Burlington Preparative Meeting of Friends Records
Dates
- Creation: 1749-1931
Creator
- Burlington Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Conditions Governing Access
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Conditions Governing Use
Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Biographical / Historical
A meeting for worship was established at Burlington circa 1677. The meeting became part of Burlington Monthly Meeting in 1678. A preparative meeting was established in 1776.
Burlington Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1932.
In 1832, Burlington Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) recorded that the preparative meeting at Burlington had sided with the Orthodox, and the monthly meeting no longer was responsible for its members. In 1843, an indulged meeting at Burlington was established by Burlington Monthly Meeting and Mount Holly Monthly Meeting. By 1870, this meeting was no longer held every month. In 1888, Burlington Indulged Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued by Burlington Quarterly Meeting.
Extent
2.25 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Burlington Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Burlington Preparative Meeting of Friends Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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