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Middletown Preparative Meeting (Langhorne, Pa.) 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

Middletown Preparative Meeting was established in 12mo 1722/3. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox preparative meeting was transferred to Falls Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1862 and discontinued some time after that date. Middletown Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was discontinued in 1918.

Minutes of the Hicksite and pre-Separation men's meeting and later, of joint sessions with women, 1848-1913; women's minutes, 1859-1893; account books, 1800-1923; trustees' minutes, 1792-1904.

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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

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/M51 1.1-1.8. Minutes, 1848-1913.
Scope and Contents

Minutes books as follows: 1.1 1848-1853; 1.2 1853-1855; 1.3 1855-1859; 1.4 1860-1862; 1.5 1862- 1871; 1.6 1871-1879; 1.7 1879-1895; 1.8 1895-1913.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women met together for business began in 1893.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

8 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M51 2.1-2.3. Minutes, 1859-1893.
Scope and Contents

Minute books as follows: 2.1 1859-1865, 2.2 1865-1885, 2.3 1885-1893.

General

Joint sessions with men began in 1893.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

3 v.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M51 3.1. Account book, 1868-1910.
Scope and Contents

Includes: Graveyard fund accounts, 1904-1909.

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/M51 3.2. Account book, 1910-1923.
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/M51 3.3. Trustees Minutes, 1792-1904.
Scope and Contents

This minute book primarily contains the records of a Committee appointed to examine the treasurer's and trustees' accounts. Includes pre-Separation minutes, 1792-1827.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph444
  2. Haverford: Microfilm 81
Physical Description

1 v. ; 33 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M51 3.7. School Fund Trustees' Day Book, 1798-1823.
Physical Description

1 folder

Material Specific Details

Pre-separation

RG2/Ph/M51 3.4. School Fund Trustees' Account book, 1800-1910.
Scope and Contents

Contains pre-Separation accounts, 1800-1827.

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/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M51 3.5. Account book : Walker Legacy, 1854-1894.
Scope and Contents

Fund to assist education of poor children.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

2 v. in 1

Material Specific Details

Affiliation:Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/M51 3.6. Account book : school house construction, 1866-1867.
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

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