Minutes, 1898-1956.

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955). Trustees.

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Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 1827-1955)

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The peace testimony is central in the belief and religious history of Quakers. During the U.S. Civil War, American Quakers debated the issues of passification and conscientious objection, and many Quakers suffered fines or imprisonment for their refusal to bear arms. From the description of Collected materials on the Quaker Peace Testimony, 1780-1917, 1861-1867. (Swarthmore College). WorldCat record id: 34010711 A general meeting for Friends in the Delaware Valley area was f...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends

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Mount Holly Monthly Meeting was established in 1776 by Burlington Quarterly Meeting out of Burlington Monthly Meeting. In 1827, after the Hicksite Separation in Philadelphia Yearly Meeting, the Meeting split into Hicksite and Orthodox branches. The Orthodox Meeting was discontinued in 1828 ; its members were transferred to Burlington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox). Mount Holly Monthly Meeting (Hicksite), which reunited with Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Orthodox) in 1955, was the forerunner of the cu...

Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends. Trustees.

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Trustees of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of Friends was a corporation formed in 1898 to hold property and execute trusts of Philadelphia Yearly Meeting (Hicksite), its subordinate members, and certain related organizations. Its members were appointed by the Yearly Meeting. Trustees continued to exist under the reunited Philadelphia Yearly Meeting of the Religious Society of Friends until 1975, when Trustees was consolidated with Friends Fiduciary Corporation. The new body was named Fiduciary Corp...