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Rahway 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]

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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Call Number:
Ph.R339
Repository:
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
1 linear ft. (3 volumes)
Language:
English
Date:
1808-1888 (inclusive)
Creator:
Rahway Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1888 : Rahway, N.J.)
Abstract:
Records of Rahway Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1808-88. Includes men's and women's minutes 1838-88, and vital records 1808-9.

Rahway Preparative Meeting was allowed as a meeting for worship in 1742 and became a preparative meeting at some time soon after. In 1827 it divided into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. In 1833 the Hicksite branch was transferred from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting to New York Yearly Meeting, where it continued until it was laid down in 1888.

Records of Rahway Preparative Meeting (Hicksite), 1808-88. Includes men's and women's minutes 1838-88, and vital records 1808-9.

Divided into series: Men's Minutes: 1.1 1845-88; Women's Minutes: 2.1 1838-66; Vital Records: 3.1 Membership 1808-09.

Transferred from Haviland Records Room by NYYM in 1997.

Deposit, 1997.

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Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Inventory prepared by: FHL Staff
Finding Aid Date
2007
Access Restrictions

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

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Collection Inventory

RG2/NY/R437 3.1. Membership, 1808-1809.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY293
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

RG2/NY/R437 1.1. Minutes, 1845-1888.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY293
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

RG2/NY/R437 2.1. Minutes, 1838-1866.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the Library:

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-NY293
Physical Description

1 volume

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

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