Middletown Preparative Meeting (Langhorne, Pa.) Records
Scope and Contents
Minutes of the Hicksite and pre-Separation men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1848-1913; women's minutes, 1859-1893; account books, 1800-1923; trustees' minutes, 1792-1904.
Dates
- 1792-1923
Creator
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
Middletown Preparative Meeting was established in 12mo 1722/3. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox preparative meeting was transferred to Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1862 and discontinued some time after that date. Middletown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1918.
Extent
6 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
- Bucks County (Pa.) -- Genealogy
- Middletown Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1723-1827: Langhorne, Pa.)
- Middletown Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1723-1827: Langhorne, Pa.)
- Middletown Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1918 : Langhorne, Pa.)
- Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Bucks County
Creator
- Title
- Middletown Preparative Meeting (Langhorne, Pa.) 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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