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Hockessin Preparative 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.
Overview and metadata sections
A meeting for worship at Hockessin was established in 1737 by Newark (Kennett) Monthly Meeting. In 1786, Western Quarterly Meeting established Hockessin Preparative Meeting out of a division of Center Preparative Meeting.
Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Orthodox) absorbed Center Preparative Meeting in 1827; the preparative meeting was transferred to Kennett Monthly Meeting in 1831. In 1856, the meeting for worship and preparative meeting were discontinued. Their members were transferred to Kennett Preparative Meeting.
Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1914.
Records of Hockessin Preparative Meeting, 1818-1893, as follows: minutes of the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1818-1825; minutes of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1825-1886; women's meeting minutes, 1863-1893; account book, 1822-1854; subscription lists for quota, 1830-1837 & n.d.
Deposit
Organization
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1787-1827)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Hicksite : 1827-1914)
- Hockessin Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1856)
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 the pre-Separation men's meeting, 1818 6mo-1825 6mo.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph90
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the Hicksite men's meeting, 1.2 1825-1827, 1.3 1837-1849, 1.4 1849-1869, 1.5 1869-1886. Includes pre-Separation men's meeting minutes, 1825-1827.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph90
- Haverford: No Film
4 v. ; 21 cm. or smaller
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Hicksite women's meeting, 1863 10mo5-1893 3mo2.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1v. ; 22cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph90
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 16 x 22 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Meeting, 1830, 1831, 1836, 1837 & n.d.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s)
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 items (in folder)
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College