Maryland Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Maryland Preparative Meeting, 1829-1840. Includes men's minutes (clerk's drafts), 1849-55, women's minutes, 1829-1840, and burial grounds information 1969/88. Volume 1.1 also includes women's minutes/extracts, 1850-1853.
Dates
- Creation: 1829-1855
Creator
Language of Materials
These records are entirely in English
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Where available, access is through microfilm.
Copyright and Rights Information
Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Biographical / Historical
Maryland Preparative Meeting was established by the Hicksite branch of Butternuts Monthly Meeting in 1828. Butternuts Monthly Meeting changed its name to Laurens Monthly Meeting and reportedly was laid down in 1857. Maryland Preparative Meeting may have been laid at the same time.
Extent
0.7 Linear Feet (2 volumes)
Overview
Records of Maryland Preparative Meeting, 1829-1840. Includes men's minutes (clerk's drafts), 1849-55, women's minutes, 1829-1840, and burial grounds information 1969/88. Volume 1.1 also includes women's minutes/extracts, 1850-1853.
Arrangement
Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 Clerk's Drafts and Extracts 1849-1855; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1829-1840; Property records: 3.1 Burial grounds information, 1969/88.
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Custodial History
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit, 1997.
Subject
- Title
- Maryland Preparative Meeting Records
- Author
- Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
- Date
- 2007
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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