Grandon Institution, Fuel Savings Society, and Philadelphia Soup House no longer had direct responsibility for distribution to the needy. At that time these records were deposited by the Grandom Institution. A few items, source unknown, were added from SG 3.

 Access

Collection is open for research.

 Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to Friends Historical Library All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted in to the Director. Permission for publication is given on behalf Friends Historical Library as the owner of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

 Preferred Citation

[Indicate the cited item or series here], Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) Records, RG 4/040, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

 Processing information

These papers of these three affiliated institutions were processed as a single collection under the title “The Grandom Institution” when they were received in 1971.

 SELECTED SEARCH TERMS

This collection is indexed under the following headings in the catalog of the Friends Historical Library (TRIPOD). Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings:

Charities -- Pennsylvania Quakers -- Pennsylvania Quakers--Charities--Records Quakers--Social services Endowments -- Pennsylvania Food Relief -- Pennsylvania Poor -- Pennsylvania Poor -- Energy assistance Poor -- Services for -- Pennsylvania Soup kitchens -- Pennsylvania Pennsylvania -- Charitable and social work Pennsylvania -- Societies, etc. -- CharitiesPhiladelphia (Pa.) -- Charitable and social workPhiladelphia (Pa.) -- Societies, etc. -- Charities Grandom, Hartt, 1778-1840 Fuel Saving Society of the City and Liberties of Philadelphia Philadelphia Society for Supplying the Poor with Soup Philadelphia Soup House Grandom Institution (Philadelphia, Pa.) William Keinath Fund DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: To request materials, please note both the location and box numbers shown below:

 Ser. 1. History, Constitution, and By-Laws Grandom Institution 1874, 1887, 1880, 1900, 1931 Printed1 Fuel Saving Society 1871 Ms.1 Fuel Saving Society 1875, 1907, 1909 Printed1 Summaries of legal acts, prepared by Harry E. Sprogel 4/7/1961 1 Constitution of Fuel Savings Society 1

Various historical notes, lists, clippings concerning managers: notebook of William Biddle, with supplement by Mary E. Salthouse; some notes on Grandom family records by Dept. of Records of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Arch Street, 2/6/1930)

 Silhouette of Hartt Grandom Framed, 16.5" × 13.5" 3c Ser. 2. Legal Papers Deeds: “Exemplification of a common recovery”3/5/1765 2

Judgement in Court of Common Pleas of Philadelphia County, to Thomas Coombe against David Potts, concerning property on east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia.

David Potts to Andrew Brechel5/20/1766 2

For a lot on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia

Joshua Hardy and wife Mary, of Chester, Joseph Fox, to Andrew Brechel, for a property on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia 5/21/1766 2

For a property of on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia

Abel James and wife Rebecca and John Blakely12/5/1768 2 Supreme Exec. Council of the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania to John Mann8/9/1781 2

For three lots on the north side of Peach St., Philadelphia

Joseph Cowperthwait to John Grandom 8/29/1788 2

For property on the east side of 3rd Street, Philadelphia

 William Folwell and wife Rebecca to David James 4/21/1810 2

For property on east side of 3rd St., between High St. and Church Alley, Philadelphia

 David James to Benjamin Taylor11/5/1823 2

For property on the east side of 3rd Street, between High Street and Church Alley, Philadelphia

John Grandom to Hartt Grandom7/1/1826 2

For properties in Phila., on Sansom St. at 7th St., etc.

Joseph Parker Norris and wife Elizabeth Hill to Benjamin Taylor5/20/1835 2

For property on the north side of an alley, Philadelphia

Documents: Will of Hartt Grandom and letter addressed to his three executors 1833-1834, 1840Copy2 Probate of will 2 Legal opinion concerning will, by Horace Finney 18412 Report to Orphans Court of Philadelphia of auditor of Hartt Grandom's estate 1860Copy2 Statement of Samuel R. Simmons, serving executor, concerning execution of provisions of Hartt Grandom's will 1860Copy2 Act of incorporation, the Grandom Institution 18413 copies 2

Includes Supplement, 1863

 Report to Orphans Court of Philadelphia by auditor of Hartt Grandom's estate 1865Copy2 Report of Special Committee of Board of Managers 4/11/18702

Concerning practical matters of handling their charge: increase in secretary's compensation, rental of an office, etc.

 Document signed by Stephen S. Price and Thomas C. Price concerning purchase of property 1880-1881Copy2 Statement concerning status of Loan Fund 18892 Will of William Keinath 2/3/1898Copy2 Letter from Howard Burtt to J. Henry Scattergood 12/17/19352

Concerning the right of the Board of Managers to invest in equities

 Papers relating to settlement of the estate of Samuel R. Simmons 1855-18652

Final settlement of Hartt Grandom's estate

 Stock certificates and related memoranda 1824-18652 Documents concerning transfer of real estate, and power of attorney 1935-19522