Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting, 1828-1949, include: Hicksite minutes, 1828-1949; Orthodox minutes, 1783-1927; Hicksite vital records, 1828-1943; Orthodox vital records, 1707-1927; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1783-1907; Orthodox Ministers’ and Elders’ minutes, 1835-1896; Orthodox financial records, 1821-1927.
Dates
- Creation: 1828-1949
Creator
- Upper Springfield Monthly 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
Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting was established in 1781 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of the monthly meetings of Burlington, Chesterfield, and Mount Holly. The monthly meeting did not begin holding business sessions until 1783.
Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued by Burlington & Bucks Quarterly Meeting in 1927; its members were transferred to Chesterfield Monthly Meeting.
The Hicksite monthly meeting continued and in 1883 began to circulate between Upper Springfield and Mansfield meetings. From 1909 to 1911 and from 1916 to 1998, the monthly meeting was held at Mansfield. The Hicksite branch was the forerunner of the united Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting. In 1998, Upper Springfield was laid down by Burlington Quarterly Meeting.
Extent
4.5 linear ft.
Language of Materials
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Columbus, N.J.) (Organization)
- Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Upper Springfield Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox) (Organization)
- Title
- Upper Springfield 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
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