Call Number:

NY.G373

Repository:

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

Extent:

0.5 linear ft. (6 volumes)

Date:

1802-1865 (inclusive)

Creator:

Galway Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1828-1866 : Galway, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Galway Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its predecessor, 1802-1865. Includes: Minutes 1828-1865; women's minutes, 1802-1865; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1852-1862; Register, 1850-1861, Correspondence 1932-53.

Galway Monthly Meeting was established in 1802, set off from Saratoga Monthly Meeting. It was a part of Easton Quarterly until Saratoga Quarterly was established in 1815. The Orthodox branch of Galway Monthly met at Providence after 1828, and was laid down in 1836, members attached to Milton Monthly. After 1847, the Hicksite branch met alternately at Galway, Greenfield and Milton. This meeting was laid down in 1865, remaining members attached to Saratoga Monthly Meeting.

Records of Galway Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its predecessor, 1802-1865. Includes: Minutes 1828-1865; women's minutes, 1802-1865; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1852-1862; Register, 1850-1861; Correspondence 1832-53.

The register, 1850-61, also contains minutes of Milton Monthly Meeting of Women Friends, 1828-1847.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's): 1.1 1828-1865; Women's minutes: 2.1 1802-1816, 2.2 1816-1865; Vital records: 3.1 Register 1850-1861; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1848-1851, 4.2 1852-62; Miscellaneous: 5.1 Correspondence 1832-53.