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Darby 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 meeting for worship was established at Darby in 1682 by Chester Monthly Meeting. In 1684, the meeting became part of Darby Monthly Meeting.; a preparative meeting was established in 1701. In 1831, Darby Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) removed to Lansdowne; it was transferred to Chester Monthly Meeting in 1849, and to Lansdowne Monthly Meeting in 1904. The name of this meeting was changed to Lansdowne Preparative Meeting in 1924, and was finally discontinued in 1953. Darby Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1898.

Records include: pre-Separation Hicksite women's meeting minutes, 1801-1808 and 1827-1891, and minutes of the joint sessions of men and women Hicksite friends, 1891-1898.

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Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Date
2011
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.

Use Restrictions

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

RG2/Ph/D32 1.1. Minutes, 1891-1898.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/D32 2.1. Minutes, 1801-1808.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/D32 2.2-2.5. Minutes, 1827-1891.
Scope and Contents

Volumes are 2.2 1827-1845, 2.3 1845-1854, 2.4 1854-1874, 2.5 1874-1891.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: No Film
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

4 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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