Green Street Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Green Street Preparative Meeting, 1814-1914, as follows: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting and joint sessions, 1814-1846, 1850-1858,1875-1914, 1846-1850; Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1814-1827 and 1828-1902; Hicksite treasurer's book, 1849-1912; Hicksite school committee minutes, 1865-1877, 1884-1892, 1892-1904.
Dates
- Creation: 1814-1914
Creator
- Green Street 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 and preparative meeting were established at Green Street in 1814 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting under Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District. This meeting was for members of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District who lived north of Callowhill Street. The meetings became part of Green Street Monthly Meeting in 1816. At the time of the Hicksite separation in 1827, the preparative meeting remained with Hicksite Friends. Green Street Preparative Meeting was discontinued in 1914.
Extent
2 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Green Street Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- Title
- Green Street 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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