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Valley Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) Records

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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]

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A preparative meeting was established in the Valley in 1785. In 1828 it divided into Orthodox and Hicksite branches. The Hicksite branch was laid down in 1866 after two years of inactivity (noted by clerk at end of minute book.)

Records of Valley Preparative Meeting, 1793-1863. Includes men's minutes 1806-63; and women's minutes 1793-1822.

Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 1806-63; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1793-1822; Finance and Property: 3.1 Property records (copy) 1782.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

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/V335 1.1. Minutes, 1806-63.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY451
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/V335 2.1. Minutes, 1793-1822.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY451
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/V335 3.1. Property records (copy), 1782.
Box RG2/NY/T-V
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre

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