Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street (Hicksite : 1833-1903)
Organization
Found in 4 Collections and/or Records:
Fair Hill Burial Ground
Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-069
Overview
Fair Hill Burial Ground was established on land bequeathed by George Fox in 1690 to Friends in Pennsylvania, including six acres "for a meeting house and school house and a burying place." Part of the land was set aside as a burial ground as early 1707, but there were few interments. In 1830, it was proposed that a burial ground be established for three Hicksite Philadelphia Monthly meetings, Philadelphia, Spruce Street, and Green Street. In 1985, the property was sold to Ephesians Baptist...
Dates:
1705-[ongoing]
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting (Pre-Separation and Hicksite, 1682-1957) Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/P460
Identifier: QM-Ph-P460
Scope and Contents
Minutes of the men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women; registers of births and deaths; marriage certificates; membership lists and registers; removals issued and received, and other vital records; women's minutes; ministers and elders' minutes; financial and property papers; minutes and other papers of the Race Street First Day School; records of the Library Association of Friends of Philadelphia; and other miscellaneous papers.
Dates:
1677-1955
Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Spruce Street (1833-1903) Records
Collection — othertype: SW/Ph/S700
Identifier: QM-Ph-S700
Scope and Contents
Records of the Hicksite meeting include: vital records, 1833-1902; minutes, 1833-1903; women's minutes, 1833-1893; ministers and elders' minutes, 1834-1838 and 1845-1897; overseers' minutes, 1852-1871; account books and other financial records, 1834-1904; miscellaneous papers, 1782-1904.
Dates:
1782-1904
Collection of Quaker Poetry
Collection — othertype: SC-098
Identifier: SFHL-SC-098
Abstract
Collection of original poetry written by and/or about Quakers, their beliefs, and their places of worship. Included are poems by Rebeca Smedley, Elizabeth Biddle Conrow, and Joseph Conrow, a biography in verse of Thomas and Elizabeth Robson by their grandson Joseph J. Green, a meditation on Spruce St. Monthly Meeting by Joseph Wharton, and an account of the 1843 Women's New York Yearly Meeting by Amanda K. Clark. Also included are poems concerning J.J. Gurney, Elias Hicks, and Robert...
Dates:
1794-1922