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Westmoreland Monthly Meeting Records (including Bridgewater (Pre-Separation and Orthodox) and New Hartford)
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Held at: Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]
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
Bridgewater Monthly Meeting was established in 1817. After the 1828 Separation, The Hicksite branch, which became part of Genesee Yearly Meeting, changed its name to Verona Monthly Meeting in 1840 and was laid down in 1880 (its records are described separately). The name of Bridgewater (Orthodox) was changed to New Hartford Monthly Meeting in 1843 and to Westmoreland Monthly Meeting in 1867. It was laid down in 1924.
Records of Westmoreland Monthly Meeting and its Pre-Separation and Orthodox predecessors, 1817-1924. Includes minutes, 1817-1920; vital records, 1818-85; and miscellaneous items, 1827-1906.
Divided into series: Minutes: 1.1 1817-52, 1.2 1852-1920; Women's minutes: 2.1 1817-60, 2.2 1860-83; Vital Records: 3.1 Register 1818-85, 3.2 Register 1885-1924; Ministers and Elders: 4.1 1860-82, 4.2 1892-1906; Treasurer's Records: 5.1 1827-82; Miscellaneous: 6.1 Historical Sketch of the Meeting House 1914, 6.2 Minute Extracts Regarding John S. Peckham.
4.2 contains Ministers'and Elders' Minutes for Western Monthly Meeting, 1843-70.
Verona Monthly Meeting Records include the Hicksite branch of Bridgewater Monthly Meeting.
Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.
Deposit, 1997.
Organization
- Bridgewater Monthly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends (Orthodox : 1828-1843)
- New Hartford Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1843-1867 : New Hartford, N.Y.)
- Western Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1843-1871 : Western, N.Y.)
- Westmoreland Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1867-1924 : Westmoreland, N.Y.)
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
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Where available, access is through microfilm.
- Use Restrictions
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Information on reproduction policies available in the library.
Collection Inventory
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume in box
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures
Material Specific DetailsPre-Separation / Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Available on microfilm in the Library:
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
1 folder
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
1 folder
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College