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Newberry Preparative Meeting Records
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Friends in Manchester and Newberry Townships, "west side of the Susquehanna," obtained permission from Sadsbury Monthly Meeting to hold a meeting for worship in 1738. Newberry Preparative Meeting became a part of the Warrington Monthly Meeting when the latter was set off in 1747. It was informally known as Redlands. In 1861, Warrington Monthly Meeting was laid down, and Newberry Preparative Meeting became a part of Menallen Monthly Meeting. Newberry meeting was laid down in 1867.
Records of Newberry Preparative Meeting, 1811, 1935, and n.d. Includes financial and property records 1811, and miscellaneous 1935 and n.d.
Divided into series: 1.Financial and Property Records; 2.Miscellaneous.
Volume 6.2 contains sketches and short pieces of Newberry (Redlands), Warrington, Huntington and Menallen Meetings that were published in the West Shore Times.
Also available in microfilm, for use in the Library only: MR-B
Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.
Organization
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2005
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
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Collection Inventory
Fragile
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Deposited in cornerstone of caretaker's house at Redlands, 6 mo 23, 1935. Typewritten. Includes brief sketch of history of migration west of the Susquehanna, deeds to land, meeting houses and names of initial settlers.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Clippings from The West Shore Times Pictures of Redlands Meeting House (Newberry Meeting), Warrington, Huntington, and Menallen (in Flora Dale). Also includes brief stories on each meeting. Includes photocopy.
Physical Description1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College