Atkinson Family, The - Maple Glen, PA
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Don.Morfe
N 40° 09.707 W 075° 11.247
18T E 484037 N 4445731
Abolitionists Thomas and Hannah Atkinson and other members of Upper Dublin Friends Meeting conducted an Underground Railroad station at the farm next door.
Waymark Code: WM12BHN
Location: Pennsylvania, United States
Date Posted: 04/20/2020
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Atkinson Family, The-Abolitionists Thomas and Hannah Atkinson and other members of Upper Dublin Friends Meeting conducted an Underground Railroad station at the farm next door. Individuals who escaped slavery are buried in the meetinghouse cemetery. Son Wilmer created the award-winning Farm Journal magazine in 1877. Circulated nationally, it has been a primary source of practical information for farm families and has promoted agricultural innovation and advocacy for farmers.
Address:
at Upper Dublin Friends Meeting, 1506 Ft. Washington Ave. near Meetinghouse Rd., Maple Glen
Maple Glen, PA USA
19002
Site Details: None
Open to the public?: Private
Name of organization who placed the marker: Pennsylvania Historical Commission
Web site: Not listed
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