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	 <filedesc> 
		<titlestmt> 
		  <titleproper>RECORDS OF MIDDLESEX PREPARATIVE MEETING</titleproper> 
		  <subtitle>An Inventory of Its Records at the Friends Historical Library
			 of Swarthmore College</subtitle> 
		  <author>Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff</author> 
		</titlestmt> 
		<publicationstmt> 
		  <date>2007</date> 
		  <publisher>Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College</publisher>
		  
		  <address> 
			 <addressline/> 
		  </address> 
		</publicationstmt> 
	 </filedesc> 
	 <profiledesc> 
		<creation>Finding aid encoded by FHL Staff 
		  <date>2007</date></creation> 
		<langusage>Finding aid written in
		  <language>English</language></langusage> 
	 </profiledesc> 
  </eadheader> 
  <archdesc level="collection" type="inventory"> 
	 <did> 
		<head id="a1">Summary</head> 
		<repository label="Label:"> 
		  <corpname>Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore
			 College</corpname></repository> 
		<origination label="Creator:"> 
		  <corpname role="creator" encodinganalog="110">Middlesex Preparative
			 Meeting (Society of Friends : Darien, Conn.)</corpname></origination> 
		<unittitle label="Title:" encodinganalog="245$a">Middlesex Preparative
		  Meeting Records</unittitle> 
		<unitdate label="Dates:" encodinganalog="245$f">1809-1846.</unitdate> 
		<physdesc label="Quantity:" encodinganalog="300">3 v. ; .3 linear feet.
		  </physdesc> 
		<unitid label="Call Number:">RG2/NY/M537</unitid><langmaterial>These
		  records are entirely in <language>English</language></langmaterial> 
		<physloc label="Location">For current information on the location of
		  records, please consult the Library’s online catalogue</physloc> 
		<abstract label="Abstract:">Records of Middlesex Preparative Meeting,
		  1809-1834. Includes: Men's minutes, 1809-1846, Women's minutes, 1809-1835, and
		  deed, 1810..</abstract> 
	 </did> 
	 <bioghist encodinganalog="545"> 
		<head id="a2">History of the Meeting</head> 
		<p>Middlesex Preparative Meeting was established 4mo 1809 by Purchase
		  Monthly Meeting. It began meeting in joint sessions in 1840. The meeting was
		  laid down by Purchase Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1846.</p> 
	 </bioghist> 
	 <scopecontent encodinganalog="520"> 
		<head id="a3">Scope and Content of the Records</head> 
		<p>Records of Middlesex Preparative Meeting, 1809-1834. Includes: Men's
		  minutes, 1809-1846, Women's minutes, 1809-1835, and deed, 1810.</p> 
	 </scopecontent> 
	 <arrangement encodinganalog="351$a"> 
		<head id="a4">Organization of the Records</head> 
		<p>Divided into series: Men's and joint minutes: 1.1 1809-1834; 1.2
		  1840-1846; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1809-1835; Property records: 3.1 Deed 1810.</p>
		
	 </arrangement><descgrp> 
		<accessrestrict id="a14"> 
		  <head>Access Restrictions:</head> 
		  <p>Where available, access is through microfilm.</p> 
		</accessrestrict> 
		<userestrict id="a15"> 
		  <head>Use Restrictions:</head> 
		  <p>Information on reproduction policies available in the library.</p> 
		</userestrict> 
		<custodhist id="a16"> 
		  <head>Custodial History:</head> 
		  <p>Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.</p> 
		</custodhist> 
		<acqinfo id="a19"> 
		  <head>Acquisition Information:</head> 
		  <p>Deposit,1997.</p> 
		</acqinfo></descgrp> 
	 <controlaccess> 
		<head id="a7">Index Terms</head> 
		<p>This collection is indexed under the following headings. Researchers
		  desiring materials about related topics should search the catalog using these
		  headings.</p> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Topics:</head> 
		  <subject encodinganalog="650">Society of Friends -- Connecticut --
			 Fairfield County.</subject> 
		</controlaccess> 
		<controlaccess> 
		  <head>Subjects:</head> 
		  <corpname role="subject" encodinganalog="610">Middlesex Preparative
			 Meeting (Society of Friends : Darien, Conn.) </corpname> 
		</controlaccess> 
	 </controlaccess><dsc type="in-depth"> 
		<head>DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS</head> 
		<p> <emph render="bold">Note to Researchers: </emph> To request materials
		  on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers; patrons must use
		  microfilm if it is available.</p> 
		<c01 level="series"> 
		  <did> 
			 <unittitle><emph render="bold">Men's Meeting and
				Joint</emph></unittitle> 
		  </did> 
		  <c02> 
			 <did> 
				<unittitle>Minutes</unittitle> 
				<unitdate>1809-1834</unitdate> 
				<physdesc>1 vol</physdesc> 
				<origination>Pre/Hicksite</origination> 
				<physloc>RG2/NY/M537 1.1</physloc> 
			 </did> 
			 <altformavail type="Microfilm"> 
				<p>Available on microfilm in the Library:</p> 
				<list> 
				  <defitem> 
					 <label>SW:</label> 
					 <item>Film MR-NY303</item> 
				  </defitem> 
				</list> 
			 </altformavail> 
		  </c02> 
		  <c02> 
			 <did> 
				<unittitle>Minutes</unittitle> 
				<unitdate>1840-1846</unitdate> 
				<physdesc>1 folder</physdesc> 
				<origination>Hicksite</origination> 
				<physloc>RG2/NY/M537 1.2</physloc> 
			 </did> 
			 <altformavail type="Microfilm"> 
				<p>Available on microfilm in the Library:</p> 
				<list> 
				  <defitem> 
					 <label>SW:</label> 
					 <item>Film MR-NY303</item> 
				  </defitem> 
				</list> 
			 </altformavail> 
		  </c02> 
		</c01> 
		<c01 level="series"> 
		  <did> 
			 <unittitle><emph render="bold">Women's Meeting</emph></unittitle> 
		  </did> 
		  <c02> 
			 <did> 
				<unittitle>Women's minutes</unittitle> 
				<unitdate>1809-1835</unitdate> 
				<physdesc>1 vol</physdesc> 
				<origination>Pre/Hicksite</origination> 
				<physloc>RG2/NY/M537 2.1</physloc> 
			 </did> 
			 <altformavail type="Microfilm"> 
				<p>Available on microfilm in the Library:</p> 
				<list> 
				  <defitem> 
					 <label>SW:</label> 
					 <item>Film MR-NY303</item> 
				  </defitem> 
				</list> 
			 </altformavail> 
		  </c02> 
		</c01> 
		<c01 level="series"> 
		  <did> 
			 <unittitle><emph render="bold">Property records</emph></unittitle> 
		  </did> 
		  <c02> 
			 <did> 
				<unittitle>Deed</unittitle> 
				<unitdate>1810</unitdate> 
				<physdesc>1 fol.</physdesc> 
				<origination>Pre</origination> 
				<physloc>RG2/NY/M537 3.1</physloc> 
			 </did> 
			 <altformavail type="Microfilm"> 
				<p>Available on microfilm in the Library:</p> 
				<list> 
				  <defitem> 
					 <label>SW:</label> 
					 <item>No film</item> 
				  </defitem> 
				</list> 
			 </altformavail> 
		  </c02> 
		</c01></dsc> 
  </archdesc> 
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