1779 QUAKER CHARITY SCHOOL IN YORK 058. [FOTHERGILL, John.] A letter to a friend in the country relative to the intended school, at Ackworth, in Yorkshire. The second edition, with additions. London. Printed and sold by James Phillips. 1779. 64p. + 3 folding plates. Original marbled wrappers. Sewing renewed. Some brown spotting in the early gatherings otherwise a very good copy in the original state. L, Ldhs; MH-Ed (lacking plate), PHC, PPL. ESTC collation calls for one plate only. Ackworth School was founded for the education of the children of poor quakers. The building chosen was the house at Ackworth, formerly the property of the Foundling Hospital. Following the success of the Foundling Hospital at London this building, together with a similar one at Shrewsbury, had been erected, by subscription and at the expense of parliament, for the reception of a large number of destitute children. It was purchased by the Quakers in 1778 for £7,000. The pamphlet contains a short account of other projects nm by the Quakers for the education of the poor including The Friends School and Workhouse at Clerkenwell, in London. As the children at the school came from humble or poor .backgrounds some instruction in trades etc. was to be offered as well as the usual reading writing and arithmetic.