Miscellaneous papers, 1694-1838.

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Miscellaneous papers, 1694-1838.

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Miscellaneous papers of Wilmington Monthly Meeting (Hicksite) and its pre-Separation predecessor, 1694-1838. Includes: epistles and extracts, 1694-1829 (15 folders), miscellaneous reports of committees, 1732-1835, records relating to the establishment of WIlmington Monthly Meeting, 1750, reports of the Committee on Spiritous Liquors, 1779-1803, papers concerning the Westtown Boarding School, 1750-1814, leases to Thomas Spackman for a lot of land, 1801 & 1807, papers concerning the Asylum for Friends Deprieved fo their Reason, 1813-17, subscriptions for poor Friends in Great Britain and Ireland, 1801, records re: the building of meeting houses at Concord and Lancaster, 1766 & 1789, papers relative to the Committee for the Care of Negroes, 1761-1826, papers concerning the care and treatment of Indians, 1795-1819, papers concerning the care and treatment of poor Friends, 1775-76 & 1800, extracts of wills, 1782-1831, queries, 1761-1831, broadsides, 1756-99, proposals for printing books, 1762-89, papers relative to the establishment of new meetings, 1758-1838, property records, 1812-30, travelling minutes, 1743-38, disownments of Wm. W. Baker, Benjamin Webb, and Welcome Gray, 1831-32, Sufferings, 1777-1814, and memorials, 1747-80.

36 folders (in 2 boxes) ; 1 linear ft.

Friends Historical Library of Swarthmore College

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Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends

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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 Minutes, 1750-[ongoing] ...

Wilmington Monthly Meeting of Friends (Hicksite : 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 Disownments, 1758-1833. ...