Baltimore Monthly Meeting (Homewood) Records

Friends belonging to Patapsco Preparative Meeting, a subordinate of Gunpowder Monthly, changed the site of their meeting to the more rapidly growing Baltimore Town in 1781. With the consent of the parent Meeting and the Western Quarterly Meeting, Patapsco Preparative Meeting, now Baltimore Monthly Meeting, was established in 1792. In 1807, with an increase in membership, Baltimore Monthly was divided into two meetings: Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Western District, and Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Eastern District. In 1828, when Orthodox Friends separated from the Hicksites, they formed Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern and Western District. Originally this meeting met at the Cortland Street Meeting House. In 1867, the meeting moved to Eutaw Street. During this time the meeting was known as Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Orthodox. In 1922, the meeting again moved, this time to the Homewood Meeting House. By 1927, the meeting bore the name Baltimore Monthly meeting, Homewood.

Records of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Homewood, 1673-1991. Includes vital records 1674-1968, Men's minutes 1673-1975, Women's minutes 1819-1961, Worship & Ministry and its predecessors 1793-1969, financial records 1842-1979, property records 1713-1968, committee records 1831-1991, and miscellaneous 1698-1991.

Divided into series: Vital Records; Men's Meeting and Joint; Women's Meeting; Worship and Ministry and its Predecessors; Financial Records; Property Records; Committee Records; Miscellaneous.

Deposit

This collection of records includes the pre-Separation records of Baltimore Monthly Meeting that were retained by the Orthodox. See also the records of Baltimore Monthly Meeting, Stony Run, for additional pre-Separation records.

A portion of this collection, labeled 1116/Box HW, was placed on indefinite loan at Haverford College Quaker Collection. This collection includes records primarily of Baltimore Monthly Meeting Homewood, but also a significant portion of Baltimore Yearly Meeting records. Additionally, there are records of Baltimore Quarterly Meeting, Virginia Meetings, numerous publications, portraits and other graphic materials, some rare anti-slavery documents, including signed letters of Abraham Lincoln, and other miscellaneous items.

Use

Copyright has not been assessed for these materials. Works over 120 years old are generally considered to be in the public domain. For permission for other materials, please contact the repository where the materials are on deposit.

Publisher

Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

Date

2008

Creator

Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts (Orthodox : 1828-1927 : Baltimore, Md.)

Subject

Society of Friends -- Maryland -- Baltimore City

Organization

Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends for the Eastern and Western Districts (Orthodox : 1828-1927 : Baltimore, Md.)

Baltimore Monthly Meeting of Friends (Homewood)

Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Eastern District (Society of Friends : 1807-1819 : Baltimore, Md.)

Baltimore Monthly Meeting for the Western District (Society of Friends : 1807-1864 : Baltimore, Md.)

Place

Baltimore (Md.) -- Genealogy

Language

English