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Maryland Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-M377

Scope and Contents

Records of Maryland Preparative Meeting, 1829-1840. Includes men's minutes (clerk's drafts), 1849-55, women's minutes, 1829-1840, and burial grounds information 1969/88. Volume 1.1 also includes women's minutes/extracts, 1850-1853.

Dates

  • Creation: 1829-1855

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

Maryland Preparative Meeting was established by the Hicksite branch of Butternuts Monthly Meeting in 1828. Butternuts Monthly Meeting changed its name to Laurens Monthly Meeting and reportedly was laid down in 1857. Maryland Preparative Meeting may have been laid at the same time.

Extent

0.7 linear ft. (2 volumes)

Abstract

Records of Maryland Preparative Meeting, 1829-1840. Includes men's minutes (clerk's drafts), 1849-55, women's minutes, 1829-1840, and burial grounds information 1969/88. Volume 1.1 also includes women's minutes/extracts, 1850-1853.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 Clerk's Drafts and Extracts 1849-1855; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1829-1840; Property records: 3.1 Burial grounds information, 1969/88.

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.

Title
Maryland Preparative Meeting 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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