Name/Title
GrumblethorpeEntry/Object ID
2013.5.4.55b-cDescription
Two articles on page 55 of scrapbook 2, "Pictorial Germantown Road and the Vicinity & Some of its Inhabitants. Compiled by George Clarence Johnson. Volume I. East Side."
Article b is "Grumblethorpe Association" by Frances A. Wister. It mentions Arthur C. Emlen, Frances A. Wister, John Wister, Philadelphia Society for the Preservation of Landmarks, Vernon, Thomas Meehan, Charles J. Wister Sr., Lafayette, John Wister. It includes a photograph of Grumblethorpe and a silhouette of Sallie Wister, 1761-1804, with a caption indicating that she was the oldest child of Daniel and Lowry Jones Wister.
Article c is "Memories of Grumblethorpe by Giles A. Stafford. It mentions John Wister, Charles J. Wister, Susanna Spranklin, Firends Burial Ground, Susanna Spranklin 2nd, John Stafford, Wyck, Lafayette, Bringhurst School, Wister School, James Agnew, Biard family, Augustus Biard, William Wynne Wister, Alexander W. Wister Sr.Collection
GHS Scrapbook Collection
