Philadelphia Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) Records
Scope and Contents
Records include: minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1873-1893 and minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1839-1893.
Dates
- Creation: 1839-1893
Creator
- Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) (Organization)
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
The Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) was established by Abington Quarterly Meeting in 1827. It became a part of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) and held its sessions at Cherry Street until 1857 and then at Race Street. The preparative meeting was discontinued in 1893.
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Preparative Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite) (Organization)
- Title
- Philadelphia Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) Records
- Date
- 2011
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
Find It at the Library
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