Burlington Quarterly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of the Hicksite Burlington Quarterly Meeting include: minutes of the men's and joint meetings, 1827-1917; minutes of the women's meeting, 1827-1889; minutes of the Ministers and Elders meeting, 1841-1941; financial records; and miscellaneous papers, including membership lists, queries received, and other records. Records of the Orthodox Burlington Quarterly Meeting include: minutes of the men’s and joint meetings, 1686-1983; women’s meeting minutes, 1686-1921; minutes of the Ministers and Elders meeting, 1717-1970; financial records, 1731-1986; and miscellaneous papers.
Dates
- Creation: 1827-1986
Creator
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
Language of Materials
Records entirely in English
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
Burlington Quarterly Meeting was established by Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1682. Two Burlington Quarterly Meetings were established in 1827, at the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting.
In 1898, Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) merged with Bucks Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox) to form Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting. In 1955, Burlington Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) merged with Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting (Orthodox). The meetings in New Jersey were then transferred to the reunited Burlington Quarterly Meeting, and the Pennsylvania Meetings to Bucks Quarterly Meeting.
Extent
6.75 Linear Feet
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections. Please contact hc-special@haverford.edu for more information on depositing new records.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Burlington Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Burlington Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1955). Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting of Friends (Organization)
- Title
- Burlington Quarterly Meeting Records
- Author
- Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Burlington Quarterly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends.
- Date
- 2017
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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