Call Number:

NY.A498

Repository:

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

Extent:

0.4 linear ft. (4 volumes)

Date:

1775-1861 (inclusive)

Creator:

Amawalk Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1828-1882 : Yorktown Heights, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Amawalk Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). Includes: Minutes, 1775-1800/1828-1850 and women's minutes, 1797-1825/1828-1861.

Amawalk Preparative Meeting was reportedly established in 1774 as a part of Purchase Monthly, having been previously allowed as a meeting for worship. It was set off to Chappaqua Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1785, and became part of Amawalk Monthly Meeting on its establishment in 1798. Amawalk Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was laid down in 1886, being the only Preparative Meeting in the Monthly Meeting. Amawalk Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) changed its name to Yorktown Preparative Meeting in 1882 and was laid down in 1902.

Records of Amawalk Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). Includes: Minutes, 1775-1800/1828-1850, women's minutes, 1797-1825/1828-1861, and miscellaneous extracts concerning Amawalk, 1795 and 1806.

Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1775-1800, 1.2 1828-1850; women's minutes: 2.1 1797-1825, 2.2 1828-1861; miscellaneous extracts: 3.1 1795-1806.