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Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC-975-09-011

Scope and Contents

This collection contains the minutes from 1845 - 1852, from the Free Produce Association of the Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. George W. Taylor was the secretary of the organization, at least for the duration of this minute book. The minutes contain finance reports, nominations for officiers, and reports from various committees, including reports from a committee delegated to be in correspondence with Quakers in England doing similar work.

Dates

  • Creation: 1845-1852

Creator

Access Restrictions

The collection is open for research use.

Use Restrictions

Standard Federal Copyright Law Applies (U.S. Title 17).

Historical Notes

The Free Produce Assocation of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a Quaker organization, founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, PA. The free produce association was a boycott movement against "produce," anything produced by slave labor. It's constitution begins: "We believe that slaveholding is diametrically opposed to the whole spirit and tenor of the Christian religion, and that while it sustains the traffic in slaves, it is mainly supported by the traffic in and the consumption of the productions of slave labor. In order therefore to promote the use and facilitate the acquirement of goods, supplied by free labour, we unite in an Asssocation under the title of the "Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting."

Extent

0.134 linear ft. (1 volume)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

The Free Produce Assocation of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting was a Quaker organization, founded in 1845 in Philadelphia, PA. The free produce association was a boycott movement against "produce," anything produced by slave labor. This collection contains the minutes from 1845 - 1852, from the Free Produce Association of the Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting. The minutes contain finance reports, nominations for officiers, and reports from various committees, including reports from a committee delegated to be in correspondence with Quakers in England doing similar work.

Acquisition

Given to Haverford College by Friends HIstorical Association, 1948.

Related Materials

  • MC 968 Allinson family papers
  • MC 1163 Dunn - Osborn - Battey family papers
  • MC 961 Richard Mott papers
  • MC 1033 Rhoads family papers
  • MC 950 Taylor family papers
  • MC 1179 Taylor family papers
  • MC 1233 Taylor family papers
  • MC 1188 Thomas Wistar and family papers
  • Bulletin of Friends Historical Association, Vol. 14, No. 2 (Autumn, 1925)

Processing Information

Processed by Mary A. Crauderueff; completed November 2015.

Title
Free Produce Association of Friends of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1845-1852
Author
Mary A. Crauderueff
Date
November 2015
Description rules
Describing Archives: A Content Standard
Language of description
English
Script of description
Latin

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