Woolwich Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Woolwich Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite), 1834-1929, as follows: men's minutes, 1835-1884 and 1924-1929, and women's minutes, 1834-51, 1851-75, and 1875-84.
Dates
- Creation: 1834-1929.
Creator
- Woolwich Preparative Meeting of Friends (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records entirely in English
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 known as Mullica Hill was established in 1797 by Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting and Woodbury Monthly Meeting. In 1800, the meeting for worship and preparative meeting known as Woolwich were established by Salem Quarterly Meeting under Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox meeting for worship and preparative meeting were discontinued in 1828. Woolwich Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Mullica Hill Monthly Meeting in 1928 at the time of the dissolution of Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting.
Extent
0.50 linear ft.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Woolwich Preparative Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Title
- Woolwich Preparative 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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