The Poquessing Trail of History will present What was Purvis Reading? The Books of a Great Abolitionist on Saturday, Nov. 15, from 1-5 p.m. at Byberry Friends Meeting, 3001 Byberry Road.
The Poquessing Trail of History is an initiative of the Preservation Alliance for Greater Philadelphia.
Jack McCarthy is program director and will be one of the guest speakers, while Aislinn Pentecost-Farren is project coordinator.
Robert Purvis was a member of the Byberry Library Company, whose book collection is still preserved at Byberry Meeting and whose circulation records are at the Friends Historical Library at Swarthmore.
Purvis checked out about 100 books in the 1850s and 1860s and the Poquessing Trail of History will be displaying the actual books that Purvis read.
Admission and parking are free, and there will be light refreshments.
Register at https://preservationalliance.com/all_events/what-was-purvis-reading/
For more information, contact Jack McCarthy at [email protected] or 610-639-2164 or visit poquessingtrailofhistory.org. ••
