Ty-Nia Dorsey
Travel Writer’s Account at the Stenton Mansion
Room 208 and I saw a lot of things. We saw treasure boxes, They had beautiful beads and I learned some cool facts. I learned that back then they didn’t have an bathrooms so they had to use outhouses (privy).
I learned that people had to use feathers for pens. I learned that they called a dining room a “parlor.” It was fancy. I learned that they dug silverware up to use.
Back in the day when it was cold, they used to put a warmer over the fireplace to get warm. Then they put it under the bed, it felt warm. I saw beautiful beads and artwork. They didn’t have much light. People put candles in holders in front of mirrors. The room had more light.
Victor Rodriguez
Travel Writer’s Account
My dad, the class and the teacher, Mrs. Kauffman went to James Logan’s house, Stenton. I liked the room with the yellow bed. We got to run in the yard. We learned about the Walking Purchase. The boys had to walk and the girls ran. Then we switched. Then the boys went fast and very far. When we went inside James Logan’s house it was exciting. We wrote about it. After that we went back to school on the bus. Everything was great! We all told Mrs. Kauffman “thank you” for letting us go on the trip.
Ceara Velasquez
Travel Writer’s account
On October 20, 2006 my class went on a trip to Stenton House and I learned a little something. I saw a leather blacksmith’s apron. When people made tools the apron protected them from the fire so their bodies didn’t get burned. Do you know what a big wagon was used for? It was used to carry things and people to different places. Do you know the kind of jobs servants had to do back in the days? There were jobs such as raking the leaves in the front yard, carrying water in buckets, and gathering the wood. When it was back in the days, there weren’t any electric lights. People put a candle in front of a mirror and the light would be reflected onto them. Back in the days, there were places where you could eat, write, and just talk like we do now. Only back in the days, they used to be lucky enough to keep diaries and letters. We learn about what happened from what people wrote in them.
Dahsia Moore
History Hunters trip
What I learned on the Stenton trip was this…People wrote with feathers, the people made a decoration out of shells. Then the old stinky trash they had they threw it into the fire. The “show-off” box is made of seashells. In James Logan’s house you used sand to make glass. Someone told us that some the glasses are 300 years old. There were no lights in there so they gave candles to people. The people had to put the candles in the mirror so the light can reflect. The writing they had was fancy. Children had to curtsy or bow if they wanted to talk. The bed fabric was more than 1,000 dollars. Another thing I learned is the story about Dinah. She worked for the Logans. She saved their home from burning.
Carmen Uqdah
Stenton House
Stenton House was owned by James Logan. He was a great man. He was a teacher and the secretary or agent for William Penn. I learned that people had to do a lot of things by hand. There weren’t stores like JC Penny or Kmart. People had to go outdoors to an outhouse. I learned that James Logan’s grandson, George Logan and his wife, Deborah lived at Stenton. Deborah wrote notes in her diaries. Stenton is a huge house. It was fun to go to Stenton with my class.
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Karyn Wood
“A Donation”
At the Stenton Mansion I put a quarter in the donation box. I put my money in there because they are trying to keep up the house. It costs a lot of money. I like helping. It makes me feel happy inside. It makes me proud of myself and it gives me something to tell. Most people wouldn’t have done that. Stenton is a learning opportunity. You could learn rules and how James Logan lived. You could learn how Dinah, the servant saved the Stenton House. You could also learn about how much things cost back then.
Erkia Vargas
Bed Warmers
My class went to the Stenton House. In every bedroom there was a bed warmer. I drew a bed warmer. A bed warmer was put in the fireplace and then under the mattress to keep people warm. My mom was a chaperone. My class and I had fun. We would like to go to a different house soon.
Shadaline Dobson
Stenton travel Writer’s account
On October 20, 2006, Room 208 visited Stenton House. We learned about a leather blacksmith’s apron. We learned people used leather blacksmith’s aprons so they wouldn’t get burned or hurt. We learned about it in the barn. While we were in the barn, we learned about the tools people used in the old days. While we were in the barn, we saw the Conestoga wagon, too.
Next, we went to the house. When we were outside, we did an activity about the “Walking Purchase.” Then we went inside and upstairs. We saw the bedrooms. One was called “Yellow Bedroom.” Ms. Liz told us about Logan’s hip problems. She also told us he had to move his bedroom downstairs to the first floor. We saw the library. We saw most of the books, but we did not get to read them!
We also saw a bed in the library. When the people went into read, they could relax. After that we went outside. We got to wear some costumes and we did chores such as pouring water into the outhouse, raking the leaves, and getting wood for the fireplaces. We had fun doing chores!
Edwin Lima
My Class Trip to Stenton House
On my trip my class and I went to Stenton house, the house of James Logan. James Logan was a special person. He was William Penn’s secretary. The house is huge and it has a barn. The house is 300 years old. That means that what’s in there is elegant and easy to break. Also in the house, there are a lot of bedrooms. The house has a library, too. At Stenton House they have a living room much different from our living room. In one picture that I saw, kids were doing a lot of chores. The picture shows the land and part of the barn. The kids were moving logs place to place. They were filling up buckets of water.
I learned that people had to do chores at Stenton House and they dressed a lot differently than we do today.
Diamond Smith
Dinah
Dinah saved Stenton House. She told the British soldiers to go to the barn. She told them that there was hay in the barn. They went out to the barn. Other people came and knocked on the door and Dinah told them to get hay in the barn. She saved the Stenton House from being burned. Dinah was a slave but later she was free. She was a good woman.
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Ty-nia Dorsey
“Wyck Garden”
The prettiest thing I saw at Wyck House was the garden. Reuben Haines and Jane Bowne kept care of the garden. They made it neat and healthy. Reuben kept every thing in order.
Reuben Haines even fixed up the whole house for his wife and kids to live in. He brought Furniture for his wife and kids. After Reuben Haines died it was time for Jane to take care of the house. She had to make sure the house was clean. When there was a war they tried to take metal out of the clock. Jane needed to hide it. When Jane was about to die people tried to take the clock but it was stuck to the wall. That’s because Jane asked some body to bolt it to the wall. Jane had good memories about the clock. She was able to die with peace and happiness knowing that the clock stayed in Wyck House.
Rithson Leang
“Traveler’s Account”
I went on a trip with my class room on April 25, 2007. We went to a mansion named Wyck in Germantown. We used a school bus to get us there. We went there in order to learn about the past history of the water pump. It pumped water for the family and the animals to drink. We also got to make a toy with a string and a button called a wizard. We also got to eat crackers with jelly. Long ago, there were grape vines that grew at Wyck and the family used the fruit to make homemade jelly just like the kind we ate.
Gilbert Balestier
“My Trip to the Wyck House”
My fourth grade class went to a trip to the Wyck housen on April 25, 2007. We took the bus to Germantown Avenue where the Wyck House is located. The things we learned about were how people lived long ago and the nine generations that lived there. The people that lived at Wyck House were Quakers., The first room of the house was used for nursing the American and British soldiers who were wounded in the war. Even though Quakers were against the war, they helped soldiers from both sides. Quakers believe there is an inner light inside everybody. Quakers believe in God. Quakers believe in equality in the world.
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Lydia Porte
“Wyck”
Wyck is one of the oldest houses in Germantown. Quaker families lived at Wyck. The Quaker family used Wyck as a hospital back then because of the war and the wounded.
There was a diseased, so the Quaker family would help others who had the disease. Other people would say “no”.
The Quakers believe there is a God. They don’t believe in war or slavery. They believe women should have their rights. Wyck had nine generations living at the farm house and the generations passed the house along. The name Wyck is from an English background. Wyck is named after a large country house in England.
Karyn Wood
“My Family Heirloom”
My family heirloom is a Masonic medallion. It belonged to my great grandfather, Ronald John Nathaniel Wood. He was one of the grand masters. The medallion was purple and gold. It described the level of a grand master. When my great-grandfather died he left it to my great-grandmom, Marry Wood.
Later she gave it to my grandpa, Donald. He passed it on to my dad. You can wear the medallion around your neck.
Erika Vargas
“A Heirloom”
I have a family heirloom from my great great grandma. It is a pair of earrings. First my great great grandma had them and she gave them to my grandma. Then she gave them to my mom and my mom gave them to me. The earrings are oval shaped with diamonds. Their color is white with silver. They are pierced earrings.
One day hopefully I will give them to my daughter. Hopefully, she will pass them onto the next generation.
Kien Duong
“My Family Heirloom”
My mom has a very old jade wrist band that was passed down from generation to generation. She says it is made of pure jade. She keeps it in a special golden colored box.
The jade wrist band first belonged to my great grandmother who lived in China. It is worth a lot of money, too. My mom tells me that she has always loved the wrist band that her mom passed onto her. She says that when I have a daughter, she is going to give it to her! It is a very special family heirloom.
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