Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends for the Eastern District, and its predecessor Baltimore Monthly Meeting (1792-1807), 1729-1819. Includes men's and joint minutes 1792-1819, women's minutes 1792-1819, vital records 1729-1819, financial and property records 1806-1819, and miscellaneous 1783-1819.
Dates
- Creation: 1729-1819
Creator
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District (Society of Friends : 1807-1819 : Baltimore, Md.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.
Biographical / Historical
Friends began meeting in what became the City of Baltimore in 1781 after moving from Patapsco, and in 1792 Baltimore Monthly Meeting was formed. The meeting grew quickly, and in 1805 a second meeting house was built on Lombard Street. In 1807, the large number of Friends in Baltimore led to the creation of a second monthly meeting. Baltimore Monthly Meeting changed its name to the Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District, and the new meeting at Lombard Street became the Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Western District. Tensions over the Aisquith St. graveyard arose, and resulted in the laying down of Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District by the Yearly Meeting; it became a Preparative meeting under Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Western District.
Extent
5 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes; Women's Minutes; Vital Records; Financial and Property Records; Miscellaneous.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Existence and Location of Copies
Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B10,14,16,25,27
General
The records of Baltimore Monthly Meeting after 1807 have been described in another finding aid: http://trilogy.brynmawr.edu/speccoll/bym/balsrmm.xml
Subject
- Title
- Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District Records
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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