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Westbury Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-W453

Scope and Contents

Records of Westbury Monthly Meeting, 1660-ongoing.

Records of the Orthodox branch (active 1828-1938) are described in a separate finding aid, following the arrangement by New York Yearly Meeting's Haviland Records Room from where the records were received in 1997.

Westbury Monthly Meeting records include a large number (150+) of manumission certificates, which were legal documents signed by Quaker enslavers emancipating (or promising future emancipation) of the people they enslaved. These records (both original certificates and the record register kept by the meeting) have been digitized, and the file also includes a number of mid-20th century transcripts and indices compiled by the meeting.

Dates

  • Creation: 1660 - 2020

Creator

Language of Materials

These records are entirely in English

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

Although the earliest records have been lost, Westbury Monthly Meeting may have been established as early as 1682. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Orthodox branch was laid down in 1938, and what had been the Hicksite branch continues to the present day.

Extent

18 linear ft.

Abstract

Records of Westbury Monthly Meeting, 1660-. Includes minutes 1697-2018; vital records 1660-1995; deeds, 1685-1745; financial records 1723-1931; Ministers and Elders, 1819-1973; and miscellaneous materials, 1696-1995. In 1828 the Hicksite Separation divided the meeting and the Orthodox branch (which was active 1828-1938) records are described separately, following the arrangement maintained by New York Yearly Meeting's Haviland Records Room, from where the records were transfered in 1997.

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.

General

Volume 2.4 includes some earlier certificates of removal.

Vol.8.1 includes correspondence on the draft and conscientious objection.

Title
Westbury Monthly Meeting 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