Newtown Preparative Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Hicksite meeting include: minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1840-1935; women's minutes, 1847-1897; treasurer's account book, 1912-1939; burial vault account book, 1849-1879; deeds and declarations of trust, 1708-1832; miscellaneous financial accounts, 1790-1791 and n.d.
Dates
- Creation: 1708-1935.
Creator
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
Newtown Preparative Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) was established by 1702. In 1706, Newtown was transferred from Radnor Monthly Meeting to Chester Monthly Meeting. In 1722, it became part of Goshen Monthly Meeting. In 1827, at the time of the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, Newtown Preparative Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1828.
Newtown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Newtown Square Monthly Meeting in 1939 at the dissolution of the original Goshen Monthly Meeting (Hicksite).
Extent
3 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Title
- Newtown Preparative Meeting (Delaware County, Pa.) Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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