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The 'Schuylkill Fishing Company of Pennsylvania', also known as the 'State in Schuylkill', was the first angling club in the American Colonies, established in 1732 as the 'Colony in Schuylkill' under a treaty with the chiefs of the Lenni-Lenape (Delaware) Indians.[1] Still in existence, it claims to be the oldest social club in the English-speaking world.
Officers of the club assumed governmental titles: governor, lieutenant governor, sheriff, coroner, secretary. Among its 28 founding members were James Logan, Philip Syng, and Joseph Wharton; the first Governor was Thomas Stretch. Other early members included Thomas Wharton Jr., Tench Francis, Jr., William Bradford, Samuel Nicholas, Clement Biddle, William Bingham, Mayor Anthony Morris, and Thomas Mifflin.
It had a clubhouse, known as the "Castle", at the foot of the Schuylkill River falls near Fairmount, now part of Philadelphia. When the Fairmount Dam was constructed in 1822, and the fishing at the Falls spoiled, the Castle was moved to Rambo's Rock, opposite Bartram's Garden and below Gray's Ferry. Here it remained until 1888, when the fish in the Schuylkill were poisoned by sewage, and it was forced to move again, this time to the Delaware River near Andalusia, Pennsylvania.
The club designated May 1 as the "opening day" of the sporting season and claimed to have received its rights for fishing and fowling on the river directly from Chief Tammany in 1732.
On July 21, 1825, Gen. Lafayette visited the Castle and was elected a member. On April 27, 1844, the club was incorporated under the name Schuylkill Fishing Company.
The club is reputed to have been the origin of the alcoholic drink known as Fish House Punch, which consists mainly of rum.[2]
1. John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, ''History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884'', Lippincott, Phila., 1884.
2. History of Fish House Punch
★ Milnor, W. An authentic historical memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the state in Schuylkill. From its establishment on that romantic stream, near Philadelphia, in the year 1732, to the present time. Philadelphia: J. Dobson.
★ The Castle of the State in Schuylkill
★ History of the Society from the ''Annals of Philadelphia''
Officers of the club assumed governmental titles: governor, lieutenant governor, sheriff, coroner, secretary. Among its 28 founding members were James Logan, Philip Syng, and Joseph Wharton; the first Governor was Thomas Stretch. Other early members included Thomas Wharton Jr., Tench Francis, Jr., William Bradford, Samuel Nicholas, Clement Biddle, William Bingham, Mayor Anthony Morris, and Thomas Mifflin.
It had a clubhouse, known as the "Castle", at the foot of the Schuylkill River falls near Fairmount, now part of Philadelphia. When the Fairmount Dam was constructed in 1822, and the fishing at the Falls spoiled, the Castle was moved to Rambo's Rock, opposite Bartram's Garden and below Gray's Ferry. Here it remained until 1888, when the fish in the Schuylkill were poisoned by sewage, and it was forced to move again, this time to the Delaware River near Andalusia, Pennsylvania.
The club designated May 1 as the "opening day" of the sporting season and claimed to have received its rights for fishing and fowling on the river directly from Chief Tammany in 1732.
On July 21, 1825, Gen. Lafayette visited the Castle and was elected a member. On April 27, 1844, the club was incorporated under the name Schuylkill Fishing Company.
The club is reputed to have been the origin of the alcoholic drink known as Fish House Punch, which consists mainly of rum.[2]
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References
1. John Thomas Scharf, Thompson Westcott, ''History of Philadelphia, 1609-1884'', Lippincott, Phila., 1884.
2. History of Fish House Punch
★ Milnor, W. An authentic historical memoir of the Schuylkill Fishing Company of the state in Schuylkill. From its establishment on that romantic stream, near Philadelphia, in the year 1732, to the present time. Philadelphia: J. Dobson.
External links
★ The Castle of the State in Schuylkill
★ History of the Society from the ''Annals of Philadelphia''
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