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Grand Isle and Middle Hero Preparative Meetings Records

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
NY.G725
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (3 volumes plus one folder)
Date:
1801-1876 (inclusive)
Creator:
Grand Isle Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1828-1835 : Grand Isle, Vt.)
Abstract:
Includes: minutes (men's), 1828-1835; women's minutes, 1801-1824 & 1828-1835, and miscellaneous papers, 1825-1876.

Middle Hero Preparative Meeting was established by Peru Monthly Meeting in 1801. In 1814, the name of Middle Hero was changed to Grand Isle Preparative Meeting. The Preparative Meeting was laid down in 1835.

Includes: minutes (men's), 1828-1835; women's minutes, 1801-1824 & 1828-1835, and miscellaneous papers, 1825-1876.

The latter includes extracts of the minutes of Peru Monthly Meeting relative to the laying down of Grand Isle and a letter from Seth Hoag to Benjamin Macomber (1876) contesting the sale of the meeting house.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's): 1.1 1828-35; Women's minutes: 2.1 1801-24, 2.2 1828-35; Miscellaneous papers: 3.1 1825-1876.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

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Subject

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

Where available, access is through microfilm.

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Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/G725 1.1. Minutes, 1828-35.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY261
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/G725 2.1. Minutes, 1801-24.
Box RG2/NY/G
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY261
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/G725 2.2. Minutes, 1828-35.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY261
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/G725 3.1. Miscellaneous Papers, 1825-1876.
Box RG2/NY/G
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore:Microfilm MR-NY261
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

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