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Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street (Hicksite : 1833-1903)

 Organization

Found in 5 Collections and/or Records:

Fair Hill Burial Ground

 Collection
Identifier: SFHL-RG4-069
Abstract 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

Pictures of Meetinghouses - City of Philadelphia

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-911
Abstract

A collection of photographs, drawings, postcards, and news articles on meetinghouses around Philadelphia. Photographs feature both the building and meeting members. Drawings are both printed and originals.

Dates: undated

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

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Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 3
Philadelphia (Pa.) -- Genealogy 2
Architecture 1
Cemeteries -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia 1
Poetry -- Women authors -- 19th century 1