Four schools reported by committee
The conditions presented in the report of the second month remained the same, save that the school between Kennett, New Garden, and Bradford was reported “discontinued” in the sixth month, 1781.[608] Later in that year, the old committee was released and a new list of men, Thomas Baldwin, Joel Harlan, Thomas Sugar, Nathan Cooper, Benjamin Hanley, John Hoopes, Thomas Fisher, Griffith Mendenhall, Samuel Fisher, and George Harrison constituted a “standing committee.”[609] In 1782 four schools were reported;[610] in 1783, several schools not entirely agreeable to the desires expressed in the Yearly Meeting’s Advices;[611] in 1784, three are reported in the verge of Bradford Particular Meeting, mostly under the direction of Friends, but “none at either of the Calns” (East or West).[612] Subsequent reports show that the cessation of the schools at Caln was only temporary. The presentation of this very brief span of their history may be closed with an abbreviated statement of a committee report made in 1792.[613]
Report of 1792
1. We visited four schools in our verge, one more left, making five.
2. The fifth is likely to be discontinued soon.
3. Number
- one near Bradford Meeting House (in care of Friends).
- one in East Bradford (part Friends and part not).
- one in East Caln (the masters not members of Friends, but willing to be under their direction).
4. The committee was released on request.
Uwchlan
Education of Negroes mentioned in 1765