Charles Roberts
1846–1902
American businessman. Educated at Haverford College, Pennsylvania. Served on Philadelphia city council, 1882–1900. Involved in local literary, scientific, and historical societies, and overseer of the William Penn Charter School. Collected autographs and historical material on Quakerism.
Source
Illustrated catalogue of the private library of the late Charles Roberts of Philadelphia: comprising an extensive collection of noteworthy Quakeriana (New York: American Art Association, 1918)
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