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Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting (1715-1901) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-L500

Scope and Contents

Records, pre-Separation and Orthodox, include: births and deaths, 1698-1887; marriage records, 1716-1872; membership, 1889-1894; minutes, 1715-1901; women's meeting minutes, 1715-1876; miscellaneous.

Dates

  • Creation: 1696-1901

Creator

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

Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting was established in 1715 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting. The monthly meeting seems to have sided entirely with the Orthodox Friends. Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1901 and its members transferred to Burlington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).

(A new Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting was established in 1986; its records are described separately)

Extent

2 linear ft.

Language of Materials

English

Physical Location

This collection is stored at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.

Immediate Source of Acquisition

Deposit

Related Materials

Minutes of the Monthly Meeting of Women Friends, 1788-1803, Atlantic County Historical Society.

Records of the second Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting (1986- ).

Title
Little Egg Harbor Monthly Meeting (1715-1901) 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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