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RG2.B1.F11 - Journal entry
This folder contains journal entries by J. Warner Erwin regarding his trip to the Yellow Springs Spa July 2-4, 1853. He left Philadelphia from West Chester, had dinner and then proceeded to Yellow Springs. He says that he is pleased with the appearance of the spa, found the land lady pleasant and enjoyed a good supper. This primary source materail describes dancing in the hall, a visit to Prospect Hill and his two cold plunge baths in the spri...
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RG2.B1.F13 - Excerpts
This folder contains various advertisements and descriptions of the Yellow Springs Spa. An original piece is from PORT FOLIO, July 1810 and gives a description of the spa. It is an elegant and romantic dialogue comparing the spa to the charms of magic or enchantment. It includes the notice by James Bones of his acquisition of the Yellow Springs Spa with notice of sale from Thomas Ruston Kennedy in 1806. Robert Sutcliff mentions his bathing an...
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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.F18 - Advertisements
This folder contains photocopies of newspaper clippings advertising the Yellow Springs Spa and transportation to it. It also has listings of a sheriff's sale in 1864. An excerpt from Moorman's Mineral Springs of North America 1873 is included along with notices of parties of private families in Chester Springs.
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RG2.B1.F23 - Excerpts
This excerpt is taken from the original and describes the Yellow Springs Spa. It details special visitors, the descriptions of the various springs, and how people were tranported here. He uses quotes from the PORT FOLIO and other publications.
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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.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.F30 - Newspaper article
This folder contains biographical information on two visitors to the Yellow Springs Spa. They include the singer Jenny Lind and the actress Fanny Kemble.
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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.F34 - Biography
This folder contains the information from the John Knight Papers from Duke University that detail his life as a young man, merchant, land speculator, plantation builder and investor. His family history and that of his wife Frances' family are also given. Knight, in poor health most of his life, spent much time traveling the workd in search of cures. He visited the Yellow Springs Spa for the water cure.
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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.F39 - Excerpts
These pages are excerpted from the biography: Fanny Kemble: A Performed Life. They detail her visit to the Yellow Springs Spa when her husband sent her and the children here to excape the extreme heat in Philadelphia. It outlines her behavior here and gives a description of the spa landscape and amenities. The book is by Deirdre David written in 2007 and published by the University of Pennsylvania Press.
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