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Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1919-1958)

 Organization

Found in 3 Collections and/or Records:

George H. Burr Collected Papers on the Quaker Separation

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-313
Abstract

The Burr Collection includes manuscripts which document the Hicksite position during the Separation of 1827/28 in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting and the trial over the Crosswicks School Fund. It is directly related to the Southard Papers/RG5/312, which contain a more complete description of the controversy. It also includes Burr's manuscript on the History of the Society of Friends which he compiled for Southard as background in preparing his case representing the Hicksite position.

Dates: 1822 - 1836

Crosswicks and Chesterfield Preparative Meetings Records

 Collection — Multiple Containers
Identifier: QM-Ph-C810
Scope and Contents Records of Crosswicks Preparative meeting and its predecessor, Chesterfield Preparative Meeting, include: Hicksite men’s minutes, 1793-1799, 1884-1937; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1956; pre-Separation women's minutes, 1796-1826; Orthodox women’s meeting, 1796-1903; Hicksite account books, 1819-1847, 1899-1950; Orthodox account books, 1863-1970; Orthodox women’s account books, 1857-1911; Crosswicks building committee account books and stockholder’s minutes, 1830-1854; property records,...
Dates: 1783-1970

Samuel L. Southard Papers concerning the Quaker Separation

 Collection — Box 1
Identifier: SFHL-RG5-312
Abstract

This collection contains the correspondence and legal papers of Samuel L. Southard, New Jersey lawyer and politician, concerning his defense of the Hicksite position in the trial over the Crosswicks School Fund at the time of the Separation in the Society of Friends. The School Fund of Crosswick Preparative Meeting, New Jersey, was claimed by both factions, Hicksite and Orthodox.

Dates: 1827 - 1833

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Society of Friends -- Hicksite separation 2
Church controversies -- Society of Friends 1
Lay ministry -- Society of Friends 1
Quakers -- New Jersey -- Crosswicks 1
Society of Friends -- Doctrines -- History 1