Byberry Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and the Hicksite meetings, 1756-1919; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1770-1897; Hicksite financial records; records of the School Fund Trustees; records of the School Association, and more.
Dates
- Creation: 1682-1920
Creator
- Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
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 Poetquesink [Byberry] in 1683 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting; it was attached to Abington Monthly Meeting along with Tacony [Frankford] meeting. Byberry Preparative Meeting was established ca. 1701. The meeting for worship and preparative meeting were transferred to Horsham Monthly Meeting in 1782 and then to Byberry Monthly Meeting in 1810. After the schism of 1827/28, Byberry Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1828; the Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1920.
Extent
1.8 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Byberry Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Byberry Preparative Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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