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Oswego Preparative Meeting Records

 Collection — othertype: SW/NY/O857
Identifier: QM-NY-O857

Scope and Contents

Records of Oswego Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, Oswego Preparative Meeting. Includes: Minutes (men's & joint), 1794-1911, and women's minutes, 1834-1886.

Dates

  • 1794-1911

Creator

Limitations on Accessing the Collection

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Copyright and Rights Information

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Biographical / Historical

Oswego Preparative Meeting was reportedly established in 1758 by Oblong Monthly Meeting, having been a meeting for worship since ca. 1750. It was probably established by Nine Partners Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1769 and then became part of Oswego Monthly Meeting when that meeting was established in 1799.

Extent

0.5 Linear Feet (9 volumes)

Language

English

Overview

Records of Oswego Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, Oswego Preparative Meeting. Includes: Minutes (men's & joint), 1794-1911, and women's minutes, 1834-1886.

Arrangement

Divided into series: Minutes (men's & joint): 1.1 1794-1798, 1.2 1813-1824, 1.3 1824-1838, 1.4 1838-1855, 1.5 1880-1904, 1.6 1905-1911; Women's minutes: 2.1 1834-1845, 2.2 1845-1866, 2.3 1866-1886.

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.

Title
Oswego 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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