Oblong Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Oblong Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1780-1866. Includes men's minutes 1780-1854, and women's minutes, 1820-66. Testifications, 1780-87, are bound with minutes, 1802-1818.
Dates
- Creation: 1780-1866
Creator
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
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Biographical / Historical
Oblong Preparative Meeting was set off by Purchase Monthly Meeting in 1742. It was transferred to Oblong Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1744. The meeting split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches in 1828. The Hicksite branch continued until it was laid down in 1871.
Extent
0.75 Linear Feet (8 volumes (plus one envelope))
Language
English
Overview
Records of Oblong Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1780-1866. Includes men's minutes, 1780-1854, and women's minutes, 1820-66. Testifications, 1780-87, are bound with minutes, 1802-1818.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's minutes: 1.1 1780-1801, 1.2 1802-1818, 1.3 1818-1854, 1.4, Extracts: 1816-17; Women's minutes: 2.1 1820-1822, 2.2 1823-1824, 2.3 1824-1826, 2.4 1828-1844, 2.5 1844-1854, 2.6 1854-1866.
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 Preparative 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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