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Solebury Monthly Meeting Records

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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

Solebury Monthly Meeting was established in 1811 by Bucks Quarterly Meeting out of Buckingham Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox branch was discontinued in 1829, and its members were transferred to Buckingham Monthly Meeting. Solebury Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) became a united meeting in 1951 in affiliation with Burlington and Bucks Quarterly Meeting. It is currently active.

Records of Solebury Monthly Meeting, 1785-2006. Includes: minutes, 1811-1999; vital records, 1813-1949; women's meeting minutes, 1811-1886; Ministers and Elders minutes, 1811-1829; deeds and other property records, 1799-1957;as well as miscellaneous papers, 1766-2006.

Deposit

Organization
Subject
Place

Publisher
Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
Solebury Monthly Meeting (Society of Friends) and Solebury Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1829)
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/S6 3.1. Burials (Solebury, Pa.), 1866-1949.
Scope and Contents

Register of burials at Solebury, Pa., 1949. Volume includes: descendants of Friends, 1860-1948; strangers, 1866-1947.

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. (unpacked) ; 33 x 10 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 3.3. Marriage records, 1813-1948.
Scope and Contents

Includes index.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 588.
  2. Haverford: Film 9Q
Physical Description

1 v. (268 p.).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S61 3.1. Marriages and removals, 1828-1829.
Scope and Contents

Meeting's copies of marriage certificates and removals issued, 1828-1829. Removals entered in back of book.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 584
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

1 v. (6 p. used) ; 33 cm

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 3.2. Membership, 1915-1944.
Scope and Contents

Membership register belonging to the Hicksite Meeting, 1915-1944. Includes information on deaths, marriages, removals.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 588
  2. Haverford: Film 9Q
Physical Description

1 v. (53 p.) ; 25 x 37 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 1.1-1.4. Minutes, 1811-1942.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the Hicksite meeting, 1811-1839, 1840-1879, 1880-1922, 1922-1942. Volume 1811-1839 includes pre-Separation meeting minutes, 1811- 1827.

General

Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business began in 1886.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 588, 590.
  2. Haverford: Film 9Q (1811-1879)
Physical Description

4 v. ; 37 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S61 1.1. Minutes, 1827-1829.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Orthodox men's meeting, 1827 9mo4-1829 6mo2.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 589
  2. Haverford: Film 74
Physical Description

1 v. (73 p.) ; 33 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 1.5-1.8. Minutes, 1943-1999.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the united meeting, 1951-1968, 1969-1977, 1977-1991 2mo, 1991 11mo-1999. Volume for 1951-1968 contains Hicksite meeting minutes, 1943-1951. Missing minutes for 1991: 3mo-10mo, 12mo.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 590 (1943-1977)
  2. Haverford: No Film
Physical Description

4 v. ; 37 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 2.1-2.2. Minutes [rough], 1811-1826.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 589
  2. Haverford: Film 74
Physical Description

1 v. (190 p.) ; 22 cm. + Index.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 2.3-2.4. Minutes, 1811-1886.
Scope and Contents

Minute books of the women's meeting, 1811-1844 and 1844-1886. Volume 1811- 1844 contains pre-Separation women's minutes, 1811-1827. Joint sessions in which men and women meet together for business begin in 1886.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: MR -Ph 591.
  2. Haverford: Film 10Q
Physical Description

2 v. ; 35 cm. or smaller.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S61 2.1-2.2. Minutes, 1827-1828.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

  1. Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 589
  2. Haverford: Film 74
Physical Description

1 v. (34 p.) ; 21 cm. + index (2 sheets in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 2.5. Minutes [copy], 1844-1865.
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. (unpaged) ; 34 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 4.1. Record of visits of ministering Friends, 1806-1818.
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. ([12] p.) ; 19 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S61 4.1. Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders Minutes, 1823-1829.
Scope and Contents

Minutes of the Orthodox Meeting of Ministers and Elders, 1823 5mo2-1829 5mo1. Contains pre-Separation minutes, 1823-27. Printed queries laid in.

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. (18 p.) ; 21 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6++ 5.1. Deeds and other property records, 1799-1957.
Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

16 items (in oversize folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/O/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 6.1. Miscellaneous papers, 1785-1956 and n.d.
Scope and Contents

Folder contains: Centennial Anniversary booklet, 1906; 150th Anniversary booklet, 1956; epistle from London Yearly Meeting, 1804; extracts from Quarterly Meeting minutes, n.d.; receipts, 1785 and 1788; papers regarding Samuel Smith's legacy, 1824; appointment of Trustees, 1915; inventories and bills of sale of Francis Wilson's effects, 1788-1789; meetinghouse draft, n.d.; photo of meetinghouse (unidentified), n.d.; reprints of anniversary booklets: 1906, 1956, 2006.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

16 items (in folder).

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/H/O/United

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 6.2. History of Friends Meeting-Solebury 1806-1881, n.d.
Scope and Contents

Chiefly extracts from monthly meeting minutes, 1811-1839. Also contains the following: marriages [[abstract], 1813-1839; disownments for marrying contrary to discipline, 1811-1839; acknowledgements received for marrying contrary to discipline, 1813-1839; names of persons received into membership, 1811-1839; disownments for various causes, 1813-1827; certificates issued to proceed in marriage, 1811-1838; deceased ministers and elders, 1813-1827; minutes on spiritous liquors, 1811-1839; minutes concerning the Hicksite Separation, 1827-1829 including numbers of Hicksite and Orthodox Friends; census of Solebury Monthly Meeting, 1871; extracts from Buckingham Monthly Meeting minutes, 1766-1775, etc. Compiled by Cyrus Livezey, ca. 1885, chiefly from minutes of Solebury and Buckingham Monthly Meetings.

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. (unpaged) ; 18 cm.

Material Specific Details

Affiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

RG2/Ph/S6 6.3. Solebury sentinel.
Scope and Contents

Description based on: Seventh month, 1947 issue; title from caption.

Existence and Location of Copies

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

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

28 cm.

Physical Location

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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