Skip to main content

Purchase Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-P838

Scope and Contents

Records of Purchase Preparative Meeting , Orthodox, 1828-97. Includes men's and women's minutes, 1828-97, and miscellaneous records, 1834-41.

Dates

  • Creation: 1828-1897

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

Purchase Preparative Meeting was established in 1742 by Purchase Monthly Meeting. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Orthodox branch appears to have been laid down in 1912 or 1913, when it ceases to appear in the Monthly Meeting notes.

Extent

1 linear ft. (5 volumes and 1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of Purchase Preparative Meeting , Orthodox, 1828-97. Includes men's and women's minutes, 1828-97, and miscellaneous records, 1834-41.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 1828-42, 1.2 1842-56, 1.3 1856-97; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1828-60, 2.2 1860-77; Miscellaneous: 3.1 Miscellaneous 1834-41.

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.

Custodial History

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit, 1997.

Title
Purchase Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) Records
Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Date
2007
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin
Language of description note
English

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library