Lower Merion Academy: A Legend in Learning

• The Academy
• Jacob Jones: Devout Quaker
• The Wills
• The 1778 Directive
• The Committee
• Jacob’s Generosity
• State Laws
• Life of Jacob Jones
• The Trust and the Trustees
• Constructing the Academy
• The Plan
• The Academy Teachers
• Joshua Hoopes
• The Academy Opens
• General System of Education
• Union Sunday School
• The Library
• Summary
• Bibliography

Research and Text: Jo Anne Debes, Gerald A. Francis
Design: Dick Jones
Scanner: Sigrid Berkner
© Copyright 1997