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Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records

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Held at: Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College [Contact Us]500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081

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Call Number:
RG4.011
Repository:
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Extent:
0.25 linear ft. (1 box)
Language:
English
Preferred Citation:
[Indicate the cited item or series here], Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.) Records, RG 4/011, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Date:
1830-1845 (inclusive)
Creator:
Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends (Bucks County, Pa.)
Abstract:
The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply "Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, "to encourage "the frequent and serious perusal of them", and to promote "a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents". All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body, which in turn provided the Auxiliary with Bibles or testaments to sell or to distribute in their vicinity. According to the Annual Reports of the Bible Association of Friends in America, the Bucks Auxiliary ceased to operate in 1857. This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, reports and financial records of the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, together with a manuscript genealogy of the Moon family, compiled by the donor.

The Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, located in Bucks County, Pennsylvania, was established in 2nd month, 1830, under the Bible Association of Friends in America. Its purpose was to supply "Friends and others with the Holy Scripture, "to encourage" the frequent and serious perusal of them," and to promote "a more accurate knowledge of their invaluable contents."

All subscriptions collected by the Auxiliary were turned over to the parent body, which in turn provided the Auxiliary with Bibles or testaments to sell or to distribute in their vicinity. According to the Annual Reports of the Bible Association of Friends in America, the Bucks Auxiliary ceased to operate in 1857.

This collection contains the minutes, correspondence, reports and financial records of the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association of Friends, a Quaker Bible distribution society, together with ms. genealogy of the Moon family.

The collection is organized into five series. The series are:

  1. Minutes
  2. Corresponding Committee
  3. Reports
  4. Correspondence
  5. Financial Records

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Donor: Charles H. Moon

Date: 12/1934

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Publisher
Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Finding Aid Author
FHL staff
Finding Aid Date
before 1967
Sponsor
Encoding made possible by a grant by the Gladys Kriebel Delmas Foundation to the Philadelphia Consortium of Special Collections Libraries
Access Restrictions

Collection is open for research.

The collection is open for research.

Use Restrictions

Friends Historical Library believes all of the items in this collection to be in the Public Domain in the United States, and is not aware of any restrictions on their use. However, the user is responsible for making a final determination of copyright status before reproducing. See http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/NoC-US/1.0/.

Collection Inventory

Ser. 1 Minutes, 1831-1837.
Box 1

Minutes, includes manuscript genealogy of the Moon family., 1830-1840.
Box 1

Reports by individual members and by committees on the number of Bibles distributed. Arranged chronologically., 1834-1836, n.d.
Box 1

Correspondence, includes two letters from the Bible Association of Friends in America, with which the Bucks Auxiliary Bible Association was affiliated., 1830-1839.
Box 1

Financial Records, includes Treasurer's book with list of contributions. Also loose papers: receipts, expenditures, lists of Bibles sold and in stock., 1830-1845, n.d.
Box 1

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