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RG2.B1.F14 - Excerpts
This folder contains various notices, advertisements and descriptions of the Yellow Springs Spa. Col James Bones offers 100 lots for sale in his town of BATH in Yellow Springs. A plot plan is included as well as the names of some of the purchasers. Many copies of advertisements re the Yellow Springs Spa from the Chester County Historical Society are included. They are for lots for sale, sale of the tavern, Mrs. Holman's harvest celebration F...
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RG2.B1.F15 - Advertisements
This folder contains a collection of various advertising pieces for the Yellow Springs Spa. It describes the property, the housing facilities and testimonies to the healing power of the waters. Also included is a large collection of advertisements for various stage lines that will deliver people to the Springs. The coaches are described as well as the routes taken with departure times and costs. The COMET packet boat is also advertised with i...
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RG2.B1.F16 - Advertisements
This folder contains photocopies of various advertising pieces regarding the Yellow Springs Spa. The buildings and grounds are described with notice of additions and improvements. The mineral water is described. Various methods of transportation to the spa are described and advertised and the first mention of the railroad to Phoenixville is mentioned.
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RG2.B1.F24 - Manuscript
This folder contains a piece written about the Yellow Springs Spa for the Chester County Day News. It describes the yellow water used by the Iroquois and Lenape Indians and later the early settlers in America. It tells of Washington's stay here and the establishment of the military hospital. It contains several quotes about the property and the springs.
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RG2.B1.F25 - Newspaper clippings
This series of articles about the Yellow Springs Spa was written by Peter Martin for the Phoenixville newspaper The Daily Republican. Martin describes the early spa telling about the Revolutionary War hospital and then the series of spa owners. He also describes life and activities at the spa listing several who visited and their experiences. Also included is a column by Jack V. Norris giving the history of West Pikeland Township by local res...
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RG2.B1.F26 - Magazine article
This copy of an article written by HYS archivist Carol Shiels Roark details the Yellow Springs Spa from 1722 before the Revolutionary War and details ownership through the Civil War. She provides quotes that describe the beauty of the spot, gives information on the health treatments and entertainment here and the politics of the time. Roark gives a brief history of the spa beginning with Egypt, through Greece and Rome. It appeared in the P...
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RG2.B1.F27 - Journal article
This folder contains the article about the Yellow Springs Spa written by Carol Shiels Roark in 1974 for Pennsylvania Folklife as it appeared in the Picket Post, a journal issued by the Valley Forge Historical Society. Additional materials include photographs of the Rubicam painting of the building of the Revolutionary War Hospital, the Revolutionary War Hospital, the ruins of the hospital, the Inn at Yellow Springs, the gazebo and an interior o...
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RG2.B1.F28 - Excerpts
These sketches of Elizabeth Drinker provide information about this Philadelphia Quaker lady. The Roark piece provides quotes from Drinker about her visit to the Yellow Spring Spa. The Biddle piece provides a biography of Drinker and highlights her life in a prominent Philadelphia family.
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RG2.B1.F29 - Excerpts
This folder contains a collection of photocopied pieces that mention the Yellow Springs Spa. Descriptions are given of the beauty of the landscape plus the qualities of the mineral waters found here. The buildings are described. A dash of romance and imagination give rise to the flowing details of this site. Quotes are from the 1810 Port Folio, Fanny Kemble's book, letters in the Argus of the 1850's, and John Bell's manual of Mineral Springs ...
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RG2.B1.F31 - Magazine articles
"Mineral Springs In the Commonwealth of Pennsylvania: A Field Study" discusses the field work done to locate the spas and springs in Pennsylvania. The Yellow Springs Spa is included. Using the survey, water samples, lab examinations and evaluations, Doctors Kornblueh and Piersol comment on the 29 spas identified over the past 200 years. Tables of these springs are shown and a lengthy reference list provides information for further research. ...
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RG2.B1.F32 - Excerpts
This photocopy of an article in the Chester County Historical Society newsletter tells the story of Colonel James Bones and his efforts in 1814 to develop the town of Bath which is the location of the Yellow Springs Spa. He sold chances in a lottery entitling each subscriber the opportunity to win a lot. The Society has a ticket from this lottery in its collection.
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RG2.B1.F33 - Magazine
This is a copy of PENNSYLVANIA FOLKLIFE, Autumn 1974, which contains an article "Historic Yellow Springs: The Restoration of an American Spa" by Historic Yellow Springs archivist Carol Shiels Roark. She details the Yellow Springs Spa from 1722 before the Revolutionary War and details ownership through the Civil War. She provides quotes that describe the beauty of the spot, gives information on the health treatments and entertainment here and ...
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RG2.B1.F35 - Newspaper article
This is a photocopy of an article describing the court proceedings of Maria R. Olwine vs. William W. Holman whereby Olwine, a daughter of Colonel James Bones is seeking ownership of land that Holman declared belonged to him. This land, where the Yellow Springs Spa was located, had changed hands many times some of which was never recorded. The court favored the defendants.
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RG2.B1.F37 - Journal article
This is a photocopy of an article that appeared in "Philadelphia Medicine" published semimonthly by the Philadelphia County Medical Society. The history of Yellow Springs is given with a segment on the Yellow Springs Spa. The treatment at the spa is described in the words of John Knight who visited the spa in 1847.
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RG2.B1.F4 - Letter
In this letter from George Hartman to Abraham Olwine, Mr. Hartman discusses the Yellow Springs spa property and its conveyance from Col. James Bones to Mr. Olwine. It appears that Col. Bones had sold and disposed of some of the lots but the deeds may not have been recorded. Mr. Hartman thinks it is a "labour in vain" to search for these records, but will do so if Olwine so desires.
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RG2.B2.F1 - Excerpts
This is a photocopy of an article from the Bulletin of the History of Medicine 1942. It discusses the history of spas from Greece to Rome and the recognition of spas in Europe versus spas in America. He describes American spas, similar to the Yellow Springs Spa, dating back to before the Revolutionary War and details the entertainment to be found there. Of peculiar note is the development of the Saratoga Springs in 1935. He sites the lack of...
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RG2.B2.F14 - Journal article
This journal article discusses the baths and watering places of Colonial America from 1669 and the American Indian belief in the curiative powers of the mineral water up to the Revolutionary War. The Boston, Virginia and PA spas are described with detail on costs, plans and layouts, entertainment and living conditions. Out of this period grew a gentry class of wealthy individuals who frequented the various spas. In addition to the mineral wate...
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RG2.B2.F16 - Excerpts
This photocopy from Lady Luxborough Goes to Bath describes taking the waters at Bath in England in 1752.. Lady Luxborough suffered and was ill so consequently visited the spa. The bathing costume is described as is the Pump Room with its musical intertainment. Rules for Bath are listed. The Yellow Springs Spa in America can be said to follow this form without the formality of the English spa.
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RG2.B2.F19 - Excerpts
This photocopied excerpt of the Mineral Springs of the United States and Canada, Chapter 1, describes history o the origins of water cures with the Greeks and moves on to the Romans. Pliny tells of the springs and the bathing taking place. As the Empire spread throughout Europe many spas were formed. Bathing became a chief enjoyment and many spent hours in the water. Glorious marable halls were built, athletic exercises pursued, libraries and...
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RG2.B2.F23 - Magazine articles
This series of newspaper and magazine articles discuss the spas of Europe. Descriptions of Baden-Baden, Spa, Vichy, Carlsbad and Bath are given and illustrate how the Early American settlers fashioned their spas after this Euopean model. The inns and restaurants, the gardens, games of chance, the tea parties can all be seen at the Yellow Springs Spa. A daily schedule of the day at a spa is listed. One could escape the city life and meet old f...
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