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Philadelphia Monthly Meeting, Spruce Street (1833-1903) 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.
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The Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street was established in 1833 by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting (Hicksite) out of the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia. This meeting was discontinued in 1903; its members were transferred to the Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia (Hicksite).
Records of the Hicksite meeting include: vital records, 1833-1902; minutes, 1833-1903; women's minutes, 1833-1893; ministers and elders' minutes, 1834-1838 and 1845-1897; overseers' minutes, 1852-1871; account books and other financial records, 1834-1904; miscellaneous papers, 1782-1904.
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- Monthly Meeting of Friends of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street (Hicksite : 1833-1903).
- 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
At the time of the Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting in 1827-28, pre-Separation vital records were generally retained by the branch with which the recorder was affiliated. Researchers are advised to consider vital records which span this period carefully: in many cases, the meeting without the original records may have reconstructed these records for its membership only, giving the impression that individuals in the other branch were never members.
Contained in box 1 of miscellaneous papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
36 items (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595.
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (p. A-T, 1-16) ; 33 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Chiefly burial permits.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
92 items (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Death register, 1834-1902. Thumb-indexed.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ( [24] p. used) ; 42 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Contained in Box 1 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
15 items (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Declarations of intention to marry, parental consent to marriages, certificates on account of marriage, 1833-1844 and n.d.; 1846-1887.
Contained in Box 1 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
ca. 100 items (in 2 folders).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Titled "Book of record for recording marriage certificates belonging to the monthly meeting of Philadelphia held at Spruce Street...." Meeting's copies of marriage certificates, 1833-1890.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595.
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ( 100 p.) ; 43 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Includes list of "Members of Spruce Street Monthly Meeting, set off from Cherry Street Monthly Meeting at its opening, 8mo 29, 1833."
Contained in Box 1 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder (ca. 40 items).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Register contains information on deaths, marriages, removals. Register is thumb-indexed. Label on volume reads: Philadelphia Monthly Meeting Spruce Street Certificates Received, 1833-c.1902.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ( [26] p. used) ; 44 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Contains information on deaths, marriages, removals. Register is thumb-indexed.
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Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (56 p.) ; 44 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (31 p.) ; 16 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (110 p.) ; 21 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR- Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (83 p.) ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Label on covers (crossed out in pencil) reads: Friends in Virginia.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 595
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (18 p.) ; 16 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
With: Traveling certificates, 1835-1872. Contained in Box 2 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (312 items in 9 folders) ; .75 linear ft
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Meeting's copies of certificates issued on behalf of members transferring to other meetings, 1834-1900. Includes index.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 596
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (130 p.) ; 33 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. It has responsibility for care of members, authorizes removals and marriages, maintains discipline, considers the queries, manages meeting property, fosters social concerns, and reports regularly to the quarterly meeting. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.
Minute books as follows: 1833-1842, 1842-1857, 1857-1879, 1879-1903. Volume 1879-1903 includes membership list, 1903 (p.383-386).
Joint sessions with women began in 1893.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 598
- Haverford: No Film
4 v. ; 27 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes from 8mo 29, 1833 to 8mo 27, 1835.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (45 p.) ; 19 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books of the women's meeting, 1833-1840, 1841-1860, 1861-188, 1889- 1893.
Joint sessions with men began in 1893.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 597
- Haverford: No Film
4 v. ; 27 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Committee which had care of the spiritual welfare of the meeting, particularly the meeting for worship. Ministry and Counsel committees were established in 1918 by Hicksite meetings, which no longer designated members as ministers or elders. The predecessor of Ministry and Counsel was the Preparative Meeting of Ministers and Elders.
Minute book, 1838-1844.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 13 x 21 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Housed in: RG5 162/Ser. 1A
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute books as follows: 1845-1854, 1854-1871, 1871-1882, 1882-1897.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-Ph 596.
- Haverford: No Film
4 v. ; 13 x 21 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
With: Removals, 1831-1872. Contained in Box 2 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (103 items in 3 folders) ; .75 linear feet
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Binder's title: Spruce Street Monthly Meeting Treasurers Account.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (unpaged) ; 32 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Volume also contains: Account book-Wharton legacy, 1888-1901.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (unpaged) ; 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
General financial papers, 1833-1904; treasurer's reports, 1836-1902; women's meeting financial papers, 1863-1880.
With: Miscellaneous committee and property papers, 1782-1904. Contained in Box 4 of Miscellaneous Papers, 1782-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (ca. 200 items in 4 folders) ; .75 linear feet
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Folder contains: Account book-Rowland Fund trustees, 1861-1866; pass-books, 1902-1903 & 1903; check books with cancelled checks, 1894-1895, 1899-1900, 1900-1902.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
6 v. (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (unpaged) ; 16 x 20 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Receipts in folders as follows: 1mo 9, 1896-1mo 7, 1897; 1mo 7, 1897-1mo 26, 1898; 1mo 7, 1898-1mo 25, 1899; 1mo 26, 1899-1mo 11, 1900; 1900; 1901.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (ca. 300 items) ; 27 x 33 x 7 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Miscellaneous property and committee papers, 1782-1904. Includes: deeds and papers relating to the meeting house lot on the northeast corner of 9th & Spruce Streets in Philadelphia, 1782-1852, reports from the Friends Central School Committee, 1847-72, other school committee papers, 1833-45, and miscellaneous committee reports, 1833-45 & 1846-1904. The property papers also include a deed (1782) and copy of the Charter and By-Laws of the Kaal Kadosh Mickve Israel of Philadelphia. Stored in box with Financial papers, 1833-1904.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 folders (in box).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 box (223 items) ; .75 linear feet
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Correspondence, reports, and other miscellaneous papers of Spruce Street Monthly Meeting: 1865-69, 1872-76, 1877, 1878-79, 1880-82.. Includes the annual reports of the Joint Committee of Friends Central School, 1865-1882.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 folders.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes as follows: 1852-57 & 1857-71.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: Microfilm MR-PH 596
- Haverford: No Film
2 v. ; 22 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
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Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College