I'm grateful to RoseLynn Malarek, president of the Newlin Historical Society, for sending along a copy of the group's latest newsletter. It contains an interesting article about the history of Indian Deep Farm, established in 1730 by Phillip Taylor on the west branch of the Brandywine. Among its owners over the years have been noted Chester County names like Humphry Marshall, Thomas Buffington, Isaac and Thomazine Meredith of Underground Railroad fame, Robert Lamborn (founder of Lamborn Park in the 1870s, which featured dancing and swimming), and Paul and Norman Roberts. The farm, listed on the National Register of Historic Places, is now owned by Chet and Muriel George (Muriel is the historical society's V-P).
The society is also looking for new members and financial support so they can get their website up and running. As RoseLynn writes, "If reason, justice, tolerance, generosity, and a belief in moral and ethical values are to be woven into the fabric of our civilization, it will begin in places like Newlin and with organization like the Newlin Historical Society."
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