Revolution to Civil War (1800-1870)

Article #3 - Oration of the Leaf

 

 

                        Oration of the Leaf

 

Though I’m but a simple leaflet,

            On the very lowest bough,

Yet my days are swiftly ebbing,

            So I’ll tell about them now,

 

If you’ll call it not presuming,

            In one so small as I,

While there’s larger, and there’s brighter, ones

            Much nearer to the sky.

Article #2 - Study of science or litrature (sic)?

 

Which is the most useful the study of science or litrature [sic], I think that science is the most useful, for if we have not science we cannot very easily obtain litrature and we should take particular care of it when we have it and try to improve ourselves in reading and all the other useful studies, and many useful and good studies will come to us from a higher power than

man or script                (signed)            A

 

Article #1 - Thoughts on writing essays.

 

The evolution of the Barnard House

The earliest part of the structure is thought to have been constructed by Amos Harry between 1803 and 1823. Facing the front of the building, quoins (patterned corner stones) can be observed on the left edge of the building as well as to the left edge of the right hand entry door. This was the width of the core of the original house. It would have been a three bay, two and one half story structure with a single entry door at the right corner of the first floor.

Barnard House connection to 2 U.S. Presidents

Barnard House connection to 2 U.S. Presidents

Longwood Progressive Meeting delegation met with President Lincoln - 1862

ON SEPTEMBER 22, 1862 A PROCLAMATION WAS ISSUED BY PRES. LINCOLN .......... MEETING WITH LONGWOOD GROUP JUNE 1862
Thomas Garrett meeting with Pres. Abraham Lincoln

Aiding Harriet Shephard to freedom- 1855

Harriet Shephard & 10 Others 1855 Path to Freedom brought them to Barnard Station, home of Eusebius & Sarah Barnard

Page from William Still's “The Underground Railroad Records”

Covered bridges in 19th century Pocopson Township

  Between 1807 and 1899 there were 98 documented covered bridges in Chester County, Pennsylvania. Five of these were located, at least partly, in Pocopson Township as they were shared with neighboring townships. These bridges were built over streams that provided power to nearby mills supporting the local residents. Bridges were often constructed at natural fords (shallow crossings) but were elevated to withstand the dangers of floods.

Lindencrest School

Reading, Writing, and Ciphering: A History of Miss Jennie’s School

By Anna L. Baker

Lindencrest School

The school students pictured attended Lindencrest, the private school run by Jennie Darlington on the Darlington farm on the southwest corner of Street Road and Pocopson Road at Pocopson. The photo was taken about 1908.

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