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Peru Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) Records

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This is a finding aid. It is a description of archival material held at the Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Unless otherwise noted, the materials described below are physically available in their reading room, and not digitally available through the web.

Overview and metadata sections

Call Number:
NY.P493
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
2 linear ft. (6 volumes (1 folder))
Language:
English
Date:
1766-1868 (inclusive)
Creator:
Peru Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1799-1828 : Peru, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of Peru Monthly Meeting, 1766-1868 (Pre-Separation and Orthodox). Includes men's minutes 1799-1868, women's minutes 1828-68, vital records 1766-1866, Ministers & Elders minutes 1804-68.

Peru Monthly Meeting was set off from Danby Monthly Meeting by Saratoga Quarterly Meeting in 1799. In 1810 it became part of Ferrisburgh Quarterly Meeting. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Orthodox branch continued until it was laid down in 1868 and the members attached to Ferrisburgh Monthly Meeting.

Records of Peru Monthly Meeting, 1766-1868. Includes men's minutes 1799-1868, women's minutes 1828-68, vital records 1766-1866, Ministers & Elders minutes 1804-68.

Divided into series: Men's minutes: 1.1 1799-1821, 1.2 1821-54, 1.3 1854-68; Women's minutes: 2.1 1828-68; Ministers'& Elders' minutes: 3.1 1804-68; Vital records: 4.1 births and deaths 1766-1847, 4.2 marriages and removals 1829-66.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

Organization
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.

Use Restrictions

Information on reproduction policies available in the library.

Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/P493 4.1. Births and deaths, 1766-1847.
Scope and Contents

Births 1766-1847, Deaths 1801-1847. Marriage Intentions 1799-1833 compiled from Women's Minutes included.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY 111
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

RG2/NY/P493 4.2. Marriages and removals, 1829-1866.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY111
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P493 1.1. Minutes, 1799-1821.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY111
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/P493 1.2. Minutes, 1821-1854.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY112
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/ Orthodox

RG2/NY/P493 1.3. Minutes, 1854-1868.
Box RG2/NY/P
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY 387
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P493 2.1. Minutes, 1828-1868.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY 113
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/P493 3.1. Minutes, 1804-1868.
Box RG2/NY/P
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY 387
Physical Description

2 volumes in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

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