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Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn
African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township).
"This picture was taken after the Civil War by W.B. Powell." - Alexander Scott
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), La Mott (Pa.) -- History., African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
"This drawing was made during the Civil War depicting troops at Camp William Penn." - Alexander Scott
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township).
"A Civil War lithograph showing the barracks of Camp William Penn." - Alexander Scott
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township).
"Sketch showing location of barracks and other facilities used by the troops." - Alexander Scott
William Penn House
William Penn House
Education -- Pennsylvania -- History., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- History., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township).
"It has not been determined why this house is called the Penn House. It is known that is was briefly used as a Cheltenham School. After the Middle School closed and before the first Shoemaker School opened in 1860 this building was the school." - Alexander Scott
Camp William Penn Recruiting Poster
Camp William Penn Recruiting Poster
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), La Mott (Pa.) -- History., African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
"One of the Civil War posters used to recruit colored troops to be trained at Camp William Penn." - Alexander Scott
Camp William Penn Stone Marker
Camp William Penn Stone Marker
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), Historical markers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., African American soldiers -- Pennsylvania -- History -- 19th century.
"It was erected in 1943 by the Allied Veterans Association of Pennsylvania. Camp William Penn was the first camp established for colored troops under the act of July 17, 1862. Between 1863 and 1865 10,940 men were trained and in combat they suffered 1,056 casualties. The 22nd Regiment, one of eleven trained at Camp William Penn, was the first Union regiment sent into Richmond and it escorted President Lincoln's body back to Springfield." - Alexander Scott
General Louis Wagner
General Louis Wagner
Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Generals -- United States -- Biography., Bankers -- United States -- Biography., Wagner, Louis, 1838-1914.
"He was born in Germany on August 4, 1838 and came to Philadelphia when he was ten years old. At the outbreak of the Civil War he enlisted in the eighty-eighth Pennsylvania Volunteers as a first lieutenant. His promotion was rapid and by the close of the war he was raised to the rank of major-general. He participated in the battles of Cedar Mountain, Rappahannock River, Rappahannock Station, Thoroughfare Gap, Groveton-Gainesville and the Second Battle of Bull Run. It was here he received a wound that caused permanent disability. Despite this he returned to fight in the Chancellorsville campaign. It was too much and he was relieved of further of further field duty. Instead of taking a discharge he requested to be placed in command of Camp William Penn. His troublesome wound often made it impossible to walk and he had himself lifted in to the saddle to drill the new recruits. After the war he was active in the G.A.R. and served as commander-in-chief of the Grand Army of the Republic. Wagner Junior High School in Philadelphia was named in his honor. Some of his descendants are still living in Cheltenham Township." - Alexander Scott
Lucretia Mott
Lucretia Mott
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography., Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Camp William Penn (La Mott, Pa.), Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography., Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography., Suffragists -- United States -- Biography.
"Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 on Nantucket Island. The family came to Philadelphia where she met and later married James Mott. In 1857 they moved to 'Roadside' on Old York Road where Latham Park is now situated. She was best known as an Abolitionist and Suffragist. In 1833 she assisted in the formation of the American Anti-Slavery Convention and after moving to Cheltenham her house was a station in the underground railroad. When Camp William Penn was built, only a few hundred yards from her house, she became a regular visitor to the training camp where she assisted in the chaplain work among black troops." - Alexander Scott
Toby Leech's House
Toby Leech's House
Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- History., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township)., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography.
"This picture shows it being demolished about 1925. The part already demolished contained the ovens in which Toby Leech baked sea biscuits for William Penn." - Alexander Scott
Isaac Mather's House
Isaac Mather's House
Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township)., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- History., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography.
"This house was built on the extreme eastern end of the Mather tract (originally purchased by John Russell) by Isaac Mather in 1806. This was the last part of the William Penn grant of 300 acres to remain in the possession of the Mather family. This picture was taken prior to the widening of Washington Lane in the 1950's." - Alexander Scott
John Russell's House
John Russell's House
Widener, P. A. B. (Peter Arrell Brown), 1834-1915., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- History., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township).
"After John Russell received his land grant from William Penn, he built this house on Washington Lane between what is now Cheltenham Avenue and Ashbourne Road. After his death, six generations of Mathers lived there until Peter Widener, its last owner, used it as part of his farm then had it torn down." - Alexander Scott
Kriegsheim, Germany
Kriegsheim, Germany
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- History., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography., Penn, William, 1644-1718., Society of Friends.
"It is from this town that Sarah Shoemaker came to Cheltenham in 1686 with her seven children. Her husband, George, had died during the voyage to America. Many of the people in this small village became Quakers as a result of the visit by William Penn and George Rolfe in 1657. From William Penn's record of his travels in Germany it is noted that on August 22, 1677, he left Frankfort on his way to Kriegsheim. The magistrate of the village attempted to prevent him from preaching but Penn did hold a meeting." - Alexander Scott
Lucretia Mott State Marker
Lucretia Mott State Marker
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township)., Suffragists -- United States -- Biography., Abolitionists -- United States -- Biography., Historical markers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography.
"Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 on Nantucket Island. The family came to Philadelphia where she met and later married James Mott. In 1857 they moved to 'Roadside' on Old York Road where Latham Park is now situated. She was best known as an Abolitionist and Suffragist. In 1833 she assisted in the formation of the American Anti-Slavery Convention and after moving to Cheltenham her house was a station in the underground railroad. When Camp William Penn was built, only a few hundred yards from her house, she became a regular visitor to the training camp where she assisted in the chaplain work among black troops." - Alexander Scott
Lucretia Mott State Marker
Lucretia Mott State Marker
Quakers -- Pennsylvania -- Biography., La Mott (Pa.) -- History., Mott, Lucretia, 1793-1880., Historic buildings -- Pennsylvania -- Cheltenham (Township)., Suffragists -- United States -- Biography., Abolitionists -- United States--Biography., Historical markers -- Pennsylvania -- Montgomery County., Cheltenham (Pa. : Township) -- Biography.
Lucretia Coffin Mott was born on January 3, 1793 on Nantucket Island. The family came to Philadelphia where she met and later married James Mott. In 1857 they moved to 'Roadside' on Old York Road where Latham Park is now situated. She was best known as an Abolitionist and Suffragist. In 1833 she assisted in the formation of the American Anti-Slavery Convention and after moving to Cheltenham her house was a station in the underground railroad. When Camp William Penn was built, only a few hundred yards from her house, she became a regular visitor to the training camp where she assisted in the chaplain work among black troops." - Alexander Scott