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Centre Preparative Meeting (Burrsville, Md.) 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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Overview and metadata sections
A meeting for worship was established at Concordville (MD) by the Nicholites circa 1770. In 1798, the meeting was transferred to Third Haven Monthly Meeting; later in 1798, a preparative meeting was established. In 1800, the meetings at Centre were transferred to Northwest Fork Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1828. Centre Meeting was transferred to Motherkiln Monthly Meeting in 1828, then to Wilmington Monthly Meeting in 1831. The meeting was discontinued in 1832. Centre Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1839; its members were attached to Northwest Fork Preparative Meeting and an ingulged meeting was established. In 1843, the preparative meeting was reestablished. In 1862 or 1863, the meeting removed to Burrsville from Concordville. The preparative meeting and meeting for worship were discontinued circa 1873
Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite meeting, 1824-1828.
Deposit
Organization
- Centre Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1798-1827 : Concordville, Md.)
- Centre Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1853 : Burrsville, Md.)
Subject
Place
- 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
Minutes of Centre Preparative Meeting 1824 6mo9-1828 9mo3. Includes minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite meetings
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph88
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College