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Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting Records

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Call Number:
NY.M697
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.33 linear ft. (5 volumes (plus one folder))
Date:
1803-1904 (inclusive)
Creator:
Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting of Friends (Mt. Kisco, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its indirect predecessor, Croton Valley Preparative Meeting, 1803-1904. Includes: minutes, 1804-1904 (gaps), as well as a record of the visits of travelling Friends, 1803-1850.

Croton Valley Preparative Meeting was established by Chappaqua Monthly Meeting in 1804. The Hicksite branch of this meeting was discontinued by Chappaqua in 1854, and in 1858 the monthly meeting granted a preparative meeting at Mount Kisco. Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting was laid down in 1904 by Chappaqua Monthly Meeting.

Records of Mt. Kisco Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) and its indirect predecessor, Croton Valley Preparative Meeting, 1803-1904. Includes: minutes, 1804-1904 (gaps), as well as a record of the visits of travelling Friends, 1803-1850.

Divided into series: Minutes (men's): 1.1 1831-53/1858-76; Women's minutes (& joint): 2.1 1804-1841, 2.2 1841-54/1858-74, 2.3 1875-1904; Miscellaneous: 3.1 Account of Friends appointing meetings at Croton Valley 1803-1850; Property: 4.1 Deed and correspondence re: sale 1859-1975.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

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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/M697 1.1. Minutes, 1831-53/1858-76.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY310
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Scope and Contents

Includes joint minutes.

RG2/NY/M697 2.1. Women's minutes, 1804-1841.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY310
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/Hicksite

RG2/NY/M697 2.2. Women's minutes, 1841-54/1858-74.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY311
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/M697 2.3. Women's minutes, 1875-1904.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY311
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/M697 4.1. Deed and correspondence re: sale, 1859-1975.
Box RG2/NY/M 3
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

RG2/NY/M697 3.1. Account of Friends appointing meetings at Croton Valley, 1803-1850.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY311
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre/Hicksite

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