Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting, 1756-1929, include: vital records, 1756-1928; Hicksite men’s minutes, 1794-1929; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1830; Hicksite women's minutes, 1794-1823 and 1827-1893; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1828-1830; Hicksite ministers and elders' minutes, 1800-1805 and 1836-1897.
Dates
- Creation: 1756-1929
Creator
- Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Pilesgrove (1794-1827) (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
Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting was established in 1794 by Salem Quarterly Meeting out of Salem Monthly Meeting. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.
Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1830.
In 1928, Salem Quarterly Meeting approved the dissolution of Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). Its two preparative meetings were then established as Mullica Hill Monthly Meeting and Woodstown Monthly Meeting.
Extent
9.5 linear ft.
0.1 GB
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Pilesgrove (1794-1827) (Organization)
- Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (Organization)
- Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite) (Organization)
- Monthly Meeting of Friends held at Pilesgrove (1794-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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