This book, about Joseph Wright Taylor, founder of Bryn Mawr College, includes much about his extended family including his 5 brothers and one sister. There are parts of letters to and from Joseph Wright Taylor from relatives, business associates, and from Friends (Quakers). It gives insight into his personality, his business ventures, his religon and his personality and his family life. For further insight into his life and personality you can read letters from him at the Haverford College library in the Quaker Collection.