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Little Britain Monthly Meeting Records

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

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Call Number:
B.L581
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
3 linear ft.
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
Cite as: Little Britain Monthly Meeting Records, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1775-2007 (inclusive)
Creator:
Little Britain Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
Abstract:

With the consent of Concord Quarterly Meeting, Eastland and Little Britain Preparative Meetings joined together to form Little Britain Monthly Meeting in 1804. The first meeting was held in 10mo 1804. Little Britain came under Baltimore Yearly Meeting in 1819 upon the creation of Nottingham Quarterly Meeting.

During the Separation of 1828, the meeting affiliated with the Hicksite branch of Friends, as a majority of members identified themselves as Hicksite. Those with Orthodox sympathies withdrew from the meeting and joined with Orthodox Friends from Eastland Preparative Meeting to form the Little Britain Preparative Meeting of Nottingham and this body afiliated with Primitive Friends after 1854. In the 20th century, Little Britain Monthly Meeting arranged itself on the traditional English system of having two preparative meetings, Penn Hill and Eastland, and alternating business meetings between the two meetinghouses, a model that continues into the 21st century.

Records of Little Britain Monthly Meeting, 1775-2007. Includes men's and joint minutes 1804-2007, women's minutes 1804-1874, vital records 1775-1940, Ministers and Elders minutes 1853-1950, and miscellaneous 1803-73.

Includes 20th and 21st century records from Little Britain's two constituent preparative meetings (as it is arranged on the traditional English model) of Eastland and Penn Hill.

Divided into series: 1.Men's and Joint Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Vital Records; 4.Ministers & Elders; 5.Miscellaneous.

Vol. 1.5 includes list of trustees, list of overseers appointed, and census reports. Vol. 1.7 includes lists of committee members. Vol. 2.1 includes certificate of removal of Thomas B. Brown. Vol. 2.2 was damaged by is fragile and illegible in parts; for reading, see Women's minutes 1804 - 1857. Vol. 5.1 includes constitution & by-laws, roll of members, and minutes. For burials, see card catalogue: graveyard records for Ballance, PA.

Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B, 159-164.

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2005
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/B/L581 1.1. Minutes, 1804-1838.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B161
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.2. Minutes, 1811-1812; 1826-1827; 1828-1829.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Minutes, 1804 - 1838)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B163
Physical Description

1 vol.; 21 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.3. Minutes, 1838-1864.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B161
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.4. Minutes, 1864-1901.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B160/162
Physical Description

1 vol.; 36 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.5. Minutes, 1902-1923.
Scope and Contents

Includes list of trustees (1894-1906), list of overseers appointed (1903), and census report (1990) (loose sheets).

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B162
Physical Description

1 vol.; 36 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.6. Minutes, 1923-1952.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B163
Physical Description

1 vol.; 36 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.7. Minutes, 1952-70.
Scope and Contents

Includes lists of committee members (back of volume)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B159
Physical Description

1 vol.; 36 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 1.8. Minutes, 1970-2007.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 vol.; 36 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 2.1. Minutes, 1804-1857.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Little Britain M.M. 1804 - 1857 Women's Branch" Includes certificate of removal of Thomas B. Brown (1875, loose sheet) Film contains minutes from 1808 and 1841 -1857.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B161
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 2.2. Minutes (rough), 1852-53.
Scope and Contents

Rough minutes (copied in Women's Minutes, 1804-1857). Note: These minutes were damaged by silverfish and are fragile and illegible in parts. For reading, see Women's minutes 1804 - 1857.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B161
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 2.3. Minutes, 1857-1893.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "A Book of Records of he Minutes of Little Britain Monthly Meeting of Women Friends 1857 - 1893"

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B164
Physical Description

1 vol.; 34 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 2.4. Minutes (rough), 1873-1874.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Little Britain Monthly Meeting Women Friends 1873-1874." Rough minutes (copied in Women's Minutes, 1857-1893)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B163
Physical Description

1 vol.; 17 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 3.1. Births and Deaths, 1775-1881.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Births & Burials Little Britain Mo. M. 1775 - 1881." Indexed.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B163
Physical Description

1 vol.; 32.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 3.2. Marriage (abstracts), 1804-1878.
Scope and Contents

Abstracts. Includes marriage consent for Alfred Wood and Elmira King (1877).

Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 3.3. Marriages (abstracts), 1878-1940.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B160
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 4.1. Minutes, 1853-1889.
Scope and Contents

Title page marked: "Preparative Meeting Ministers and Elders Little Britain 1853-1889."

Physical Description

1 vol.; 19.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 4.2. Minutes, 1889-1907.
Physical Description

1 vol.; 20 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 4.3. Minutes, 1908-1950.
Scope and Contents

Note: Title changed from Ministers and Elders to Ministry and Counsel in 1913.

Physical Description

1 vol.; 21.5 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 5.1. Association of Friends for Mutual Improvement Records, 1803-73.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-B
Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/B/L581 5.2. Certificate of Clearness for Marriage Thomas Miller, 1811.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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