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Stanton Preparative 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
An indulged meeting at Christiana Bridge was established in 1772 under Wilmington Monthly Meeting. Until 1781, the meeting alternated between Christiana & Stanton. In 1781, Chester (Concord) Quarterly Meeting approved the establishment of this meeting, known as White Clay Creek Meeting. A preparative meeting was established in 1784. In 1803, the name was changed to Stanton. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1828 and its members transferred to Wilmington Monthly Meeting; the meeting for worship was discontinued by 1838. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1891. Regular meetings for worship were discontinued in 1920. Concord Quarterly Meeting discontinued the meeting in 1921
Record of the Hicksite preparative meeting include: Minutes, 1826-1891; subscription book for meeting's quota, 1820-1884; miscellaneous financial papers, 1828-1891; burial record for Charles Dickerson, 1864.
Deposit
Organization
- Stanton Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1803-1827)
- Stanton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1891)
Subject
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- Stanton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1891).
- 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
Cemeterial record for Charles Dickerson (d. 28 Feb 1864), a private in the U.S. Infantry Regiment 2, Delaware, buried at Friends' Burial Ground, Stanton, Del. Folder also contains letter from Assistant Quartermaster's Office, Philadelphia, asking burial ground superintendent to take charge of the internment record for Dickerson, 12 Nov. 1868.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 item (in folder).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minute book of the Hicksite men's meeting, 3mo23 1826-4mo16 1891. Volume contains pre-Separation meeting minutes, 1826-1827.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 100 p.) ; 34 cm.
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 folder (ca. 130 items).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Contains Hicksite and pre-Separation accounts, 1820-1884.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. (ca. 90 p.) ; 19 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College