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Little Britain Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-B-L582
Records of Little Britain Preparative Meeting, 1841-1964. Includes men's and joint minutes 1909-64, women's minutes 1841-73, and financial and property records 1910-34.

Dates

  • 1841-1964.

Creator

Language of Materials

Records in English

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Copyright and Rights Information

Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet

Additional Description

Biographical / Historical

Little Britain Preparative Meeting was established in 1749 by Nottingham Monthly Meeting. In 1804, the meeting joined with Eastland Preparative Meeting to form Little Britain Monthly Meeting. After the Separation of 1828, Orthodox Friends withdrew and were joined as a preparative meeting. Today the meeting at Wakefield is also known as Little Britain-Penn Hill.

Arrangement

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Financial and Property Records.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

Subjects

Record Groups

Related Name

Administrative Information

Title
RECORDS OF LITTLE BRITAIN PREPARATIVE MEETING
Subtitle
A Finding Aid for its Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Date
2005
Language of description
English

Revision Statements

  • 2016: This electronic finding aid was updated in Summer 2016 by Abdulrezak Kemal in preparation for importing into ArchivesSpace, to conform to current markup standards and the ArchivesSpace data model.

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