Miscellaneous papers, 1824-1945.

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Miscellaneous papers, 1824-1945.

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Miscellaneous papers of Wilmington Monthly Meeting (Orthodox), 1827-1945. Includes: acknowledgements, 1835-1909, applications for membership, 1889-1901, appointments of ministers, elders, etc., 1835-1908, certificate of incorporation, 1913, Concord Quarterly Meeting extracts, 1827-1919, correspondence re.: conscription, 1917-20, disciplinary papers, 1828-57, disownments, 1828-92, financial documents, 1823-47, marriages, 1835-1903, membership, 1837 & 1917/18, minute re.: united meeting, 1942, miscellaneous documents, 1845-1924, miscellaneous printed materials, 1879-1919, papers re.: wills and estates, 1832-65, property papers, 1841-84, property receipts, 1828-80, queries, 1853-84, relief of poor Friends, 1837-40, removals, 1828-1909, resignations, 1831-1909, documents related to the Separation, 1827-41, School Committee papers, 1842-1903, Committee on Spiritous Liquors, 1839-1902, papers re: Third Haven Preparative Meeting, 1833-35, travelling minutes, 1833-1919, and Trustees records, 1881-1945.

36 folders (in 4 boxes) ; 1.5 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Orthodox : 1827-1945)

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Wilmington Monthly Meeting was established in 1750 by Chester [Concord] Quarterly Meeting out of Kennett Monthly Meeting (PA). After the Hicksite Separation of 1827, there were two monthly meetings at Wilmington. The Hicksite, or West Street, meeting merged with the Orthodox, or Harrison Street, meeting in 1945, forming a united monthly meeting under the two Concord Quarterly Meetings. Wilmington is currently an active monthly meeting. From the description of Report, 1830. (Swarthmor...