Charles F. Jenkins (Quaker)
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Charles Francis Jenkins (17 December 1865 – 1951) was an American Quaker and historian.
Early life
[edit]Jenkins was born in Norristown, Pennsylvania, on 17 December 1865. He lived in Wilmington, Delaware, and West Chester, Pennsylvania, where he completed his basic education. He did not attend college.[1]
Career
[edit]Jenkins's early career was at the Farm Journal, which had been founded by his uncle Wilmer Atkinson.[1]
He was a member and president of the Buck Hill Falls Company for fifty years, and a member and president of the Board of Managers of Swarthmore College for forty years.[1]
Jenkins was elected to the American Philosophical Society in 1944.[2]
He was a noted horticulturist who collected hemlocks and created the Hemlock Arboretum at his home in Germantown and campaigned to have the plant selected as the state tree of Pennsylvania.[1]
Death and legacy
[edit]Jenkins died in 1951.[1]
Selected publications
[edit]- Quaker Poems; A Collection of Verse Relating to the Society of Friends. John C. Winston, Philadelphia, 1893.
- The Guide Book to Historic Germantown. Germantown, 1902.
- Washington in Germantown; Being an account of the various visits of the commander-in-chief and first president to Germantown, Pennsylvania. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1905.
- Jefferson's Germantown Letters, Together with other papers relating to his stay in Germantown during the month of November, 1793. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1906.
- Lafayette's visit to Germantown, July 20, 1825. William J. Campbell, Philadelphia, 1911.
- Tortola: A Quaker Experiment of Long Ago in the Tropics. 1923.
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Charles Francis Jenkins 1865-1951" by Frank Aydelotte, Pennsylvania Magazine of History and Biography, Vol.75, No. 4 (January 1951), pp. 365-367.
- ^ "APS Member History". search.amphilsoc.org. Retrieved 2023-04-07.
External Links
[edit]- The Charles F. (Charles Francis) Jenkins Papers held at Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
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