Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite and pre-Separation), 1745-1893. Includes: minutes, 1757-1884, women's minutes, 1796-1873, Vital records 1745-1893, Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1833-54, Sufferings, 1775-1826, and Finance and Property 1764-1975.
Dates
- Creation: 1745-1893
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
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Biographical / Historical
Oblong Monthly Meeting was set off from Purchase Monthly Meeting in 1744. It became a part of Purchase Quarterly Meeting on its establishment in 1745 and became part of Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting in 1783. In 1828 the meeting split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches, and the Orthodox branch continued until it was laid down in 1921.
Extent
111 Linear Feet (19 volumes)
Language
English
Overview
Records of Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite and pre-Separation), 1745-1893. Includes: minutes, 1757-1884, women's minutes, 1796-1873, Vital records 1745-1893, Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1833-54, Sufferings, 1775-1826, and Finance and Property .
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's minutes: 1.1 1788-1795, 1.2 1795-1802, 1.3 1802-15, 1.4 1815-44, 1.5 1845-84, 1.6 1757-81, 1.7 1781-88; Women's minutes: 2.1 1796-1807, 2.2 1807-35, 2.3 1835-73; Vital records: 3.1 1745-83, 3.2 1781-1841, 3.3 1786-1866, 3.4 1828-93, 3.5 1841-84 3.6 1744-1884, 3.6 Member Lists 1942 & 1961, 3.7 Acceptances, Removals, Marriages 1744, 1805, 1829; Ministers and Elders' minutes: 4.1 1833-54; Sufferings: 5.1 1775-1826; Finance and Property: 6.1 Meeting House Material 1936, 1972-75, 6.2 Quaker Hill Burial Ground 1916, 6.3 Deeds 1764-1811, 6.4 Subscriptions for Meeting House 1764, 6.5 List of Library Books 1860, 6.6 Leaf from Account Book (no date); Miscellaneous: 7.1 Certificates Re: Militia Laws 1755, 7.2 History 1932, 1979.
Physical Location
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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.
Subject
- Title
- Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) 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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