Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its predecessor, the pre-Separation meeting, 1816-1940, as follows: women's meeting minutes, 1816-1885; book of discipline belonging to the women's meeting, 1806-1829; burial chart, 1818-1929; plan of meetinghouse and burial ground, 1934.
Dates
- Creation: 1816-1940.
Creator
- Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (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 at Upper Dublin was established by Horsham Monthly Meeting in 1814. A meeting for worship and preparative meeting were established under Horsham Monthly Meeting by Abington Quarterly Meeting in 1815. The opening business session was held in 1816. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827, and its members were attached to Horsham Preparative Meeting. Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting (Hicksite)formed at the time of the Separation was transferred to Upper Dublin Monthly Meeting in 1941. The preparative meeting continued as a committee of the United monthly meeting after 1941.
Extent
3 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
- Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Upper Dublin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1815-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Upper Dublin 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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