Mount Preparative Meeting (including Arney's Mount and Shreve's Mount) Records
Scope and Contents
Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite men's meeting and joint meetings, 1808-1870; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1824-1847; an account book, 1797-1882; and a burial ground wall account book, 1860-1962.
Dates
- Creation: 1797-1962
Creator
- Mount Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1871) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
A seasonal meeting for worship was established in 1743 by Burlington Monthly Meeting in the area of Arney's Mount for Mount Holly Friends. This meeting was known as Shreve's Mount. In 1776, a preparative meeting was established and transferred to Mount Holly Monthly Meeting later that year. The Orthodox branch of this preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827; its members were attached to Mount Holly Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). The Orthodox meeting for worship was discontinued in 1828. From 1830 to 1855, the Hicksite branch of this meeting was known as Mount or The Mount. The preparative meeting was discontinued in 1871, and its members were attached to Mount Holly Preparative Meeting (Hicksite). The meeting for worship was discontinued in 1898. By 1929, appointed meetings only were held. In 1941, a regular meeting for worship was organized at Arney's Mount by Mount Holly Friends.
Extent
0.5 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
General
Minutes for the Indulged Preparative Meeting at Arney's Mount, 1941-1946, are part of the records of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting.
Subject
- Mount Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827) (Organization)
- Mount Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1871) (Organization)
- Mount Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Mount Preparative Meeting (including Arney's Mount and Shreve's Mount) Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
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