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New York Monthly Meeting (Pre-Separation) Records (including Flushing Monthly Meeting)

 Collection
Identifier: QM-NY-N452

Scope and Contents

Records of the pre-Separation New York Monthly Meeting, also called Flushing Monthly Meeting, 1640-1828. Includes men's & women's minutes, vital Records and records of Building Committees for Queen Street, 1774-76, and Rose Street, 1823-24. Earliest volume of minutes, 1671-1703, also contains minutes of New York Yearly Meeting and Westbury Quarterly Meeting.

Dates

  • Creation: 1640-1828

Creator

Conditions Governing Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Conditions Governing Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Biographical / Historical

While the Monthly Meeting of New York, also known as Flushing until 1795, was well established by 1682, the date of its first organization is unknown.

After 1828, at the time of the Hicksite Separation, there were two New York Monthly Meetings; the Orthodox met at Rutgers Medical College and later on Henry Street, and the Hicksites retained the Rose Street and Hester Street Meeting houses. The 15th Street (Hicksite) and 20th Street (Orthodox) New York Monthly Meetings were reunited in 1958. In 1975, New York Monthly Meeting was reestablished as New York Quarterly Meeting, and New York Preparative Meeting (15th Street) was renamed 15th Street Monthly Meeting. This meeting is currently active.

Extent

12 linear ft. (42 volumes and 1 folder)

Language of Materials

English

Abstract

Records of the pre-Separation New York Monthly Meeting, also called Flushing Monthly Meeting, 1640-1828. Includes men's & women's minutes, vital Records and records of Building Committees for Queen Street, 1774-76, and Rose Street, 1823-24. Earliest volume of minutes, 1671-1703, also contains minutes of New York Yearly Meeting and Westbury Quarterly Meeting.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes; Women's Minutes; Vital Records; Building Committee; Miscellaneous; Financial Records.

Physical Location

For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue

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

Also available in microfilm, for use in the repository only: MR-NY 47-52, 76-77, 81, 84, 160.

General

The records of New York Monthly Meeting and its Orthodox, Hicksite, and pre-Separation predecessors ave each been described in separate finding aids, for ease of discovery.

Title
New York Monthly Meeting (Pre-Separation) Records (including Flushing Monthly Meeting)
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

Find It at the Library

Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting repoductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library