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Trenton Preparative Meeting Records
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An indulged meeting at Trenton was established in 1734 by Chesterfield Monthly Meeting; the meeting was established circa 1740. Trenton Preparative Meeting was established in 1775, though an earlier preparative meeting may have been established in 1763. The former was rejoined to Chesterfield Preparative Meeting three years later, at the time of the occupation of the meeting house by military forces, and re-established in 1797. Two branches were formed at the time of the Separation in 1827. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1835, and its meetings were merged into Stony Brook Preparative Meeting. Trenton Meeting continued, and a preparative meeting was re-established in 1841. In 1956, the former Hicksite, or Hanover Street Meeting, merged with the former Orthodox, or Mercer Street Meeting, to form Trenton Preparative Meeting. In1974, through a division of Chesterfield Monthly Meeting, this preparative meeting was established as Trenton Monthly Meeting.
Records of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1795-1973, include: Hicksite minutes, 1827-1973; Orthodox minutes, 1816-1881; Hicksite women's minutes, 1813-1878; Orthodox women's minutes, 1862-1903; Hicksite treasurers' account book, 1852-1893; Orthodox subscription book, 1837-1840; Hicksite collectors' books, 1897-1929 and 1933-1935; Indian subscription book, 1795-1796; Hicksite Overseers records, 1922-1938 & 1964-1973; Hicksite list of members, 1884; Hicksite/United Recorders' records, 1956-73 & n.d.; a Hicksite visitors' register, 1929; and other miscellaneous Hicksite records, 1831-1922.
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Organization
- Trenton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Trenton, N.J.)
- Trenton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1956 : Trenton, N.J.)
Subject
- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- Finding Aid Author
- Trenton Preparative Meeting of Friends (Trenton, N.J.).
- 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
List of members of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1884. Includes names of Overseers and Elders appointed in 12mo 1883.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. ; 17.5 cm.
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 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 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation/Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Minutes of Trenton Preparative Meeting of Friends and of its Hicksite predecessor, 1827-1973. Vols. include 1827-56, 1857-85, 1885-1900, 1900-17, 1918-36, 1937-53, 1954-64, 1964-73
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
7 vols. + 1 folder ; 38 cm. or smaller.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite/United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Rough or clerk's copies of minutes of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1840-1856.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 vols. ; 14.5 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Hicksite and pre-Separation Trenton Preparative Meeting of Women Friends, 1813-1878. Includes minutes of the joint sessions with men, 7mo18 1878-12mo19 1878
Joint sessions with men began in 7mo1878.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
2 vols. ; 20 cm. or smaller.
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 volume in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 volume (38 p.) in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Available on microfilm at the following location(s):
Physical Description1 volume in folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Orthodox
Physical LocationHaverford College Quaker and Special Collections
Records of collections made to cover the expenses of the meeting, 1897- 1929. Vols. include: 1897-1911, 1912-21, 1921-25, 1926-29. Vols. 1921-29 include names, addresses, number in family, and assessments.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
4 vols. ; 20 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
1 vol.; 19.5 cm.
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 volume
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Pre-Separation
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 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 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 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Minutes of the Meeting of Overseers, and, until 1929, of the Joint Meeting of Counsellors and Overseers of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1922-1938. The body functioned as the Executive Committee of the Preparative Meeting. Also includes the minutes of a joint meeting of Overseers of Crosswicks and Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1934. Accompanied by a folder of miscellaneous papers, 1923-37, removed from volume
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. ; 27 cm. + 1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Records of the Overseers of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1964-1973. Includes: minutes, 1969-73, general correspondence, 1966-69, and miscellaneous pamphlets, 1964 & n.d.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 folders.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Miscellaneous records of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1831-1922 & n.d. Includes: property records, 1837-1922, reminiscences, 1897 & n.d., financial records, 1841-56, membership lists, 1845, and miscellaneous papers, 1831-1884 & n.d.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 folders (in 1 box).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Visitors' register for Founders' Week, 1929. Includes report of the Founders Week Committee, 12mo 1929, and printed historical statements by Elizabeth B. Satterthwaite. Historical statements tipped in.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 vol. ; 21.5 cm
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Recorder's correspondence and other records of Trenton Preparative Meeting, 1956-1973 & n.d. Includes obituaries, correspondence concerning health and family status, membership statistics, etc.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
5 folders (in 1 box).
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: United
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 folder
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College