%eadnotat; ]> matinpm RECORDS OF MATINECOCK PREPARATIVE MEETING An Inventory of Its Records at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff 2007 Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Finding aid encoded by FHL Staff 2007 Finding aid written in English Summary Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Matinecock Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Locust Valley, N.Y.) Matinecock Preparative Meeting Records 1776-1949 20 volumes ; 2 linear ft. RG2/NY/M387These records are entirely in English For current information on the location of records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue Records of Matinecock Preparative Meeting, 1776-1948. History of the Meeting

Matinecock Meeting was among the first meetings established by Quaker settlers in New York. Members of the Society of Friends met at Matinecock as early as 1671. In 1960, Westbury Monthly Meeting approved the setting off of Matinecock Preparative Meeting as Matinecock Monthly Meeting, effective 1mo 8 1961.

Scope and Content of the Records

Records of Matinecock Preparative Meeting, 1776-1948.

Includes men's minutes and joint, 1776-1948, women's minutes, 1789-1886, and miscellaneous records. The latter includes a rough list of interments at the Matinecock burial grounds made in 1909.

Organization of the Records

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1776-1787, 1.2 1787-1791, 1.3 1797-1808, 1.4 1808-1817, 1.5 1817-1836, 1.6 1836-1856, 1.7 1856-1883, 1.8 1883-1903, 1.9 1903-1916, 1.10 1916-1926, 1.11 1926-1945, 1.12 1944-1948, 1.13 Index 1903-1916; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1789-1842, 2.2 1842-1859, 2.3 1859-1873, 2.4 1874-1883, 2.5 1883-1886; Miscellaneous records: 3.1 list of interments 1909, 3.2 Clerk's files 1948-1949, 3.3 Burial permits 1905-1913, 3.4 First Day School funds 1878-79, 3.5 List of adult members n.d.

Access Restrictions:

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Use Restrictions:

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Custodial History:

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Acquisition Information:

Deposit, 1997.

Other Information

Meeting held jointly with women beginning in 1886 7mo.

Index Terms

This collection is indexed under the following headings. Researchers desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these headings.

Topics: Society of Friends -- New York (State) -- Nassau County. Subjects: Matinecock Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Locust Valley, N.Y.) DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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Men's Meeting and Joint Minutes 1776-1787 1 vol. Pre RG2/NY/M387 1.1