London Grove Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of London Grove Monthly Meeting, 1792-2018. Includes: Orthodox births and deaths, 1830-1883; abstracts of Hicksite marriages, 1804-1844; abstracts of Orthodox marriages, 1829-1909; Orthodox membership lists, 1827-1939; Hicksite removals, 1792-1871; Orthodox removals, 1828-1891; Hicksite men’s minutes, 1792-1909; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1944; Hicksite and United joint minutes, 1909-2018 (some gaps); Hicksite women’s minutes, 1792-1893; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1827-1912; Orthodox ministers and elders minutes, 1840-1921; Hicksite account books, 1858-1879; Orthodox account books, 1875-1895, 1912-1944; property deeds, 1829-1903; miscellaneous papers, 1827-1892; and Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Book of Discipline, 1831.
Records also include born-digital business minutes (2012-2017) and 2007 burials list. Digital files are accessible to TriCollege accounts or on-campus users.
Dates
- Creation: 1792-2018
Creator
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (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
London Grove Monthly Meeting was established in 1792 by Western Quarterly Meeting out of New Garden Monthly Meeting. At the time of the Hicksite Separation of 1827, the monthly meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches.
London Grove Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1944, and its members were attached to New Garden Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in West Grove, Pa.
London Grove Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was the forerunner of the current monthly meeting.
Extent
3 Linear Feet
0.1 Gigabytes (7 PDF files)
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Please contact friends@swarthmore.edu for more information on depositing new records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite) (Organization)
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) (Organization)
- London Grove Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox) (Organization)
- Title
- London Grove Monthly Meeting Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
Most of the materials in this catalog are not digitized and can only be accessed in person. Please see our website for more information about visiting or requesting reproductions from Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Library
