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Catawissa Monthly Meeting 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]
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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Catawissa Monthly Meeting was established in 1795 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting. Its first business sessions were held in 1796. The monthly meeting was discontinued on 12mo 24, 1808, after many of its members had removed to Canada and Ohio. The remaining members were attached to Muncy Monthly Meeting until 6mo 15, 1814, when Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting was established. Thereafter, Roaring Creek included all the remaining members of Catawissa.
Records, all pre-Separation, include: minutes of the men's meeting, 1796-1808; women's meeting minutes, 1796-1808; marriage certificates, 1796-1802; index of removals issued, 1797-1808. Record of births and deaths at Catawissa contained in the book of births and deaths for Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting, 1790-1901.
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2011
- Access Restrictions
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Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
- Use Restrictions
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Copyright has not been assigned to the Repositories All requests for permission to publish or quote from manuscripts must be submitted to the individual Meeting or its successor. Permission for publication is given on behalf of the Repositories as the holder(s) of the physical items and is not intended to include or imply permission of the copyright holder, which must also be obtained by reader.
Collection Inventory
Compiled by John E. Eshelman. Record includes death abstracts of Catawissa Monthly Meeting, 1796-1808 and Roaring Creek Monthly Meeting, 1815-1915
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph685
- Haverford: Film 8Q
1 v. ; 32 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Meeting's copies of marriage certificates.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph82
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (33 cm.)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph83
- Haverford: Film 38
1 item in folder ; 28 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the men's meeting, 1796 4mo 23-1808 12mo 24. Included are extracts from Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting minutes relating to the establishment (1795) and discontinuance (1808) of Catawissa Monthly Meeting.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph82
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rough minutes of the men's meeting, 1805 1mo26-1808 12mo24.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 20.5 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 34 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College