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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.

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Call Number:
NY.P831
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
7 linear ft. (62 volumes)
Language:
English
Date:
1725-2016 (inclusive)
Creator:
Purchase Meeting, Religious Society of Friends (1964- : Purchase, N.Y.)
Abstract:
Records of Purchase Meeting, 1725-. Includes minutes 1725-2016, vital records 1700-1989, financial records 1834, miscellaneous 1828-1988, and newsletters 1941-1995.

Purchase Monthly Meeting was established in 1725 under Westchester Quarterly Meeting and became part of Purchase Quarterly Meeting on its establishment in 1745. In 1828 it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Hicksite branch united with Purchase Preparative Meeting in 1908 to form Purchase Executive and Preparative Meeting. In 1937 this body united with its Orthodox counterpart. In 1964 Purchase Meeting, Religious Society of Friends, incorporated, which body continues to the present day.

Records of Purchase Meeting, 1725-ongoing. Includes minutes 1725-2016, vital records 1700-1989, financial records 1834, miscellaneous 1828-1988, and newsletters 1941-1995.

Divided into series: Men's and Joint Minutes: 1.1 1725-47, 1.2 1725-47 (Summary), 1.3 1725-99 (Extracts), 1.4 1765-72 (Draft), 1.5 1772-85, 1.6 1777-79 (Draft), 1.7 1783-85 (draft), 1.8 1785-93, 1.9 1793-1806, 1.10 1806-1819, 1.11 1819-42 (Orthodox), 1.12 1843-68 (Orthodox), 1.13 1868-1937 (Orthodox), 1.14 1828-47 (Hicksite), 1.15 1847-83 (Hicksite), 1.16 1883-1919 (Hicksite), 1.17 1919-38 (Hicksite), 1.18 1939-45, 1.19 1962-70, 1.20 1970-74, 1.21 1974-78, 1.22 1978-80, 1.23 1980-85, 1.24 1985-91, 1.25 1946-54, 1.26 1954-61, 1.27 1996-2001, 1.28 1992-96, 1.29 2001-06, 1.30 2006-10, 1.31 2010-11, 1.32 2011-16; WoM: 2.1 1760-69, 2.2 1828-60 (Hicksite), 2.3 1861-83 (Hicksite), 2.4 1834-77 (Orthodox); Vital Records: 3.1 Register 1700-1806, 3.2 Marriages 1725-1910, 3.3 Marriages 1725-1910, 3.4 Manumissions 1777, 3.5 Testifications 1781-89, 3.6 Marriages 1785-1941, 3.7 Births and Deaths 1810-79 (Hicksite), 3.8 Register 1818-65 (Hicksite), 3.9 Register 1828-1907 (Orthodox), 3.10 Register 1828-1919 (Orthodox), 3.11 Memorials 1859-75 (Orthodox), 3.12 Register 1907-1937 (Orthodox), 3.13 Membership 1941-71, 3.14 Removals 1963-89, 3.15 Removals and Disownments 1777-1827; Ministers' and Elders' Minutes: 4.1 1828-54 (Hicksite), 4.2 1854-1904 (Hicksite), 4.3 1844-67 (Orthodox), 4.4 1867-82 (Orthodox), 4.5 1883-1935 (Orthodox); Miscellaneous: 5.1 1833 (Orthodox), 5.2 1833 (Orthodox), 5.3 1880-1937 (Hicksite), 5.4 1892-1895, 5.5 1913-37 (Orthodox), 5.6 1942-53, 5.7 1975-88, [Rye Meeting], 1958-72, 5.9 Radio Broadcasts 1942-49; Newsletter: 6.1 1941(?)-60, 6.2 1988-95; Finance and Property: 7.1 Subscriptions 1834.

Vol.3.11 is entered into a ledger for a spinning manufactury, and also includes correspondence and some genealogical information on the Field family.

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
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Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/P831 3.1. Register, 1700-1806.
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1 volume

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Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/P831 3.2. Marriages (abstract), 1725-1910.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-
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1 volume

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Affiliation: Hicksite and Orthodox

RG2/NY/P831 3.4. Manumissions, 1777.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 3.5. Testifications, 1781-1789.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY120
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 3.6. Marriages, 1785-1941.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY120 (to 1893)
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1 volume

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Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/P831 3.7. Births and Deaths, 1810-1879.
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 3.8. Register, 1818-1865.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 3.9. Register, 1828-1907.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 3.10. Register, 1828-1919.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 3.11. Memorials, 1859-1875.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 3.12. Register, 1907-1937.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 3.13. Membership, 1941-1971.
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 3.14. Removals, 1963-1989.
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RG2/NY/P831 3.15. Removals and disownments, 1777-1827.
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 1.1. Minutes, 1725-1747.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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1 volume in box

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RG2/NY/P831 1.2. Minutes (Summary), 1725-1747.
Box 1
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RG2/NY/P831 1.3. Minutes (Extracts), 1725-1799.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.4. Minutes (Draft), 1765-1772.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY407
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 1.5. Minutes, 1772-1785.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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RG2/NY/P831 1.6. Minutes (Draft), 1777-1779.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY120
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RG2/NY/P831 1.7. Minutes (Draft), 1783-1785.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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RG2/NY/P831 1.8. Minutes, 1785-1793.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY117
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RG2/NY/P831 1.9. Minutes, 1793-1806.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY118
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RG2/NY/P831 1.10. Minutes, 1806-1819.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY118
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RG2/NY/P831 1.11. Minutes, 1819-1842.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY118
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RG2/NY/P831 1.12. Minutes, 1843-1868.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY119
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 1.13. Minutes, 1868-1937.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY408
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 1.14. Minutes, 1828-1847.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY116
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 1.15. Minutes, 1847-1883.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY116
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RG2/NY/P831 1.16. Minutes, 1883-1919.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.17. Minutes, 1919-1938.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY408
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RG2/NY/P831 1.18. Minutes, 1939-1945.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.25. Minutes, 1946-1954.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.26. Minutes, 1954-1961.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.19. Minutes, 1962-1970.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.20. Minutes, 1970-1974.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.21. Minutes, 1974-1978.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.22. Minutes, 1978-1980.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.23. Minutes, 1980-1985.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.24. Minutes, 1985-1991.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.28. Minutes, 1992-1996.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.27. Minutes, 1996-2001.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.29. Minutes, 2001-2006.
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RG2/NY/P831 1.30. Minutes, 2006-2010.
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 1.31. Minutes, 2010-2011.
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 1.32. Minutes, 2011 9mo-2016 8mo.
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1 volume

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United

RG2/NY/P831 2.1. Minutes, 1760-1769.
Box 1
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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RG2/NY/P831 2.2. Minutes, 1828-1860.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY119
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 2.3. Minutes, 1861-1883.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY410
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 2.4. Minutes, 1834-1877.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY120
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 4.1. Minutes, 1828-1854.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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RG2/NY/P831 4.2. Minutes, 1854-1904.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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RG2/NY/P831 4.3. Minutes, 1844-1867.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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RG2/NY/P831 4.4. Minutes, 1867-1882.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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RG2/NY/P831 4.5. Minutes, 1883-1935.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 7.1. Subscriptions, 1834.
Box 2
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 6.1. Newsletter, 1941(?)-1960.
Box 3
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2 folders

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RG2/NY/P831 6.2. Newsletter, 1988-1995.
Box 3 Box 4
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6 folders

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RG2/NY/P831 5.1. Witnesses to be Called in Purchase Trial, 1833.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY411
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RG2/NY/P831 5.2. Testimony in Purchase Trial, 1833.
Box 1 Box 2
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY412
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2 volumes in box

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RG2/NY/P831 5.11. Purchase Trial: Determination of the Court of Chancery (New York State), undated.
Box 2
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1 folder

RG2/NY/P831 5.3. School Fund Account, 1880-1937.
Box 2
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY412
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1 volume in box

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RG2/NY/P831 5.4. First Day School Attendance Book, 1892-1895.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY412
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1 volume

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RG2/NY/P831 5.5. Treasurer's Book, 1913-1937.
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY412
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1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

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RG2/NY/P831 5.6. Clerk's Correspondence, 1942-1953.
Box 2
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  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY412
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2 folders

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RG2/NY/P831 5.9. Radio Broadcasts, 1942-1949.
Box 2
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 5.8. Background Material: Rye Meeting, 1958-1972.
Box 2
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1 folder

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RG2/NY/P831 5.7. Miscellaneous Papers, 1975-1988.
Box 2
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RG2/NY/P831 5.10. Conscientious Objector statements, 1980.
Box 2
Scope and Contents

A folder of statements of conscientious objection and related documentation from members of Purchase Monthly Meeting. The materials had been sent to the New York Yearly Meeting Haviland Records Room file.

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1 folder

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United

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