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Westmoreland Monthly Meeting Records (including Bridgewater (Pre-Separation and Orthodox) and New Hartford)

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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.

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/W525 3.1. Register, 1818-1885.
Box RG2/NY/W
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume in box

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 3.2. Register, 1885-1924.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 1.1. Minutes, 1817-1852.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Pre-Separation / Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 1.2. Minutes, 1852-1920.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 2.1. Minutes, 1817-60.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 2.2. Minutes, 1860-83.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY470
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 4.1. Minutes, 1860-82.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 4.2. Minutes, 1892-1906.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 5.1. Treasurer's Records, 1827-1882.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY471
Physical Description

1 volume and 1 envelope of enclosures

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 6.1. Historical Sketch of the Meeting House, 1914.
Box RG2/NY/W
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 6.2. Minute Extracts Regarding John S. Peckham, no date.
Box RG2/NY/W
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

RG2/NY/W525 6.3. Land Trust Agreement, 1835.
Box RG2/NY/W
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/NY/W525 6.4. Concerning Deed for Westmoreland Meeting House, 1835.
Box RG2/NY/W
Physical Description

1 folder

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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