%eadnotat; ]> crosspm RECORDS OF CROSSWICKS PREPARATIVE MEETING, CHESTERFIELD PREPARATIVE MEETING, AND CHESTERFIELD MEETING (CROSSWICKS, NJ) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker Collection Records Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 2003 RECORDS OF CROSSWICKS PREPARATIVE MEETING, CHESTERFIELD PREPARATIVE MEETING, AND CHESTERFIELD MEETING (CROSSWICKS, NJ) A Finding Aid for its Meeting Records Deposited in Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and Haverford College Quaker CollectionRecords Services Group of the Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends Summary Records 1783-1970 Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends 1.5 linear ft. Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College & Haverford College Library Quaker Collection For current information on the location of materials, please consult the Libraries' online catalog: http://tripod.brynmawr.edu SHORT HISTORY OF MEETING

Chesterfield Preparative Meeting was first established in 1726, then discontinued in 1738. It was re-established in 1763 and again discontinued, then was established for a third time in 1775. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the preparative meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. In 1919, Chesterfield Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) changed its name to "Crosswicks Preparative Meeting". In 1958, Chesterfield Preparative Meeting, the former Orthodox meeting, merged with Crosswicks Preparative Meeting, the former Hicksite meeting, to form Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. This preparative Meeting became Crosswicks Monthly Meeting in 1974.

BRIEF DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Records of Crosswicks Preparative meeting and its predecessor, Chesterfield Preparative Meeting, include: Hicksite men’s minutes, 1793-1799 & 1884-1937; Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1956; pre-Separation women's minutes, 1796-1826; Orthodox women’s meeting, 1796-1903; Hicksite account books, 1819-1847 & 1899-1950; Orthodox account books, 1863-1970; Orthodox women’s account books, 1857-1911; Crosswicks building committee account books and stockholder’s minutes, 1830-1854; property records, 1847-1886; school fund trustees records, 1793-1970; Hicksite men's minutes, 1793-1799 & 1884-1937; Hicksite women's minutes, 1796-1826; Hicksite treasurer's account books, 1819-1847 & 1899-1950; Hicksite minutes of the particular meeting at Chesterfield, 1783-1805

ADMINISTRATIVE INFORMATION Accession information

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Access

Collection is open for research. Access is through microfilm, if available.

Use Restrictions

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.

SEARCHING IN OUR ON-LINE CATALOGUE FOR RELATED MATERIALS

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 Meeting Names Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1919-1958) Chesterfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1958). Chesterfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1919). Chesterfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1775-1827) Subjects: Crosswicks Preparative Meeting of the Religious Society of FriendsCrosswicks Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1919-1958) Chesterfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : Orthodox : 1827-1958)Chesterfield Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1919) Chesterfield Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1775-1827)Society of Friends -- New Jersey -- Burlington County. DETAILED DESCRIPTION OF THE RECORDS

Monthly meeting records normally include minutes of men’s and women’s meetings for business and registers of births, deaths, marriages, removals (transfers), and disownments. In general, non-members are not mentioned in the minutes, even when they attended meeting for worship on a regular basis.

Note to Researchers: These records may only be consulted at either Haverford (HV) or Swarthmore (SW), and are not available through inter-Library loan. To request materials on-site, please make sure to use the correct call numbers for the Library in which you wish to use the records:

Men's Meeting and Joint

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.

Minutes1793-1799 2 v.PreSW RG2/Ph/C48

Minute books of the pre-Separation men's meeting as follows: 1793-1798, 1798-1799.