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2009 Finding aid encoded by Staff 2009 Finding aid written in English. Haverford College Quaker Collection and Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Yearly Meeting of Friends, held in Virginia Records, 1674-1887 4.25 linear ft. Records in English Short History of the Meeting

Virginia Yearly Meeting was established in 1672 and at various times included thirteen Monthly Meetings. In 1777, Friends in Virginia made the decision to disown members holding slaves. By 1784 Friends persuaded the Virginia legislature to pass a law permitting manumission and within six years nearly all Quaker slave-holders had freed their slaves. Life in slave states became difficult and many Quakers from Virginia and surrounding states migrated west.

There was no Hicksite Separation in this area. Virginia Yearly Meeting was laid down in 1843. At this time the Meeting was assumed as a Half-Years Meeting under Baltimore Yearly Meeting (Orthodox).

In 1912, because the group wished to meet four times per year rather than two, they established themselves as the Virginia Quarterly Meeting. But in 1976, they opted again to meet only twice per year and the name changed once again to Virginia Half-Year's Meeting.

 Description of the Records

Records of Virginia Yearly Meeting, 1674-1887. Includes men's minutes 1702-1844, women's minutes 1763-1838, Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors 1758-1853, vital records 1674-1885, committee records 1811-1840, and miscellaneous 1740-1887.

Notes to Researchers Arrangement of the Records

Divided into series: 1.Men's Minutes; 2.Women's Minutes; 3.Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors; 4.Vital Records; 5.Commtittee Records; 6.Miscellaneous.

Restrictions on Access

Where available, access is through microfilm.

Restrictions on Use

Information on reproduction policies available in the Library.

Acquisition

Deposit, Baltimore Yearly Meeting.

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Earlier/Later Meeting Names Virginia Half-Years Meeting (Society of Friends) Subjects: Virginia Yearly Meeting (Society of Friends : 1684-1843) -- Archives Virginia Half-Years Meeting (Society of Friends : 1843-1912 : Somerton, Va.) -- Archives Virginia Half-Years Meeting (Society of Friends : 1843-1912 : Richmond, Va.) -- Archives Virginia Half-Years Meeting (Society of Friends : 1843-1912 : Black Creek, Va.) -- Archives Virginia Quarterly Meeting (Society of Friends) -- Archives Nansemond County (Va.) -- Genealogy Isle of Wight County (Va.) -- Genealogy Southampton County (Va.) -- Genealogy Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Nansemond County. Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Isle of Wight County. Society of Friends -- Virginia -- Southampton County. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at Haverford College Quaker Collection; they are not available for interlibrary loan. Where available, access is through microfilm. To request materials, please make sure to use the correct call numbers:

Men's Meeting and Joint Minutes 1702-1724 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/152

Transcribed from the original "which was very much injured and defaced".

One pkg. contains two volumes.

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B21B MR-B215 Minutes 1702-1836 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/152

Incomplete, Minutes 1724-1737, were lost in a fire.

One pkg. contains two volumes.

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B21B MR-B215 Minutes 1702-1843 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/153

Typed copy.

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No Film MR-B215 Minutes 1705-1722 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/154

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No Film MR-B215 Minutes 1737 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6

Includes Minute on refusal to cooperate in enforcing slavery.

Item stored in a folder with a committee record discussing whether or not to lay down the yearly meeting.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1737-1758 1 volume Pre SW Vy

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No Film MR-B213 Minutes 1737-1758 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/155

Photographic copies.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1737-1758 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/158

Photostat copies.

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No Film No Film Extracts from Minutes 1759-1800 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1769-1830 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/156

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1770 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/159

Minute from a Yearly Meeting held at Curles, 1770.

One pkg. contains two folders.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1779 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/159

Minute from a Yearly Meeting held at Curles 1779, concerning the extrication of a young girl from a state of slavery.

One pkg. contains two folders.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1791-1829 1 folder Pre/O HV 1116/Box HW-3v

Also includes epistles, correspondence, and other documents.

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Minutes 1803-1810 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/157

One pkg. contains four volumes.

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No Film MR-B215 Minutes 1804 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/157

One pkg. contains four volumes.

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No Film MR-B215 Minutes 1838-1843 1 pkg. O HV 1116/157

One pkg. contains four volumes.

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No Film MR-B215 Minutes 1844 1 pkg. O HV 1116/157

One pkg. contains four volumes.

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No Film No Film Women's Meeting Minutes 1763-1825 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/162

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No Film MR-B214 Minutes 1763-1825 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/163

Typed copy.

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No Film MR-B214 Women Friends: Epistles to and from Virginia Yearly Meeting 1767-1838 1 folder. Pre/O HV 1116/Box 6-B

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No Film No Film Worship & Ministry and its Predecessors Meeting of Ministers and Elders 1758-1774 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/166

One pkg. contains two volumes.

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No Film MR-B218 Meeting of Ministers and Elders 1824-1853 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/166

One pkg. contains two volumes.

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No Film MR-B218 Vital Records Memorials from Virginia Yearly Meeting 1674-1858 1 folder Pre/O HV 1116/Box HW-3v

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No Film No Film Marriages 1674-1728 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/167

Includes testimonies.

Pages are fragile.

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No Film No Film Memorials 1748-1885 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/159

Mary Woodson died 1762, Robert Pleasants died 1772, John Pleasants died 1773, Thomas Pleasants died 1775.

One pkg. contains 2 folders.

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No Film No Film Committee Records Minutes of Meeting for Sufferings 1811-1818 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/164

Items laid in.

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No Film MR-B218 Minutes of Meeting for Sufferings 1822-1835; 1839-1840 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/165

Minutes from 1839-1840 laid in.

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No Film MR-B218 Minutes n.d. 1 folder O HV 1116/Box 6

Meeting minute of committee for deciding whether or not to lay down the Yearly Meeting.

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No Film No Film 6. Miscellaneous Miscellaneous Epistles 1740-1800 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

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No Film No Film Epistles to Virginia Yearly Meeting from Maryland Yearly Meeting 1748-1797 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Book of Miscellaneous Photostats 1749-1827 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/171

Includes correspondence, marriage certificates, discipline, and accounts.

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No Film No Film Epistles from Virginia Yearly Meeting 1751-1801 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Epistles to Virginia Yearly Meeting from Philadelphia Yearly Meeting 1751-1842 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Correspondence: Letterbook of Robert Pleasants 1754-1797 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/168

Includes loose letters, ca. 28 items, received 1746-1797.

Annotated index available on pages 13a-a3i of the in-house finding aid at Haverford College Quaker Collection.

Microfilm includes loose letters received 1746-1797.

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B23B MR-B219 Minutes of Conference Meeting 1756 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/159

Original minute of a conference Meeting held at Curles, concerning the Act of the Virginia Assembly in regards to military service and a discussion of holding slaves.

One pkg. contains two folders.

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No Film No Film Correspondence 1756-1842 1 folder Pre/O HV 1116/159

One pkg. contains two folders.

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No Film No Film Epistles to Virginia Yearly Meeting from London Yearly Meeting 1757-1887 1 folder Pre/O HV 1116/Box 6-B

Incomplete.

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No Film No Film Book of Discipline 1758 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Copied by Benjamin Butterworth in the 1790's.

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No Film No Film Epistles to Virginia Yearly Meeting 1761,1842 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6-B

Epistle from London 1761, and New England 1842.

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No Film No Film Map of Virginia Yearly Meeting 1785 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box HW-43

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No Film No Film Proceedings of the School Company at Cedar Creek 1790-1799 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/169

Original and typed copy included.

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No Film MR-B216 Petition and Papers Regarding Militia Act, Virginia Yearly Meeting Ca. 1791 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box HW-2v

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No Film No Film Correspondence 1796-1829 1 pkg. Pre/O HV 1116/160

A record of correspondence with other Yearly Meetings, also includes memorials of deceased friends, certificates for Ministers, and other loose papers.

Items laid in. Including a report from the Committee of the Meeting for Sufferings, appointed to aid in promoting the total abolition of the slave trade and slavery 1828.

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No Film No Film Book of Discipline 1801 1 pkg. Pre HV 1116/170

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No Film No Film Petition to the Legislature of Virginia 1810 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box 6

Regarding militia laws.

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No Film No Film Rules of Discipline of the Virginia Yearly Meeting 1814 1 vol. Pre HV 1116/Box HW-43

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No Film No Film Records of Fines for Failing to Muster, Virginia Yearly Meeting 1826-1827, 1832 1 folder Pre/O HV 1116/Box HW-3v

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No Film No Film Correspondence 1829-1840 1 pkg. O HV 1116/161

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No Film MR-B218 Letters to Nathanial Crenshaw 1835-1841 1 folder O HV 1116/Box HW-3v

Folder contains six letters.

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No Film No Film Fragments, possibly from a petition, Virginia Yearly Meeting n.d. 1 folder Pre HV 1116/Box HW-2v

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