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Woolwich 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.
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An indulged meeting known as Mullica Hill was established in 1797 by Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting and Woodbury Monthly Meeting. In 1800, the meeting for worship and preparative meeting known as Woolwich were established by Salem Quarterly Meeting under Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting. The Orthodox meeting for worship and preparative meeting were discontinued in 1828. Woolwich Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was established as Mullica Hill Monthly Meeting in 1928 at the time of the dissolution of Pilesgrove Monthly Meeting.
Records of Woolwich Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite), 1834-1929, as follows: men's minutes, 1835-1884 and 1924-1929, and women's minutes, 1834-51, 1851-75, and 1875-84.
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- Publisher
- Quaker Meeting Records at Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
- 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
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.
Men's minutes of Woolwich Preparative Meeting, 1835-1884
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
1 v. ; 21 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: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Women's minutes of Woolwich Preparative Meeting of Friends, 1834-51, 1851- 75, and 1875-84.
Available on microfilm in the following location(s):
- Swarthmore: No Film
- Haverford: No Film
3 v. ; 21 cm.
Material Specific DetailsAffiliation: Hicksite
Physical LocationFriends Historical Library of Swarthmore College