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Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) 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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Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting was established in 1672 and transferred to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1682. Two branches were formed at the time of the Separation. The Orthodox Monthly Meeting was discontinued in 1855, its members transferred to Rahway and Plainfield Monthly Meeting (Orthodox).
The Hicksite Monthly Meeting was transferred to New York Yearly Meeting (Hicksite) in 1833. It merged with Squan Preparative Meeting in 1928 to form Shrewsbury and Manasquan Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), and in 1955 divided into Manasquan Monthly Meeting and a new Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting.
Records of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1657-1914. Includes: minutes, 1828-1854; women's meeting minutes, 1680-1855; financial records, 1817-1855.
An inventory of the records of Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting -- pre-Separation, Hicksite, and post-Reunification -- may be found in the New York Yearly Meeting finding aids at Friends Historical Library.
Deposit
Organization
- Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends)
- Shrewsbury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1855)
Subject
Place
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Date
- 2003
- 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
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph585
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph586
- Haverford: Film 59
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections