Robeson Monthly Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Robeson Monthly Meeting, pre-Separation, Orthodox, and Hicksite. Records of the pre-Separation meeting include: men's meeting minutes, 1789-1812; rough or clerk's copies of minutes, 1789-1826; minutes of the meeting of ministers and elders, 1798-1819. Records of the Hicksite meeting include: Rough minutes of the men's meeting 1826-1839, and miscellaneous papers, 1799-1837, & n.d. Records of the Orthodox meeting include: minutes of the men's meeting, 1812-1862; women's meeting minutes, 1789-1837; removals issued, 1790-1870; ministers and elders' minutes, 1820-1834; miscellaneous papers, 1825-1840.
Dates
- Creation: 1744-1872
Creator
- Robeson Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1789-1827) (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
Robeson Monthly Meeting was established in 1789 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting.
Two meetings emerged after the Hicksite Separation of 1827. Robeson Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1841. Robeson Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1872, and its members were attached to Bradford Monthly Meeting.
Extent
5 Linear Feet
Language
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
- Robeson Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1789-1827) (Organization)
- Robeson Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1789-1827) (Organization)
- Robeson Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1841) (Organization)
- Robeson Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1872) (Organization)
- Title
- Robeson 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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