Robeson Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Robeson Preparative Meeting, 1792-1898, include: Orthodox men’s minutes, 1827-1866; Orthodox women’s minutes, 1792-1861.
Dates
- Creation: 1792-1821
Creator
- Robeson Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1741-1827) (Organization)
Limitations on Accessing the Collection
Collection is open for research. Access may be provided via digital or microfilm copy, per repository policy.
Copyright and Rights Information
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.
Biographical / Historical
A meeting for worship at Robeson was established by Philadelphia Quarterly Meeting under Exeter Monthly Meeting in 1740. A preparative meeting was established in 1741. In 1789, the meeting for worship and the preparative meeting became part of Robeson Monthly Meeting. After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, two preparative meetings emerged. The Orthodox preparative meeting was discontinued in 1872; its members were transferred to Caln Preparative Meeting. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1841
Extent
1 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection is stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Robeson Preparative Meeting (Society of Friends : 1741-1827) (Organization)
- Title
- Robeson Preparative Meeting Records
- Date
- 2003
- Description rules
- Describing Archives: A Content Standard
- Language of description
- English
- Script of description
- Latin
- Language of description note
- English
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