Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting Records
Scope and Contents
Records of Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting, 1829-1894, include: men's meeting minutes, 1865-1877; women's minute book, 1843-1873 (including deaths, 1872-1894, minutes of joint session 1894 1mo25, acknowledgement to Richmond Monthly Meeting, n.d.); membership list including Orthodox Friends, 1829 12mo13.
Dates
- Creation: 1829-1894
Creator
- Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (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
An indulged meeting at Stroudsburg was established by Richland Monthly Meeting in 1809. In 1811, the meeting for worship and a preparative meeting were established by Abington Quarterly Meeting. The meetings were transferred to Stroudsburg Monthly Meeting in 1815. Two branches were established at the time of the Separation. After Stroudsburg Monthly Meeting (Orthodox) was discontinued in 1839, the preparative meeting was attached to Abington Monthly Meeting. The preparative meeting and meeting for worship were discontinued in 1857. Stroudsburg became an indulged meeting under the care of Horsham Preparative Meeting from 1857-1870 and then under Frankford Preparative Meeting of Frankford Monthly Meeting. Stroudsburg Indulged Meeting was discontinued in 1883. Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting (Hicksite) was transferred to Richland Monthly Meeting in 1827. The Hicksite preparative meeting was discontinued in 1930.
Extent
1.5 Linear Feet
Language
English
Physical Location
This collection includes records stored at the Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College and at the Haverford College Quaker & Special Collections.
Immediate Source of Acquisition
Deposit
Subject
- Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite) (Organization)
Geographic
- Title
- Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting Records
- Author
- Stroudsburg Preparative Meeting of Friends (Hicksite).
- 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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