%eadnotat; ]> amountpm RECORDS OF ARNEY'S MOUNT PREPARATIVE MEETING, MOUNT PREPARATIVE MEETING, AND ARNEY'S MOUNT MEETING (PEMBERTON, NJ) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF ARNEY'S MOUNT PREPARATIVE MEETING, MOUNT PREPARATIVE MEETING, AND ARNEY'S MOUNT MEETING (PEMBERTON, NJ) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1797-1962. Mount Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1871) .5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore CollegeFor current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

A seasonal meeting for worship was established in 1743 by Burlington Monthly Meeting in the area of Arney's Mount for Mount Holly Friends. This meeting was known as Shreve's Mount. In 1776, a preparative meeting was established and transferred to Mount Holly Monthly Meeting later that year. The Orthodox branch of this preparative meeting was discontinued in 1827; its members were attached to Mount Holly Preparative Meeting (Orthodox). The Orthodox meeting for worship was discontinued in 1828. From 1830 to 1855, the Hicksite branch of this meeting was known as Mount or The Mount. The preparative meeting was discontinued in 1871, and its members were attached to Mount Holly Preparative Meeting (Hicksite). The meeting for worship was discontinued in 1898. By 1929, appointed meetings only were held. In 1941, a regular meeting for worship was organized at Arney's Mount by Mount Holly Friends.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records include: minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite men's meeting and joint meetings, 1808-1870; minutes of the pre-Separation and Hicksite women's meeting, 1824-1847; an account book, 1797-1882; and a burial ground wall account book, 1860-1962.

PLEASE NOTE

Minutes for the Indulged Preparative Meeting at Arney's Mount, 1941-1946, are part of the records of Mount Holly Monthly Meeting.

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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.

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This collection is indexed under the following headings in TRIPOD, the joint on-line catalog of Haverford and Swarthmore Colleges. Researchers desiring materials about related topics, persons, or places should search the catalog using these headings. Please note that records created before 1827, the date of a schism in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, may have been added to by either the Hicksite or Orthodox branches of this meeting, but could include information about members of the other branch before the Separation:

Earlier/Later Meeting Names Mount Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827) Subjects: Mount Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1871) Mount Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1776-1827) Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County. Burlington County (N.J.) -- Genealogy. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

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Joint Meeting (Men and Women)

Official records of proceedings kept for all Quaker business meetings. Only Quakers could participate. Beginning at the end of the 19th century, men and women ceased to hold separate business meetings, meeting instead in joint session.

 Minutes, 1808-1870 2 v. Pre/HSW Box 94

Minute books, 5mo29 1808-1mo3 1850 and 1mo31 1850-5mo31 1870. Minute book 1808-1850 contains pre-Separation minutes, 1808-1827.

Available on microfilm in the following location(s):

MR-Ph327 No Film Women's Meeting Minutes, 1824-1847 2 v. Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/M67

Minutes of the Mount Preparative Meeting of women Friends 1mo4 1824-2mo1 1844; 8mo1 1844-10mo28 1847. Volume for 1844-1847 contains the following concluding note inscribed by Barclay White, Clerk of the men's Meeting: "After 2mo. 1850-mens and womens Preparative Meetings at the Mount were united and held as one meeting."

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MR-Ph327 No Film Financial Records Account book, 1797-1882 1 v.Pre/HSW RG2/Ph/M67

Cover title: Mount Preparative Meeting account book, 1797-1882.

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No Film No Film Property Records Mount Burial-Ground Wall, 1860-1962 1 v. H/USW RG2/Ph/M67.

Account book records cost of building and repairing the stone wall around the burial grounds at Friends' Meeting house at Arney's Meeting, chiefly 1860, with additional entries recorded in 1886, and one entry listing repair costs recorded 5mo. 11 1962. Included are: Accounts, 1860, 1962; receipts 1860-1861; subscriptions, 1860-1886. Title transcribed from cover. "Barclay White's accounts as treasurer of Committee having charge of building a stone wall around the burial grounds at Friends Meeting house at the Mount, 1860."--1st prelim. p. Includes index.

The wall was built 1860 & 1886. To rebuilding broken down branch in rear wall near road leading to Pemberton and relaying loose cap ...108.00. Paid by Farmers Trust Co. Acct. Trust Funds to Samuel Cooper.

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