Concord Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records include: Minutes of the pre-Separation women's meeting, 1813-1819; a pre-Separation subscription book, 1810-1813. Minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and later, of joint sessions of men and women Friends, 1850-1914; minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1850-1877; Minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1807-1827; minutes of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1827-1834; school fund account book, 1786-1827; poor fund account book, 1791-1826.
Dates
- Creation: 1736-1914
Creator
- Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (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
Concord Preparative Meeting was established in 1700. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the meeting divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued after 1909. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1914 and its business assumed by Concord Monthly Meeting.
Extent
3.75 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (Organization)
- Concord Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Concord Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Concord Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (Organization)
- Title
- Concord 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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