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Archives & Manuscripts

Greenwich Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-G730

Scope and Contents

Records of Greenwich Monthly Meeting, 1677-1998, as follows: pre-Separation, Hicksite, Orthodox and United minutes since 1784; registers of births and deaths, 1677-1987; marriage and membership records, 1784-1994; removals, 1787-1899; Orthodox women's meeting minutes, 1814-1893; Orthodox ministers and elders meeting minutes, 1828-1904; Orthodox financial records, 1907-1939.

Dates

  • 1677-1998

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

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.

Biographical / Historical

Greenwich Monthly Meeting was established in 1783 by Salem Quarterly Meeting. Its first business sessions were held in 1784. The Orthodox monthly meeting was discontinued in 1893; its members were transferred to Woodbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). The Hicksite monthly meeting was the forerunner of the current Greenwich Monthly Meeting.

Extent

5 Linear Feet

Language

English

Additional Description

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Subjects

Record Groups

Administrative Information

Title
GREENWICH MONTHLY MEETING (GREENWICH, NJ)
Subtitle
A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Library Quaker Collection
Date
2003
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
Undetermined
Script of description
Code for undetermined script
Language of description note
English

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