The Friends of Progress (Milton, N.Y.) Records
Abstract
Records of The Friends of Progress at Milton in Marlborough Township, Ulster County, N.Y. Includes: Minutes, 1854-1946. Most of the first minute book is blank, with a 1906 membership list and an undated burial ground plot list at the end. The collection also includes a member list from the 1940s and some financial correspondence from the 1930s.
Dates
- Creation: 1854 - 1946
Creator
- Friends of Progress (Milton, N.Y.) (Organization)
Biographical / Historical
The Friends of Progress, in Ulster County, N.Y., was founded by former members of Marlborough Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) and met in the Quaker meeting house south of Milton. The Friends of Progress were first formally organized in 1854, although the predecessor meeting had been formally laid down by Westbury Quarter in 1847 after a series of disciplinary reorganizations prompted by New York Yearly Meeting (Hicksite).
The Friends of Progress in Milton were part of a wider movement referred to as Progressive or Congregational Friends which differed with the Hicksite yearly meetings over church government and the extent to which Quakers should support and participate in contemporary reform movements. The Milton group corresponded with others at Waterloo (N.Y.), Longwood (Pa.), Green Plain (Ohio), North Collins (N.Y.) and elsewhere. In later years, the society was primarily concerned with the maintenance of the graveyard.
Extent
.1 linear ft. (1 volume)
Language of Materials
English
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by New York Yearly Meeting, 1997. Additional files from New York Yearly Meeting integrated in 2024.
Subject
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
Revision Statements
- 2024: Some new files added as part of a student backlog project summer 2024 for NYYM Found in Collection materials
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