%eadnotat; ]> adripm RECORDS OF BATTLE CREEK MONTHLY MEETING A Finding Aid for its Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2007 Finding aid encoded by FHL Staff 2007 Finding aid written in English. RECORDS OF BATTLE CREEK MONTHLY MEETING A Finding Aid for its Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College 2007 Summary Battle Creek Monthly Meeting Records 1803-1903 Battle Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Battle Creek, Mich.) .25 linear ft. Records in English Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Library's online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu/ SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Milton Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) opened in 1838, and changed its name to Battle Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends in 1841. It was laid down in 1899.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Battle Creek Monthly Meeting, 1803-1903. Includes minutes 1838-86, women's minutes 1838-69, births and deaths 1803-1903, and Removal certificates 1838-68.

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Collection is open for research. Access is only through microfilm, if available.

Use Restrictions

Copyright has not been assigned to the Repository. 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.

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Subjects: Battle Creek Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : Battle Creek, Mich.) Society of Friends -- Michigan DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general, non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a regular basis.

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Vital Records Births and deaths 1803-1903 1 vol. Pre/Hicksite RG2/G/B355 3.1

Includes undated lists of names.