Call Number:

NY.O373

Repository:

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

Extent:

111 linear ft. (19 volumes)

Language:

English

Date:

1745-1893 (inclusive)

Creator:

Oblong Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : Pawling, N.Y.)

Abstract:

Records of Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite and pre-Separation), 1745-1893. Includes: minutes, 1757-1884, women's minutes, 1796-1873, Vital records 1745-1893, Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1833-54, Sufferings, 1775-1826, and Finance and Property .

Oblong Monthly Meeting was set off from Purchase Monthly Meeting in 1744. It became a part of Purchase Quarterly Meeting on its establishment in 1745 and became part of Nine Partners Quarterly Meeting in 1783. In 1828 the meeting split into Orthodox and Hicksite branches, and the Orthodox branch continued until it was laid down in 1921.

Records of Oblong Monthly Meeting (Hicksite and pre-Separation), 1745-1893. Includes: minutes, 1757-1884, women's minutes, 1796-1873, Vital records 1745-1893, Ministers and Elders' minutes, 1833-54, Sufferings, 1775-1826, and Finance and Property 1764-1975.

Divided into series: Men's minutes: 1.1 1788-1795, 1.2 1795-1802, 1.3 1802-15, 1.4 1815-44, 1.5 1845-84, 1.6 1757-81, 1.7 1781-88; Women's minutes: 2.1 1796-1807, 2.2 1807-35, 2.3 1835-73; Vital records: 3.1 1745-83, 3.2 1781-1841, 3.3 1786-1866, 3.4 1828-93, 3.5 1841-84 3.6 1744-1884, 3.6 Member Lists 1942 & 1961, 3.7 Acceptances, Removals, Marriages 1744, 1805, 1829; Ministers and Elders' minutes: 4.1 1833-54; Sufferings: 5.1 1775-1826; Finance and Property: 6.1 Meeting House Material 1936, 1972-75, 6.2 Quaker Hill Burial Ground 1916, 6.3 Deeds 1764-1811, 6.4 Subscriptions for Meeting House 1764, 6.5 List of Library Books 1860, 6.6 Leaf from Account Book (no date); Miscellaneous: 7.1 Certificates Re: Militia Laws 1755, 7.2 History 1932, 1979.