Cornwall Monthly Meeting (1788- ) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Cornwall Monthly Meeting and its Hicksite predecessor, 1788-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1788-1979/1990-2013; women's minutes, 1788-1890; vital records 1788-1973; minutes of Ministers and Elders, 1795-1861, and Ministry and Counsel 1907-1932; minutes of the Young Friends Association, 1871-1926; newsletter, 1985-93 and 1995.
Dates
- Creation: 1788-2013
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
Cornwall Monthly Meeting was established in 1788, set off from Creek Monthly Meeting. It remained under Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting until the establishment of Cornwall Quarterly Meeting in 1816. When Cornwall Quarterly Meeting was laid down in 1846 the monthly meeting became a part of Westbury Quarterly. Cornwall Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) joined Marlborough Monthly in 1906. Cornwall Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), since 1955 known as Cornwall Monthly Meeting, remains active to date.
Extent
2 linear ft.
Abstract
Records of Cornwall Monthly Meeting and its Hicksite predecessor, 1788-ongoing. Includes: Minutes 1788-1979/1990-2013; women's minutes, 1788-1890; vital records 1788-1973; minutes of Ministers and Elders, 1795-1861, and Ministry and Counsel 1907-1932; minutes of the Young Friends Association, 1871-1926; newsletter, 1985-93 and 1995.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.1 1788-1800, 1.2 1800-1815, 1.3 1816-1850, 1.4 1851-1890, 1.5 1889-1896, 1.6 1896-1914, 1.7 1915-1921, 1.8 1922-1936, 1.9 1936-1951, 1.10 1951-1956, 1.11 1957-1960, 1.13 1963-1967, 1.14 1966-1968, 1.15 1969-1979, 1.16 1801/1854, 1.17-1.33 1990-2013; Women's minutes: 2.1 1788-1803, 2.2 1803-1822, 2.3 1822-1840, 2.4 1840-1852, 2.5 1853-1871, 2.6 1871-1883, 2.7 1883-1890; Vital records: 3.1 1828-1940, 3.2 1808-1823, 3.3 & 3.4 1788-1850, 3.5 1828-1939, 3.6 1877-1973; Records of the Meeting of Ministry & Counsel and its predecessors: 4.1 1795-1861, 4.2 1907-1914, 4.3 1914-1932, 4.4 1959-63, 4.5 Travelling minutes 1794-1803; Records of the Young Friends Association: 5.1 1871-1878, 5.2 1895-1896, 5.3 1897-1917, 5.4 1918-1926; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Newsletter 1985-89, 6.2 Newsletter 1937-1941, 6.3 Newsletter 1990-93 and 1995, 6.4 Correspondence 1914-38, 6.5 Papers 1760-1860, 6.6 State of the Meeting Report 1982; Property: 7.1 Important deeds and agreements 1789-1913.
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.
Existence and Location of Copies
Minutes to 1871, women's minutes, and vital records to 1939 also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY19-22.
Subject
- Cornwall Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Cornwall, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Cornwall Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Cornwall, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Cornwall Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1955 : Cornwall, N.Y.) (Organization)
- Title
- Cornwall Monthly Meeting (1788- ) 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
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