Purchase Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) Records
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
- Purchase Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1828-1913 : Purchase, N.Y.) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Conditions Governing Use
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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.
Subject
- 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
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