New York Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
Organization
Found in 2 Collections and/or Records:
Amy Grace Mekeel papers concerning Conservative Friends, New York Yearly Meeting
Collection — Othertype SC-286
Identifier: SFHL-SC-286
Overview
The collectionn contains Mekeel's notes and abstracts concerning Quaker meetings in the Scipio and Farmington Quarterly Meetings of New York Yearly Meeting, particularly concerning the various nineteenth century Orthodox separations. There is also a small group of correspondence focused on Quaker meeting records.
Dates:
1946 - 1968
New York Yearly Meeting collection of papers concerning slavery
Collection — Othertype SC-284
Identifier: SFHL-SC-284
Overview
The collection contains a small number of miscellaneous papers relating to efforts within New York Yearly Meeting to support the manumission of enslaved people, abolition, and education of formerly enslaved people, 1778-1870. Most are copies of reports presented to New York Monthly Meeting or to the Yearly Meeting, compiled as a reference file.
Dates:
1778 - 1870