https://findingaids.library.upenn.edu/records/swarthmore_SFHL.SC.269
Baltimore Yearly Meeting draft epistles collection
- Date
- 1776-1815 (inclusive)
- Extent
- .1 linear ft. (.1 linear feet (4 folders.))
- Call Number
- SC.269
Description
Where the collection came from, what's inside, and how you can use it.
Biography/History
Yearly meetings are regional bodies in the Society of Friends that meet annually to conduct business and worship. Baltimore Yearly Meeting is one of the oldest yearly meetings in North America, meeting as half-year general meetings in 1672. Beginning in 1775, the meeting began to meet just once a year. Epistles were letters prepared and exchanged between the yearly meetings to articulate Quaker doctrine and share matters of concern.
Arrangement
Organized into folders: Folder 1: Manuscript epistles addressed to Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, 1776-1814. Folder 2: Manuscript epistles addressed to Rhode Island Yearly Meeting. 1804-1815. Folder 3: Manuscript epistles addressed to New York Yearly Meeting. 1804-1815. Folder 4: Manuscript epistles addressed to North Carolina Yearly Meeting, 1805-1815.
Acquisition Information
Method of acquisition--Purchase; Date of acquisition--2016.
Rights and citation
- Preferred Citation
- Cite as: Baltimore Yearly Meeting draft epistles collection, SC/269, Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
- Publisher
- Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College
Subjects and headings
- Creator
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
- Subject
- Indigenous peoples of North America -- Education
- African Americans -- Education
- Society of Friends -- United States
- Quakers -- Maryland
- Quakers -- United States
- Quakers -- Correspondence
- Society of Friends -- Indian Affairs
- Organization
- Baltimore Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends
- Language Note
- Materials are in English.
- Form
- Epistles
Inventory
Everything in this collection, in the order the archivist chose to help you understand it.
Contact
These materials are held by Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College. Contact them to schedule a visit or ask about your research.
- Address
- 500 College Avenue, Swarthmore, Pennsylvania 19081
- specialcollections@swarthmore.edu
- Website
- https://resolver.tricolib.brynmawr.edu/ark:/37966/s1573ede52-ef9a-4b6b-8fe6-f11e2a3aef8a