Little Britain Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Little Britain Preparative Meeting, 1841-1964. Includes men's and joint minutes 1909-64, women's minutes 1841-73, and financial and property records 1910-34.
Dates
- Creation: 1841-1964.
Creator
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
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Biographical / Historical
Little Britain Preparative Meeting was established in 1749 by Nottingham Monthly Meeting. In 1804, the meeting joined with Eastland Preparative Meeting to form Little Britain Monthly Meeting. After the Separation of 1828, Orthodox Friends withdrew and were joined as a preparative meeting. Today the meeting at Wakefield is also known as Little Britain-Penn Hill.
Extent
0.5 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Arrangement
Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Financial and Property Records.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Subject
- Title
- Little Britain Preparative Meeting Records
- Date
- 2005
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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