New Garden Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Chester County, Pa.)

The Jackson-Conard Family Papers include correspondence and other manuscripts of the Jackson and Conard families of London Grove Township, Chester County, Pennsylvania. The primary recipients are William Jackson (1746-1834), a Quaker minister, and his nephew, William Jackson (1789-1864), who served a single term in the Pennsylvania State Senate and was active in the anti-slavery movement.

Records of New Garden Monthly Meeting, 1682-1978, include: minutes, 1718-1975; vital records, 1682-1976; women's minutes, 1718-1891; minutes of the committee of ministry and counsel and of its predecessor, the meeting of ministers and elders, 1812-1933; financial and property records; miscellaneous papers. Records (Hicksite) include: Vital records, 1692-1952; financial and property papers, 1912-1957; overseers' minutes, 1903-1949; miscellaneous papers, 1883-1978, etc.