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Lagrange and Beekman Preparative Meetings (Orthodox) Records

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Call Number:
NY.L357
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.45 linear ft. (6 volumes)
Date:
1825-1902 (inclusive)
Creator:
Lagrange Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1862-approximately 1902 : Lagrangeville, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of Lagrange Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) and its predecessor, Beekman Preparative Meeting, 1825-1902. Includes: Men's & women's minutes, 1828-1902.

Beekman Preparative Meeting was established in 1810 as a part of Oswego Monthly. The Hicksite branch was laid down at the time of the Separation, its members attached to the preparative meetings of Oswego Monthly Meeting (Hicksite). The Orthodox branch changed its name to Lagrange Preparative in 1862. The last record of this meeting is from 1902.

Records of Lagrange Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) and its predecessor, Beekman Preparative Meeting, 1825-1902. Includes: Men's & women's minutes, 1828-1902.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's and joint): 1.1 1828-1842, 1.2 1842-1858, 1.3 1853-1887 (including women's), 1.4 Minutes 1860-1873 / 1887-1902; Women's minutes: 2.1 1825-1841, 2.2 1841-1853.

Volume 1841-53 of women's minutes contains Oswego Preparative Meeting women's minutes, 1829-1835.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

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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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Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/L357 1.1. Minutes, 1828-1842.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/L357 1.2. Minutes, 1842-1858.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/L357 1.3. Minutes, 1853-1887.
Scope and Contents

(including women's)

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/L357 1.4. Minutes, 1860-1873 / 1887-1902.
Box RG2/NY/L
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/L357 2.1. Minutes, 1825-1841.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/Orthodox

RG2/NY/L357 2.2. Minutes, 1841-1853.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY276
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

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