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Society of Friends -- Pennsylvania -- Philadelphia County

 Subject
Subject Source: Library of Congress Subject Headings

Found in 8 Collections and/or Records:

Thomas Evans papers

 Collection
Identifier: HC.MC.1324
Abstract This collection contains over 240 mainly incoming manuscript letters addressed to Thomas Evans, a Philadelphia druggist, author, editor, Orthodox Quaker minister of Philadelphia and, in 1833, one the founders of Haverford College. The letters, 1823-1859, contain material on his very active role in the Society of Friends and the problems of religious doctrine before and during the Hicksite and Wilburite schisms within the Quaker faith. The collection also includes papers and legal documents...
Dates: 1704 - 1868; Majority of material found within 1823 - 1859

Frankford Monthly Meeting Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-F600
Scope and Contents

Records of the Orthodox branch of Frankford Monthly Meeting, 1788-1987, include: vital records, 1788-2005; men’s minutes, 1816-2005; women’s minutes, 1816-1915; ministers’ and elders’ minutes, 1816-1970; financial records, 1831-1934; overseers’ records, 1904-1990s; school committee records, 1840s-1999.

Dates: 1816-2005

Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Northern District (1772-1914) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-P465
Scope and Contents

Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Northern District include: vital records 1754-1914; men’s and joint meeting minutes, 1772-1914; women's minutes, 1772-1914; financial records 1797-1966; property records 1684-1914; committee records 1821-1914; miscellaneous, 1772-1914.

Dates: 1684-1966

Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Southern District (1772-1872) Records

 Collection
Identifier: QM-Ph-P466
Scope and Contents

Records of Philadelphia Monthly Meeting for the Southern District include: births, 1733-1872; deaths, 1773-1872; marriages, 1773-1872; membership, 1773-1855; removals, 1773-1872; men’s and joint meeting minutes, 1772-1872; women's minutes, 1772-1872; miscellaneous, 1771-1872.

Dates: 1733-1872.

Philadelphia Preparative Meeting, Northern District (1772-1914) Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/P481
Identifier: QM-Ph-P481
Scope and Contents

Records of the Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Northern District (Orthodox) include: women's minutes, 1813-1825.

Dates: 1813-1825

Philadelphia Preparative Meeting (Pre-Separation and Orthodox, 1682-1907) Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/P486
Identifier: QM-Ph-P486
Scope and Contents

Records of the Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Orthodox) include: men’s minutes, 1817-1907; women's minutes, 1806-1917; ministers & elders minutes, 1796-1974; miscellaneous papers, 1918-1935.

Dates: 1796-1935

Philadelphia Preparative Meeting, Southern District (1772-1872?) Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/P483
Identifier: QM-Ph-P483
Scope and Contents

Records of Philadelphia Preparative Meeting for the Southern District, 1818-1823; women's minutes, 1818-1823.

Dates: 1818-1823

Philadelphia Preparative Meeting, Western District (1814-1907) Records

 Collection — Othertype HV/Ph/P485
Identifier: QM-Ph-P485
Scope and Contents

Records of the Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia for the Western District (Orthodox) include: women's minutes, 1856-1867.

Dates: 1813-1825