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In addition to receiving funds from the State (when it was a Soldiers' Orphans school) and the Federal Government (when it was an Indian school) the Lincoln Institution received many donations and material gifts from local individuals and organizations. These donations and gifts are listed in the annual reports. This document discusses the donations which were structured as annual scholarships or endowments.
In 1870 Mary McHenry Cox initiated the scholarship scheme for the Lincoln Institution by collecting together donations from her church, Holy Trinity. This scholarship scheme swiftly spread to other Episcopalian churches in the central Philadelphia area. The scholarship information has been extracted from the annual reports of the Lincoln Institute and the Educational Home. For some years, the Lincoln Institution annual report lists the schloraships but not the scholars, while the Educational Home report lists the scholars.
No special treatments for those with a scholarship have been found. The money donated went directly into the Instiution bank accounts.
The donations can be categorized into 3 groups:
- From Episcopalian churches
- From Episcopalian church leaders
- From individuals and non-church organizations
A scholarship was funded by a donation of $150 or more to the Lincoln Institution, or a donation $100 or more to the Educational Home, and later an endowment was funded by a donation of $2,000. In some years some scholarships were not totally funded, but the scholarships continued.
Note: annual reports were published by both the Lincoln Institution and Educational Home (a separate charity) and no reports have not been found for a number of years the Lincoln Institute operated, in particular 1889 to 1893, and 1899 to 1909.
The following graph shows the number of scholarships over the lifetime of the Institution. The red bars mark the years where annual reports have been found. Some of the reports do not list information on the scholarships.
The number of scholarships in the 1870s was stable. In 1880 there was a complaint by some of the boys about the corporal punishment at the Institution and a newspaper exposé. The 1881 annual report did not list the students or scholarship. Among the responses to the complaint was a campaign to increase the number of scholarships. The Institution also decided to reduce the nunber of older boys and that initiative together with the change to become an Indian school caused a rapid reduction in the number of orphans and also the number of scholarships. No Indians were ever named to a scholarship.
Some of the scholarships continued into the 1890s. In the 1910s a number of endowments continued.
Church Scholarships
| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student |
Dates |
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| Church of the Incarnation |
Rev. Joseph T. Newlin (1874) |
Elmer Herbert Butler (1874) |
1874 |
| Epiphany |
Miss McHenry (1873), Mrs. Wm. Henry Trotter (1874 - 1875) |
James McFall (1871) |
1871 - 1880 |
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Thomas McFall (1872 - 1873) |
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Edward Boswell (1874 - 1878) |
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Edward Krimmell (1879 - 1880) |
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| Holy Trinity |
Miss McHenry (1870 - 1879) |
unnamed (1870) |
1870 - 1885 |
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Issac Simms (1871) |
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Mrs. T. R. Tunis (1880, 1884) |
John Francis (1872 - 1880) |
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William H. Massey (1881 - 1886) |
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| Memorial Chapel of Holy Trinity |
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George Glass (1881) |
1881 - 1885 |
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Wesley Kurtz (1884 - 1886) |
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| Missionary |
Miss Trotter (1873) |
Hugh Roy Toomey (1871 - 1874) |
1871 - 1880 |
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Harold Harris Hamilton (1875 - 1880) |
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| St. James' |
Miss Trotter (1873), Miss S. W. Fisher (1874 - 1880, 1884, 1886, 1887) |
John Hill (1871 - 1876) |
1871 - 1894 |
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Samuel Fisher (1887 - 1880) |
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William McKowen (1881 - 1886) |
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Howard Cox (1887) |
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Miss Rebecca Coxe (1886), Mrs. John Drexel (1887), Mr. Henry W. Wilson (1893, 1894) |
unnamed (1886 - 1894) |
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| St. Luke's |
Mrs. R. T. Jones (1874), Miss Clara Roberts (1875 - 1876), Mrs. N. Frazier jr. (1878 - 1880) |
David Berry (1871 - 1880) |
1871 - 1886 |
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William McIlwain (1881 - 1884) |
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Mrs. John W. Pepper |
unnamed (1885 - 1886) |
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| St Mark's |
Mrs. J. E. Thompson and Mrs. Lowber (1873), Mrs. Henry G. Clay (1874 - 1879) |
Samuel Ritchie (1872 - 1877) |
1872 - 1885 |
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Henry Hurst (1878 - 1880) |
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| (at Lincoln Institution) |
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W. J. Johnson (1881 - 1884) |
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| (at Lincoln Institution) |
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James A. Gillen (1885 - 1886) |
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| St. Stephen's |
Mrs. J Dundas Lippincott (1873 - 1880, 1886. 1887) |
Joseph Brown (1872) |
1872 - 1894 |
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William Rapp (1873 - 1879) |
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David Stiles (1880) |
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Miss Magee (1893, 1894) |
unnamed (1884 - 1894) |
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Church Leaders
| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship Dates |
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| Rev. A. C. Abrams |
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Joseph E. Wilson (1881 - 1884) |
1881 - 1884 |
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Frank Baird (1884) |
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| Bishop M. A. D. W. Howe, First Bishop of Central Pennsylvania, 1871 - 1891 wikipedia |
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Henry C. Russell (1871) |
1871 - 1880 |
| died 1895 |
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George B. Ryan (1875) |
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Aldoph Lambert (1876) |
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Charles Hurst |
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Charles Stone (1877 - 1879) |
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| Rt. Rev. T. A. Jaggar, Rector of Holy Trinity church, 1870 - 1875; later Bishop of southern Ohio; died 1912; wikipedia |
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Charles E. Packer (1881 - 1885) |
1881 - 1887 |
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Robert McCormick (1886) |
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Frederick Whitely (1887) |
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| Rev. Henry J. Morton, Rector of St. James' church, Philadelphia, 1837 - 1887, died 1890 |
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Charles J. Peterson |
1881 - 1894 |
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Ed. Carey (1886) |
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John Slider (1887) |
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Miss Rebecca Coxe (1886), Mrs. John Drexel (1887), Mr. Henry W. Wilson (1893, 1894) |
unnamed |
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| Alonzo Potter, third Episcopalian Bishop of Philadelphia (1845 - 1865), wikipedia |
Miss Israel (1874) |
Harold Hamilton (1874) |
1874 |
| Rt. Rev. William B. Stevens, fourth Episcopalian Bishop of Philadelphia (1865 - 1887) wikipedia |
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Henry Miller (1881 - 1885) |
1881 - 1887 |
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William Neary (1886) |
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William McIlwain (1887) |
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Individual Scholarships
| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship Dates |
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| unnamed |
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William Brown (1881) |
1881 |
| unnamed |
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Franklin Hill Detroit (1881) |
1881 |
| John Bohlen |
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Thomas Neary (1881) |
1881 - 1887 |
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Levi Slider (1884 - 1886) |
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Raymond Harper (1887) |
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| Burnam, Parry & Williams |
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John Cox Massey (1881, 1884 - 1885) |
1881 - 1885 |
| Lemuel Coffin |
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Washington Garner (1881) |
1881 - 1886 |
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Thomas McCormick (1884 - 1886) |
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| Samuel V. Cope |
Miss Laura T. Merrick (1874) |
John Gordon Armstrong (1874) |
1874 - 1887 |
| died 1871, aged 13. |
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Alfred McKnight (1881, 1884) |
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| death certificate |
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Frank Atkins (1885 - 1886) |
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Robert McCormick (1887) |
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| Arthur Dick |
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Robert M. Packer (1874) |
1874 - 1886 |
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Henry Redrup (1881) |
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Edward Werner (1884) |
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James B. Carson (1885 - 1886) |
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| Franklin A. Dick |
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George A. Krimmel (1881) |
1881 - 1887 |
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Andrew Heath (1884) |
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William Massey (1885 - 1886) |
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William McCuen (1887) |
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| Otis K. Dick |
Mrs. F. A. Dick (1874) |
Victor Hamilton (1874) |
1874 - 1885 |
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William Perrine (1881, 1884) |
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John White (1885) |
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| F. A. Drexel jr. |
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William Brown (1881) |
1881 - 1887 |
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Robert Krewson (1884 - 1885) |
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Elmer Sewell (1886) |
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Frank Seeds (1887) |
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| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship Dates |
| James C. Fisher jr. |
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John Francis Brandwith (1874) |
1874 - 1886 |
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Bernard Wreith (1881) |
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John A. White (1884) |
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Elmer Sewell (1885 - 1886) |
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| Thomas Gordon |
Miss Mary H. Trotter (1874) |
Charles Lawrence (1874) |
1874 |
| Susan Gorgas No. 1 |
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William S. Pierie (1881, 1884 - 1885) |
1881 - 1885 |
| Susan Gorgas No. 2 |
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George G. Pierie (1881, 1884 - 1885) |
1881 - 1885 |
| Susan Gorgas No. 3 |
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Harry Pope (1881, 1884 - 1886) |
1881 - 1886 |
| Mrs. J. C. Harris |
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William Prince (1884 - 1886) |
1884 - 1886 |
| Marshall Hill, jr. |
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Robinson Perrine (1881) |
1881 |
| Miss Hutchinson |
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William J. Fisher (1881) |
1881 |
| Mrs. George T. Lewis |
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William Lewis Carson (1884 - 1887) |
1884 - 1887 |
| Henry Lewis |
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William Neary
William Neary (1881, 1884 - 1885) |
1881 - 1887 |
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Raymond Harper (1886) |
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Edward Carey (1887) |
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| S. Draper Lewis |
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Charles Johnston (1874) |
1874 - 1886 |
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Henry B. Smith (1881) |
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Charles Auchuff (1884) |
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James Carrigan (1885 - 1886) |
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| Charles E. Lex |
Miss Borroughs (1873), Miss McHenry (1874) |
Edward Armstrong (1873 - 1874) |
1873 - 1874 |
| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship Dates |
| Mrs. J. D. Lippincott No. 1 |
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John McCormack (1884 - 1885) |
1884 - 1885 |
| Mrs. J. D. Lippincott No. 2 |
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Arthur McCormack (1884 - 1885) |
1884 - 1885 |
| General Lyon |
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Charles Lawrence (1881) |
1881 - 1884 |
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James A. Gillen (1884) |
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| Mary McHenry |
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Ottive Lambert (1871) |
1871 - 1887 |
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Thomas Bradley (1872 - 1873) |
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Thomas Collins (1874) |
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Edward Armstrong (1875) |
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John Hodge (1876 - 1878) |
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George Vincent (1879) |
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Samuel Williamson (1880) |
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Jeremiah Jago (1881) |
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John Slider (1884) |
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John McElby (1885) |
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Frank Seeds (1886) |
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Richard Kelly (1887) |
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| William Madely |
Miss C. C. Biddle's Bible Class (1874) |
Robert Meeks (1874) |
1874 |
| Maginnis |
Mrs. White, Mrs. S. E. Cook, Miss Israel, Miss Key (all 1871) |
John Maginnis (1871) |
1871 - 1874 |
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unnamed (1874) |
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| General George G. Meade (EH) |
Mrs. F. A. Dick (1874) |
Hugh Livingstone (1873) |
1873 - 1886 |
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Henry Mason Bumpus (1874) |
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Tobias W. McClelland (1881) |
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Charles Slider (1884 - 1886) |
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| General George G. Meade (LI) |
Miss Israel (1873, 1875 - 1880) |
T. Townsend (1874) |
1874 - 1880 |
| (wikipedia) |
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William Collins (1875 - 1878) |
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William Watt (1879 - 1880) |
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| J. Hartley Merrick |
Mrs. S. V. Merrick (1874) |
John Marshall (1874) |
1874 - 1887 |
| died 1874 |
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Howard Noble (1881) |
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George E. Atkins (1884) |
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William Carson (1885 - 1886) |
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James Carrigan (1887) |
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| Lucy W. Merrick |
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Edward B. Williamson (1881) |
1881 - 1887 |
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William H. Patterson (1884 - 1886) |
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Thomas McCormick (1887) |
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| Samuel V. Merrick, died 1870 |
Miss Laura T. Merrick (1874) |
H. R. Hurst (1874) |
1874 - 1887 |
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Samuel Williamson (1881) |
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Franklin Hill Detroit (1884) |
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Charles Rumford (1885 - 1886) |
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Walter B. Banks (1887) |
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| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship dates |
| Willie Fitch Merrick |
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Walter Atkins (1881, 1884 - 1887) |
1881 - 1887 |
| William Penn |
Miss Mary H, Trotter (1874), |
Robert Ernest McCormick (1874, 1881) |
1874 - 1887 |
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Ellwood Fink (1884) |
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Mary McHenry Cox (1886, 1887) |
unnamed (1886 - 1887) |
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| Clifford S. Phillips |
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Richard Wood (1874) |
1874 - 1886 |
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Edward G. Whitehouse (1881) |
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Howard Cox (1884 - 1886) |
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| Thomas H. Powers |
Mrs. J. Campbell Harris (1880) |
William Krewson (1880) |
1880 |
| S. Emlen Randolph |
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George E. Atkins (1881) |
1881 - 1887 |
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John S. DuBois (1884) |
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Bernard Writt (1885) |
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Walter B. Banks (1886) |
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William Massey (1887) |
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| Algernon S. Roberts |
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John Elvy (1881) |
1881 - 1894 |
| died 1896; obituary |
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John McElby (1884) |
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John Slider (1885 - 1886) |
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Elmer Sewell (1887) |
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Mary McHenry Cox |
unnamed (1893 - 1894) |
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| G. Theo. Roberts obituary |
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Edward Boswell (1881) |
1881 - 1886 |
| died 1921 |
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James Carrigan (1884 - 1886) |
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| Lulie W. Stone |
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Charles E. Packer (1874) |
1874 - 1886 |
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Walter Cox (1881) |
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John M. Gillen (1884 - 1886) |
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| Scholarship Name |
Facilitator |
Student & dates |
Scholarship dates |
| Thomas A. Trotter |
Miss McHenry (1874 to 1887) |
Robert W. Powers (1874) |
1874 - 1894 |
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Robert A. Jaggers (1881) |
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Richard Kelly (1884 - 1886) |
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William S. Patterson (1887) |
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unnamed (1894) |
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| West Chester |
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Samuel Talge (1874) |
1874 - 1885 |
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Henry Woodward (1881) |
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John Cox Massey (1884) |
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Frank Seeds (1885) |
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| Prof. J. P. Wickersham |
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George Hansel (1881, 1884) |
1881 -1884 |
| Heinrich Wiener |
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Geo. Washington Flue (1881) |
1881 |
| I. V. Williamson |
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Edward Charles Hill (1871 - 1875) |
1871 - 1887 |
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Herman Ashendorf (1876 - 1877) |
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Joseph Cooper (1878) |
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John C. Calhoun (1879 - 1880) |
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Joseph McGilvery (1881) |
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Frank Gold (1884) |
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George Hansel (1885) |
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John Cox Massey (1886) |
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George Carson (1887) |
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| J. Finley Williamson |
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Charles Franklin Bumpus (1874) |
1874 - 1884 |
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Frank Atkins (1881, 1884) |
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| M. A. Williamson |
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Edward Helmick (1871) |
1871 - 1880 |
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James Porter (1872 - 1874) |
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Charles Schultz (1875) |
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Charles Taylor (1876 - 1878) |
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Charles Williamson (1879 - 1880) |
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Donations for the Lincoln Institution white, Protestant boy's orphanage
| Scholarship Name | Student |
Dates |
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| John Bohlen | William Hellings |
1910 - 1911, 1914 |
| died 1874 |
Hyland Sheppard |
1913 |
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William Bolterman |
1916 - 1917 |
| Samuel V. Cope | Burton Bristow |
1910 - 1911, 1914 |
| died 1871, aged 13. |
Walter Krebs |
1913, 1916 |
| death certificate | Robert Frazer |
1917 |
| Hartley Merrick | James Farrell |
1910 - 1911, 1913 - 1914 |
| | James Fawnes |
1916 - 1917 |
| Samuel V. Merrick (wikipedia) |
W. John Bryant |
1910 - 1911, 1913 - 1914 |
| died 1870 |
William Hunter |
1916 - 1917 |
| Lucy V. Merrick | Robert Ritchie |
1910 - 1911, 1914 |
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Andrew Rhodes |
1913 |
| | Frank Thomas |
1916 |
| | Thomas Wiseman |
1917 |
| George S. Pepper |
no names |
1912, 1916 |
| I. V. Williamson (wikipedia) |
Eric Staark |
1910 - 1911, 1913 - 1914 |
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no names |
1912 |
| died 1889 |
Eugene Burd |
1916 - 1917 |
| Mrs. John Bellangee Cox | Eric Dolan |
1910 - 1911, 1914 |
| aka Mary McHenry Cox, died 1906 |
George Greenwood |
1913 |
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George Berlinghoff |
1916 - 1917 |
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