Downingtown Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Downington Preparative Meeting, 1811-1907, include: vital records, 1829; men's minutes, 1811-1907; women's minutes, 1811-1907; financial records, 1856-1919; property records, 1798-1935; miscellaneous papers, 1887-1905; trustees' minutes, 1876-1910; Springer Legacy trustees' minutes, 1877-1887.
Dates
- Creation: 1784-1907.
Creator
- Milltown Friends 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
An indulged meeting known as "Milltown" was established in this area for the summer months in 1784 by Uwchlan Monthly Meeting. Downingtown Meeting was established by Caln Quarterly Meeting in 1806; a preparative meeting was established in 1811.
There appears to have been no Hicksite branch of this meeting. The Orthodox preparative meeting was absorbed by Uwchlan Monthly Meeting in 1907.
Extent
1.25 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
- Milltown Friends Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Uwchlan Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Downingtown Preparative Meeting 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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